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Jack Wilshere is now fit to rejoin the first squad for the game against Newcastle this weekend – a match that has taken on a far more serious look than it did a few weeks ago with the Geordies having won their last three games. The former Gunner was first expected to be out for […]

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Two Hammers feature in the early betting for the January transfer window to sign for another club before 3rd February 2019. Sky Bet have created betting markets for both Marko Arnautovic and Issa Diop Arnie is at odds of 7/1 to join Manchester United with a move to Chelsea priced at 10/1, Juventus is 18/1 […]

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Michail Antonio’s West Ham future looks assured through the winter and beyond next summer after the club issues a hands off message. The former Hammer of the Year and one time runner-up to Dimitri Payet has made his position clear at the club claiming in a recent interview that he is desperate to make his […]

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Bobby Moore has been voted the Greatest British Sports Personality of All Time in a poll conducted by Radio Times! The long awaited and long overdue title is his as the result of a poll to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award is announced. The Radio Times,has provided […]

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West Ham are hopeful that Marko Arnautovic will be okay for the trip to Newcastle at the weekend after appearing to sustain an injury in the last few minutes of the game against Manchester City. The Hammers finished the match with 10 men after Arnautovic left the field with Manuel Pellegrini unable to call upon […]

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The Claret and Hugh West Ham player rating results are in from Saturday’s defeat at the hands of league leaders Manchester City and it is not surprising they are predictable low overall. Declan Rice has been voted the Claret and Hugh man of the match yet again with an average score of 6.95 with no scores […]

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West Ham have this morning denied that Manchester United have expressed any interest – formal or informal – in striker Marko Arnautovic. An overnight report claimed that the Red Devils had made their interest known and that the Hammers were aware of it – but then added that there would be no winter bid for […]

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Yesterday’s Claret and Hugh poll asked readers which current West Ham players they would like to see the back of in the January transfer window. With 4,500 taking part in the online poll the results are now in. Reece Oxford tops the poll with over 21% of the vote which is hardly surprising, bearing in mind […]

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The new West Ham United Supporters Board (WHUSB) will meet for the first time this Thursday evening at the London Stadium replacing the previous Supporters Advisory Board (SAB). The new board were chosen by a panel of three people which consisted of Sir Trevor Brooking, Carlton Cole and Mandy Lane from Visit Football, the Premier League’s Quality Assured Stadium Scheme. […]

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Matt Ritchie will not want to remember Monday night. Sure, Newcastle won their game against Burnley but the winger had a moment of personal horror in front of goal.

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Xande Silva and Nathan Holland ensured the Irons won a crucial bottom of the table clash against Blackburn Rovers last night as their returns gave a much needed boost to the under 23s. The pair were right on song in the 3-1 victory with the Portuguese striker grabbing two and Holland one as the team […]

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Felipe Anderson has made it clear the team has to “grow” out of another average set of results. Talking to www.whufc.com the player said: “Certainly, we are going through a rough patch, but we think that we can play well and get the results we need. “Unfortunately, Saturday’s result made us sad, but I think […]

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Just as we thought life may get easier – starting at St James’ Park on Saturday – Newcastle leapt above us on goal difference in the League last night. An own goal from Burnley’s Ben Mee and a winner from Ciaran Clark ensured the Geordies’ third win on the trot at Burnley following home victories […]

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Returning to action after two months out and scoring two goals is something of an achievement at any level. And for the Hammers fine young striking prospect Xande Silva to do so within the 50 minutes he was on the Ewood Park pitch against Blackburn under 23s was better news than any could have expected. […]

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Bobby Moore beat off competition from three-time major winner Sir Andy Murray, five-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton and Olympic legends Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Chris Hoy.

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Manchester United are tonight reported to be holding an interest in Marko Arnautovic but have no intention of bidding for him this winter. The Telegraph is saying the club has expressed an interest in the Hammers front man but that at this stage they will take it no further than that. Instead, says the Telegraph, […]

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By Allen Cummings Few players seem to divide opinion more amongst West Ham supporters than Michail Antonio. The one-time claret and blue-eyed boy! The darling of the terraces with his direct running and raw enthusiasm, was seen as the ‘future’ in the early Slaven Bilic years. That “Antonio, Antonio, Antonio” chorus was […]

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Manuel Pellegrini may stage a typical transfer window raid by bringing in a player he has worked with previously to solve his troublesome left back position Thirty two old Nacho Monreal could become the temporary solution to his problem position and bring about a reunion between the pair who worked together at Malaga between 2011-2013. […]

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West Ham are this afternoon reported to be ready to leave new Declan Rice contract talks until the summer. Despite the teenager’s enthusiasm to get a deal done, the well respected Guardian Hammers writer Jacob Steinberg claims in his latest report on the situation that the club is adamant they have an option which allows […]

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Arthur Masuaku has hit back at a fan who gave him a hard time over his performance against Manchester City on Saturday. And he may well have also taken a pop at manager Manuel Pellegrini in playing him at left back by declaring: “Everyone knows my real position.” However, some would point out that would […]

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Bayern Munich striker Sandro Wagner in January has dismissed suggestions that he could be on his way from the club for West Ham or anywhere else in the winter. The media has been full of speculation that the front man is very much in the eyes of Manuel Pellegrini and Mario Husillos as January approaches. […]

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If Andy Carroll could have had the choice of kick starting his career anywhere this season it would probably have been at Newcastle! And of course this weekend he may bet exactly that chance as he looks at a chance of putting himself back in the Hammers frame or the summer window. AC has of […]

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West Ham’s under 23s will be boosted by the return of deadly duo Xande Silva and Nathan Holland in tonight’s critical bottom of the table clash against Blackburn Rovers. The Hammers – on the back of injury hit results – travel to Ewood Park to meet the the rock bottom outfit desperate hoping for three […]

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Lukasz Fabianski has warned the Hammers there is no such thing as a “winnable” game in the Premier League and that we must be on our guard at Newcastle this weekend. The same advice is of course coming from the manager and Issa Diop regularly and recent events have shown it’s a message which needs […]

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The transfer window in just five weeks away and anticipation is building as to whom the Hammers need and how much cash is required to fulfill our transfer window requirements. Most of the names we read in the media are either wild guesses or names recycled from previous windows and with Manuel Pellegrini and Mario […]

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David Moyes has spoken of Marko Arnautovic giving his view of the importance of the player to West Ham following all the recent transfer speculation. It was of course Moyes who made, what now looks a pretty obvious move when switching the Austrian front man to central striker. Slaven Bilic had commented on his arrival […]

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