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News that Richard Scudamore could pick up a £5m golden handshake funded by all 20 Premier League clubs including West Ham has not been well received by football supporters up and down the land. Footballers are not rewarded when they leave the club or retire so why should Scudamore? Testimonials are now a rare occurrence and even […]

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West Ham are almost now a third of the way through the Premier League season with 12 points from 12 games. Manuel Pellegrini was announced as the new Hammers manager with much fanfare in the summer as details of his £10m per year package leaked out and he started to form his backroom team including a new […]

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Mark Noble has paid a glowing tribute to the retiring Joe Cole. Cole made his name at West Ham before going on to become a multi-time Premier League champion at Chelsea. The former England international began his career in east London in the 90s, and returned for a brief stint in 2013. And Noble reckons […]

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Issa Diop insists he is not bothered by speculation linking him with a move to Manchester United. Jose Mourinho hailed the defender earlier this season after United lost 3-1 to the Irons. He said: “He had a fantastic match. Congratulations to the scout who found the 21-year-old kid, Diop. He was a monster and dominated […]

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The forward signed for the Hammers in a £24million move from Stoke in July 2017 and put pen to paper on a five-year deal at the London Stadium. He has conceded he would like to play at a higher level.

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Hammer Robert Snodgrass has shown his generosity by personally donating £3,000 to the Isla Caton fund. The fund is just over £200,000 shy of their £600,000 target as Isla continues to receive specialist treatment in Barcelona. Hopefully, his donation might be a catalyst for other West Ham players, many of which earn more than Snodgrass to put […]

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Live-streaming of selected court cases will begin tomorrow on 15 November 2018 to improve public access to, and understanding of, the work of the courts say the Courts and Tribunal Judiciary in an article published yesterday. In the case selected for the public pilot, West Ham United and E20 which manages the former Olympic stadium are […]

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Marko Arnautovic has openly admitted for the first team that he could be tempted to leave West Ham and his agent/ brother Danijel has made it clear it could happen. The Hammers top man raised serious alarm bells in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Kurier where he is quoted as saying: “I’m 29, so that’s […]

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Hammer Marko Arnautovic has admitted he needs weekly injections to play due to an ongoing knee injury. The striker is in Vienna, Austria on International duty and took time to speak to Salzburger Nachrichten. The report by the Austrian paper says the striker cannot concentrate on football at the moment because his left knee, which has been […]

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The sight of Joe Cole erupting from within a crowd of red shirts, speeding forth and crashing the ball past Edwin van der Sar will forever send shivers down spines at Stamford Bridge.

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West Ham has been asked to contribute towards a £5m golden goodbye for the outgoing Premier League Chairman Richard Scudamore. The clubs were asked for the money before a meeting on Tuesday by Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck. Scudamore who is reportedly paid £2.5m per season, is stepping down next month after 19 years at the organisation and […]

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In episode twelve of season eight of the popular West Ham podcast listen to Claret and Hugh Associate editor Sean Whetstone with fellow presenters Nigel Kahn and George Bucci discuss the Huddersfield draw, the possible signing of Samir Nasri, the possible retirement of Pablo Zabaleta and the definite retirement of Joe Cole. We also predict […]

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Former West Ham player and manager Harry Redknapp has been confirmed as a contestant in ‘I am a celebrity get me out of here” which starts this Sunday on ITV at 9 pm. Speaking ahead of venturing into the jungle, Redknapp said he had never watched the programme before. “There’s nothing tougher than being a manager […]

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Jack Wilshere has once again been discussing his England hopes which right at this moment don’t look to great of course! The last time he spoke on the subject was when he was omitted from Gareth Southgate’s squad for Russia when he tweeted that he was going to have his say on the matter. He […]

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The Premier League has appointed television executive Susanna Dinnage to take over from Richard Scudamore as its new boss.

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West Ham are this afternoon still locked in talks with Samir Nasri and his advisers as they try to land a deal for the 31 year old out of contract midfielder. Despite reports that Chinese clubs may be interested in the former Arsenal and Manchester City player Manuel Pellegrini is desperately keen to land the […]

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Angelo Ogbonna is still hanging on to his international hopes despite experiencing a lean time at West Ham. The 30 year old central defender has been struggling for minutes this season making just four appearances in teh Premier Leahue. He has suffered because of the outstanding form of Fabian Balbuena and Issa Diop but refuses […]

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Aaron Cresswell insists there can be no “looking over the shoulder” as the Hammers bid for a top ten finish starting with a game against the best team in the land a week on Saturday. Discussing the way ahead Cressie declared: “It’s still early doors but we want to keep our momentum going and really push […]

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Hammer Pablo Zabaleta will announce his retirement as a player at the end of the season, according to a report from Spain. The 33-year-old is in the final last year of his contract with West Ham and despite having an automatic option of an extension after playing 28 for the Hammers, and an offer from […]

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Joe Cole has decided to pull down the curtain on his illustrious career as a fabulous era for one of the Hammers proudest products comes to an end. Announcing his returement Joe said: “After 20 years as a professional, the time has come for me to hang up my boots. “716 professional games, 104 goals, […]

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West Ham’s decision to reinstate youth coach Mark Phillips after an inquiry into his involvement in in a march organised by the Democratic Football Lads Alliance has been criticised by threat racism group Kick It Out. After a month long probe it became known yesterday that Phillips had been cleared of any wrong doing and was […]

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Exciting Nathan Holland will make his return to action in tonight’s important under 23 fixture against GNK Dinamo Zagreb in the Premier League International Cup. Holland – who is seen as a member of the first team squad – and has his own dressing room place has been out injured almost since the start of the […]

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Premier League clubs are expected to prepare for Brexit by ensuring that half of the players in their first-team squads are ‘homegrown.’ The FA is reported to have drawn up measures designed to deal with our departure from the EU and will be putting them to the 20 PL clubs at a meeting on Thursday […]

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Grady Diangana’s substitution against Huddersfield came hard on the heels of Manuel Pellegrini’s midweek claim that the player needs to take the “next step.” The manager was unclear in describing what that was but after taking him out of the action in Yorkshire it’s a question worth revisiting. Early in the game Grady made one […]

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West Ham supporters are split over the possible signing of 31-year-old French midfielder Samri Nasri. Over one thousand one hundred readers took part in yesterday’s Claret and Hugh poll and nearly 59% are against his appointment with over 41% in favor of his addition to the squad. Opinions against are divided and range from his proposed […]

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West Ham have taken a look and clearly don’t like what they are seeing as the Samir Nasri story runs into it’s second days. And a tweet from the Daily Mail’s Ian Ladyman – a journo who gets most things right – that as a result he could be off to China look pretty accurate. […]

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