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A deal is yet to be concluded with a number of details to be finalised with West Ham United but Villa are in advanced negotiations. Should the move go through it would represent a coup for Bruce

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Bolton Wanderers will be unable to field either of their West Ham loanees Reece Burke (right) and Josh Cullen for the third round League Cup clash against the Irons at the London Stadium. The pair joined the newly promoted Championship club on a season long loan this summer but under the term of the switch […]

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Nothing’s easy but you can ask for no more than a home draw against lower division opposition in Cup competitions. And that’s exactly what the Hammers got when they were pulled out of the “hat” first to meet  newly promoted Championship outfit, Bolton Wanderers. The draw was made at 4.15am this morning (Thursday) in Beijing and […]

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West Ham Co-Chairman David Gold has repeated his claim that he has no intention of selling West Ham saying he loves his involvement with the club and owning it has fulfilled his wildest dreams. Speaking to Claret And Hugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone in an Exclusive interview he said: “I think David Sullivan has made it […]

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Sporting Lisbon officials will return to the negotiating table with West Ham on Thursday morning as a very happy group. William Carvahlo was missing from the team but the Portuguese team completed an absolute rout of Steau Bucharest in Romani tonight (Wed) to win their way through to aa Champions League place. And that may […]

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• Last season’s finalists crash out at home against Championship side • Lancashire derby marred by crowd disturbances at Ewood Park Last season’s runners-up are out of the Carabao Cup as Southampton were stunned 2-0 at home by the Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers. Southampton, who lost 3-2 against Manchester United in the Wembley final in February , fell at the first hurdle this time. Danny Batth headed in Ivan Cavaleiro’s corner in the 67th minute and substitute Donovan Wilson made it 2-0 with …

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Slaven Blilic was delighted and relieved to secure his first win of the season declaring: “All and any victory creates confidence.” He was equally happy with the clean sheet after seeing the side ship goals in their two first outings of the season but added: “We can’t get carried away because with all the respect in […]

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Adrian: Never seriously troubled but no alarms and looked as good as we have seen Hart so far this season 6 Byram: Growing up fast – defended well and always looking to get forward and make things happen 7 Collins: A rock at the back missing nothing. Named official mom and a top performance from […]

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KIERAN GILL AT THE LCI RAIL STADIUM: Anything but a win would have had Slaven Bilic wondering if a list of replacements really is being drawn up by West Ham’s board. Thankfully for him, the Hammers won.

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Cheltenham Town 0 West Ham 2 Birthday boy James Collins was named man of the match which probably wasn’t a true reflection of a game which which finally saw the Irons get a much needed win under their belts. It was never THAT easy but late first half goals from Diafra Sakho – slowly coming […]

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Minute-by-minute coverage of the action at Whaddon Road Live scores: keep up with all Wednesday’s goals! Email jacob.steinberg@theguardian.com | Tweet @JacobSteinberg 8.30pm BST 45 min+1: There will be one minute of the added stuff. “West Ham certainly are bereft in the pace department but Rice again looks like an assured young player,” says Alastair Angus. 8.30pm BST 44 min : “I’m delighted to see Bilic play three defensive midfielders against lowly Cheltenham when he only …

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Liverpool’s quest to join the Champions League group stages concludes on Wednesday night when they face Hoffenheim in their play-off second leg.

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William Carvhlo is a significant absentee from the Sporting Lisbon team which takes on Steau Bucharest in the second leg of the Champions league clash in Romania this evening at 7.45 pm. It’s one of the Portuguese club’s most important games in years but with transfer negotiations going on with West Ham, the defensive midfielder’s […]

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The London Stadium is being turned back into a football venue ahead of West Ham’s first sell-out home match of the season on September 11. The venue has had a very hectic summer period.

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By Matthew Kemp With an abundance of centre backs at West Ham, to such an extent that both Reece Burke and Reece Oxford have been loaned to Bolton and Borussia Mochengladbach, the Hammers also have an international defender has another yet to play for the club in the Premier League. Candaian internationa Doneil Henry is […]

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Bordeaux and Lazio are today being reported as being interested in signing Diafra Sakho. But with the striker only just recovered from injury and making tentative steps to full fitness it would come as a surprise if the Irons were ready to let the player leave at this stage. Andy Carroll is still sidelined leaving […]

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Robert Snodgrass may be about to attract a third club as a serious battle develops for his signature. Aston Villa are reportedly favourites to grab the Scottish international with Sunderland also in the frame but both of them may be hijacked by Harry Redknapp and Birmingham City. Snodgrass has been exiled from the Hammers first […]

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David Gold has taken the opportunity to clarify comments he made on social media about West Ham’s youth players. In June the Joint Chairman said on twitter “It’s hard for a teenager to break into the first team and it becomes even harder as the first team gets better but they are, not teenagers forever. dg” […]

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Adrian has the chance to put some heat on Joe Hart this evening although the majority of us will probably be hoping otherwise. We need no further dramas in a season which has got off on entirely the wrong foot with Hart himself looking uncertain at the start of his Hammers loan spell. A top […]

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Cheltenham Town manager Gary Johnson has challenged his players to enhance their reputations against us as the Hammers make their first visit to Whaddon Road. He said: “West Ham need a result and I am sure they don’t care who it’s against or how it comes. I am sure they will be putting out a […]

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West Ham’s hopes of landing Michy Batshuayi  in a late shock loan move  look to have been killed off by the player’s desire to stay at Stamford Bridge The Irons have never stopped tracking the player since failing with a 35 million euros bid for him ahead of his decision to join the champions. And […]

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Slaven Bilic insists he feels under no added pressure following his point-less start to the season. The first ‘he’s on thin ice’ story emerged yesterday but the simple truth is that every manager in the country is under scrutiny in all circustances. Football management is one of the most vulnerable positions on earth and the […]

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Raging Slaven Bilic has blasted Marko Arnautovic and admits he is still fumig at the £24million record signing’s sickening attack on Southampton’s Jack Stephens. Most knew that attitude and risk came with the former Stoke man’s arrival but Bilic hasrarely been seen so angry as he was during yestrday’s presser – banging the table with […]

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This edition of ‘Your Shout’ see’s the bloggers from West Ham Uniteds premier magazine discuss some of the articles that feature in this months publication. Each author has sent me a video clip with their mobile phone and pose a question to me pertaining to their feature. Blowing Bubbles Magazine founder and editor David kicks […]

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Slaven Bilic gave some guarded guidance on transfers in and out as he prepared for the first Cup game against Cheltenham Town tomorrow night (Wed). And it didn’t take too much reading between the lines to work out what he was talking about as the club approaches the final days of the summer transfer window. […]

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Aston Villa and Sunderland are scrapping it out to take Robert Snodgrass into Championship action. The Scotland winger has been training with the under 23s and is now very much out of Slaven Bilic’s plans for the season. And ClaretandHugh has learned this evening that his two former bosses ,Steve Bruce at Villa and the […]

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