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West Ham United are preparing to take on Manchester City in their final pre-season friendly in Iceland later tonight. Ahead of the game, West Ham United named their starting XI for the clash. The Hammers’ new duo Joe Hart and Pablo Zabaleta will both start the game against their old club. Joe Hart is on […]

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Most Premier League clubs have been release several multiple new kits each season for years. Can you guess the season these kits from years gone by were worn?

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Former Arsenal player Charlie Nicholas has given his verdict on the season ahead for the Hammers. Nicholas told Sky Sports: “Well Slaven Bilic has gone for more of ready-made summer signings. Robert Snodgrass didn’t really fit in and neither did Jose Fonte but he’s gone with the same approach with Hernandez, Zabaleta, Arnautovic and Hart. Hart […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has confirmed that Manuel Lanzini and  Aaron Cresswell will be out for another week but Mark Noble has returned to the squad after suffering a minor toe injury. He also confirmed Kouyate will be out for a longer period adding not long but long enough. Speaking to WHUFC.com Slav said: […]

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Rumours have resurfaced today that West Ham are plotting a deal for Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina. Lemina rejected an offer to join Lyon and is pushing for a move to England to join the Premier League this summer claims the Italian Press. The former Marseille midfielder is prepared to leave Juventus this summer in search of regular […]

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Bill Bonds will not be watching West Ham’s game against Manchester City this afternoon as he reckons pre-season games are as near meaningless as it gets. He said: I understand people getting a bit worked up when things go wrong and you don’t want to be suffering big defeats such as happened to Sunderland a […]

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West Ham have had no inquiries – never mind offers – for Manu Lanzini despite being aware of the “Liverpool rumour. However they know that agents are beavering away in the background as the transfer window speculation becomes more feverish with  the countdown to deadline day beginning to loom. There has been regular speculation that […]

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Hammers hero Billy Bonds has told ClaretandHugh of his great pride in seeing a mural of himself and Trevor Brooking appearing as a Boleyn memorial. The work of art on the side of fish and chip shop off Barking road depicts Bonzo and Trevor Brooking. The creation is the work of Hertfordshire based  West Ham […]

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Mark Noble has poured cold water over Marko Arnoutovic controversial reputation which  caused a few headlines when he joined the Hammers for a £24 million record fee. Instead the captain says he has been a model pro since his arrival declaring: ““The stuff that gets said about Marko off the pitch! From what I’ve seen […]

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West Ham are today reported to be  speeding up contract talks with Manuel Lanzini fearing Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp will swoop on him. The £200 million euros PSG switch for Neymar has apparently increased Barcelona’s interest for Phillipe Coutinho and there has been a long term belief that Lanzini is Liverpool’s favoured replacement should that take […]

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West Ham are still actively pursuing players as the season approaches but under the club’s new zipped mouth policy names are hard to come by. However, Slav and the board are keen to bring in a couple of younger players with a senior source telling us: “You can’t keep signing players on which their is […]

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Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas has shared his views on West Ham United ahead of the start of the 2017/18 season. Reviewing last season and previewing the next season, Charlie Nicholas has stirred up some controversy with some questionable opinions. Asked about our new transfers, Nicholas says that the arrival of Joe Hart is a […]

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Slaven Bilic is looking for a massive shot of confidence with a win over Man City tomorrow afternoon. Speaking ahead of the match he told www.whufc.com: “We have to believe, because if you don’t believe then you don’t have a chance anyway. First, you have to believe and dream and then make your plans accordingly. “Everything […]

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Josh Cullen has put pen to paper on a new contract with West Ham United, the midfielder confirmed on his official Twitter account. Cullen took to Twitter to express his joy at signing new terms with West Ham and extending his stay at the London Stadium. The promising young central midfielder signed a new deal […]

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The Hammers face the sternest test possible in Reykjavik tomorrow as Manchster City  look to make it a hat trick of pre-season victories. After the City humiliations of last season when we were beaten three times and conceded 12 goals against them there is a mini revenge mission on hand for the Hammers who will be looking […]

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West Ham United are ready to step up their efforts to get Manuel Lanzini to sign a new contract, according to an exclusive report by The Sun. With Liverpool sniffing around the West Ham star, things are speeding up in East London. The Argentinian international has been one of the standout players for West Ham […]

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Midfielder Jack Wilshere wants to stay at Arsenal and fight for his place in the team, according to The Telegraph. Jack Wilshere is a reported target for West Ham United. The Hammers are currently light in central midfield. Ahead of the opening game of the season against Manchester United, the only two confirmed fit and […]

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West Ham have today denied that they are interested in bringing Montpellier’s Ryad Boudebouz to the London Stadium. The Hammers have been regularly linked with the Algerian midfielder over the last few days but we were told today the Irons had no interest in the player. Montpellier were initially reported to be willing to let […]

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West Ham United midfielder Josh Cullen has signed a new three year deal with the club. The club’s official website mentioned the new contract in an article today. This was confirmed by the young central midfielder, who tweeted his delight at putting pen to paper on a new three deal with the Hammers. Also delighted […]

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Diafra Sakho is set to make his return to match action in a behind closed doors under 23s match against Spurs on Saturday. Having rejoined the first team squad, but having yet to make an appearance, we understand that Slaven Bilic has given the nod to his involvement in the game. And it’s hoped as […]

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Chicharito can’t wait for tomorrow afternoon and Manchester City declaring: “We have a lot of quality and a lot of different types of players and ways of playing, so it’s easy and we’re going to have a very good season, I hope. He enjoyed his first appearance in a Hammers shirt against Altona 93 adding: […]

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The Hammers are 24 hours away from the key pre-season match of the summer against Manchester City and the big question whether we are set for serious action or another training affair. There are mixed feelings about games at this time of the year but we would hope to see as close to the first […]

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A quick chance to have a closer look at West Ham’s record signing Marko Arnautovic with a compilation of all of his touches from the friendly against German side Altona 93.  

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The creators of the West Ham mural in Priory road say they will finish at 2pm today and want as many West Ham fans to come down to join them to admire the completion of the street art.  Speaking to ClaretandHugh this morning they said “We are aiming for 2 pm We would love a […]

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PSG are on the verge of paying an incredible 222 million Euros (£198m) for Neymar and the player will reportedly earn 865,000 euros (£775,477) a week when the Brazil forward completes his world record move from Barcelona to Paris St-Germain. It means PSG’s total outlay across the initial five-year deal will come to £400m. Back […]

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As David Gold has recently pointed out, our current academy is looking very promising. After bringing through a number of high profile players such as Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Frank Lampard and Jermain Defoe, West Ham developed a reputation as “The Academy of Football”. However, that reputation has faded in the past decade […]

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