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He has been linked with a potential £13million move to West Ham and, with just a year left on his contract, Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voller has admitted the Mexican may be allowed to leave.

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Cheik Kouyate is the latest Hammers injury victim having picked up a knock in training. Talking after the 0-0 draw against Sturm Graz, Slaven Bilic said: “The only one problem we’ve had is with Cheikhou, who injured his knee in a very strange and awkward way during training, but apart from that I’m happy with […]

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The Irons are expected to sign top target Marko Arnautovic for a club record fee over the next few days. According to long term Standard Sport reporter and lifelong Hammers fan Ken Dyer, a £23 million deal for the 28-year-old Austrian international has been agreed and the player himself has settled personal terms. Stoke were […]

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Joe Hart has now agreed to the financial terms on offer from West Ham in the wage sharing deal with Manchester City and is currently finalising the parent club’s share of the terms. The England keeper has now passed a West Ham medical but we learned this morning there is as yet no “timeline” for […]

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A club-by-club guide to the rising stars who could make a mark in 2017-18, including Arsenal’s Reiss Nelson and West Brom’s Sam Field The 17-year-old was trending on Twitter last Thursday morning during his first appearance for Arsène Wenger’s first team – against Sydney FC – and it was because his pace, power and trickery are always going to be popular. The attacking midfielder played in an unfamiliar right wing-back role but there were…

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Pablo Zabaleta declared himself happy with the team’s first run out of the season last evening (Mon) but naturally unhappy not to come away with a victory. Speaking to West Ham TV after the game, he said: “It felt good. It was a shame not to win the game – you always want a victory […]

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West Ham believe they are holding a trump card in the talks with Javier Hernandez in being able to offer him what Chelsea can’t – regular first team football! The little Mexican has made it clear in the past that is his priority and it may well help the Irons to land an extraordinary coup […]

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Summer transfer meltdown among some West Ham fans probably  started somewhere around June 2 or 3 and has become progressively more paranoic as day followed day without a signing – notably a striker – in sight. With Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho often on sick leave, there were plenty of reasons for complaint and that, […]

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West Ham began their pre-season in earnest with a stalemate against Austrian side Sturm Graz.  The Hammers created plenty of chances and will be disappointed in some profligate finishing.

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• Spanish goalkeeper seen as experienced deputy to Ederson • Reina’s arrival would end Claudio Bravo’s torrid time at City Manchester City want to buy Napoli’s Pepe Reina in a transfer which, if successful, would mean the end of Claudio Bravo’s torrid time at the club. City are understood to have made an initial bid of around £2.5m for the 34-year-old, who spent nine years at Liverpool, and has also played for…

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Sturm Graz 0 Irons 0 David Sullivan got a Javier Hernandez hurry up this evening as the Irons opened their pre season campaign with a 0-0 draw against Sturm Graz in Austria. The uncomfortable stats showed an empty goals column after 16 attempts on the Sturm goal who are three games into their pre-season and […]

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West Ham’s Vice Chairman Karren Brady is to become the non-executive chairman of Taveta, the holding company for former BHS owner Sir Philip Green’s retail empire. Baroness Brady is taking over as the prominent barrister Lord Grabiner confirms he is stepping down from the role. Grabiner has spent 15 years leading the Taveta board, which came […]

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Manchester City will continue to pay a significant portion of Hart’s £120,000-per-week salary while West Ham will have an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season.

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West Ham have a “good” chance of signing Javier Hernández from  Bayer Leverkusen! However, despite suggestions on Twitter the deal was hours away ClaretandHugh’s senior source revealed it could take some days to conclude. Speaking to us this afternoon – in response to reports by an Italian journalist that the Hammers were just hours away from […]

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Italian Journalist Alfredo Pedulla claims Javier Hernandez is now very close to joining West Ham. He claims that unless there are last minutes twists he will wear the shirt of West Ham. He says: “The Mexican striker born in 1988 is, therefore, preparing to say goodbye to Bayer Leverkusen after two seasons in which he scored 27 […]

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In a career spanning more than a decade, Hart has made 348 appearances for the Premier League club and has 71 caps for England but is not City manager Pep Guardiola’s first choice keeper.

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Mark Noble is fully recovered from abdominal surgery and ready to take his place in the side against Sturm Graz in Austria tonight. Speaking to the official site he Hammers captain said: “The operation went really well and I’ve trained every day and been involved in everything since we’ve been back, so I feel really […]

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The Hammers go into their first pre season friendly against Sturm Graz in Austria at 5.30 pm this afternoon. In fact to be strictly correct we  will be turning out against a Sturm Graz Development team so it will be interesting to see what sort of approach Slaven Bilic takes towards the game. He has […]

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A comment by Jack Wilshere to Joe Hart on social media has got rumours running the Arsenal midfielder could be joining the Man City stopper at the London Stadium this summer. Joe Hart posted a photo of himself on instagram in First class on a Virgin train saying “On route to the next adventure” Jack Wilshere […]

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James Collins has become the great West ham survivor and has one more target to reach as a Hammer. He is determined to end his career in professional football at the London Stadium! Speaking to the official site the Ginger Pele said: “To think I’ve been a part of this club for nearly ten years now […]

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Joe Hart is now fully expected to have his West Ham medical within the next two days ahead of the year long loan deal he is understood to have agreed with the club. The England stopper has had it made crystal clear to him that he has no future at Manchestr City after spening the […]

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Joe Hart will have a medical at West Ham on Monday before completing a season-long loan move. The Hammers will have the chance to sign him permanently at the end of the season.

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Jack Collison is on the verge of rejoining West Ham as a youth coach it has been revealed. ITK EXWHUEmployee broke the news earlier today saying “Jack Collison is set to return as under 16s manager!!” Just after 5pm this afternoon Jack confirmed the news on his own Twitter account by saying: “Few last bits to sort […]

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Joe Hart has this afternoon indicated his future has been decided by posting a personal message on his Instagram account. And unless there has been  late move by another club it looks as though the England keeper is on his way to the London Stadium Hart declared on Instagram joehartofficial: “on route to the next […]

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• Manchester City and England goalkeeper to have medical on Monday • Tottenham agree to sell forward Clinton Njie to Marseille Joe Hart is set to join West Ham on a season-long loan and is due to have a medical with the London club on Monday. The Manchester City goalkeeper would have preferred to join a club permanently but in the end decided that staying in the Premier League, even if it is another loan spell, was a…

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