
Revealed: West Ham emails to Sporting
06 September 2017
Sky Sports News can reveal two emails that appear to prove West Ham did make offers to Sporting Lisbon for William Carvalho.
06 September 2017
Sky Sports News can reveal two emails that appear to prove West Ham did make offers to Sporting Lisbon for William Carvalho.
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06 September 2017
Manu Lanzini’s contract talks could start as soon as January or go on the end of season agenda. Newspaper reports have been inaccurately claiming the little midfielder is either in negotiations with the club or is about to be. The Hammers are ready to offer a new deal but there’s no hurry from club or […]
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06 September 2017
By Nuno Moreira de Almeida reporting from Lisbon for CandH Sporting Clube de Portugal’s president Bruno Carvahlo last night gave a two hour interview to the club’s TV channel, – a decision which may not have been the wisest of his career. He waded into some controversial issues which included the William Carvalho affair in a […]
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06 September 2017
West Ham United's owners David Sullivan and David Gold have been branded 'the dildo brothers' after failing to complete a move for Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho.
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06 September 2017
In times like these it is perhaps as well to remember some West Ham history and ask: “Should I be this wound up given what’s gone before at this club?” The last few days have been intense and social media makes things feel so much worse – we live with it or choose to turn […]
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06 September 2017
Iain Dale from West Ham Till I Die joins the Moore Than Just A Podcast crew of Sean Whetstone, John Bucci and Nigel Kahn for a one off emergency one-hour podcast to discuss the problems and melt down that have set our beloved club in recent weeks. The lads give their personal opinions on who is […]
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06 September 2017
Clubs up and down the league completed late business as the summer transfer window drew to a close, with the signings' first chance to pull on their new shirts coming this weekend.
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06 September 2017
Things have gone from heated to boiling point between the Portuguese side and the Irons' management in the wake of their summer dealings
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06 September 2017
When the Hammers meet Bolton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup, mention will inevitably be made of the first-ever meeting of the two clubs, the F. A. Cup Final of 1923. In the early 1970s, when I was working for one of the then ‘Big Five’ banks in the City of London, my office took on a one-off job that required a dozen or more temporary staff to come in and help. Those ‘temps’...
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06 September 2017
As attentions finally turn back to the Premier League season, it’s now time to check in with our international Hammers and see how they fared on their World Cup Qualifying adventures during the Break. Europe No fewer than seven first-team members were in action on the continent over last seven days, with the race to Russia 2018 nearing its conclusion. Wales’ James Collins was a pivotal part of the nation’s incredible run at the European ...
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06 September 2017
Slaven Bilic has been given the backing of West Ham legend Alvin Martin as the Hammers head in to a crucial Premier League clash against Huddersfield at the London Stadium on Monday. Bilic is clinging perilously on to his job after watching his charges lose the first three opening top flight matches leaving them rock-bottom of the table. Pundits and supporters have questioned if Bilic, a fans’ favourite as a no-nonsene player, is...
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06 September 2017
Manu Lanzini’s knee problem will today be examined by Gary Lewin’s medical staff after the midfielder’s return from the Argentine yesterday. The player was eventually forced to travel to South America at the insistence of his international bosses who wanted to check out that the injury was “real.” It recalls the days when Diafra Sakho […]
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06 September 2017
The Premier League returns this weekend but it is a fair bet Slaven Bilic and Frank de Boer have not enjoyed the international break too much and both are in dire need of a positive result As international breaks go, the one England have just enjoyed was quite eventful, even if nothing Gareth Southgate’s players could produce on the pitch was likely to steal the headlines from the way in which Wayne Rooney celebrated...
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06 September 2017
How deep are there problems? Should fans be getting concerned this early? And are the men in charge under serious pressure already? Sportsmail runs the rule over the three strugglers.
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06 September 2017
The club made a point to release a video on Facebook yesterday of players not on International duty training hard at Rush Green. Ogbonna, Sakho, Noble, Carroll, Collins, Adrian, Byram, Antonio, Reid and Zabaleta were all featured in the video. Marko Arnautovic (Austria), Andre Ayew (Ghana), Chicharito (Mexico), Conor Coventry (Republic of Ireland U19), Aaron Cresswell […]
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06 September 2017
Speaking to the French magazine So Foot Dimitri Payet says that Bilic managed him like a father but the real reason why he left was West Ham’s objective differed from the previous season and he feared for his career. Payet said: “He managed me like a father. We spoke every day. He quickly understood how I worked. […]
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05 September 2017
West Ham have registered twenty-two places from a maximum of twenty-five in their first-team squad. Players under the age of twenty one do not require registration. Despite the transfer window closing last Thursday there are still a number of free agents which could be signed by the Hammers to fill those three remaining spaces should there […]
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05 September 2017
Portuguese website O Jogo claims that Sporting Lisbon never received a bid equalling or in excess of William Carvalho which seems in direct contradiction to comments made by Bruno de Carvalho and his communication director last week. The report says the president of Sporting, Bruno de Carvalho, called William Carvalho following the collapse of the […]
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05 September 2017
Former West Ham and England striker Dean Ashton has revealed that he tried to forget about being a footballer altogether after his career was ended by injury. In an interview marking nine years since his last appearance for the club, West Ham’s former record signing told Blowing Bubbles magazine that total shutdown was the only […]
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05 September 2017
These are troubled times at the old club but those who have been on the dark side for a few years or more will probably be muttering “What’s new?” Let’s focus on something else briefly, let’s look at a player who for me is – as he was in difficult times last season – a […]
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05 September 2017
Aaron Cresswell wants to help stop the intense speculation around Slaven Bilic’s job and knows how big the game against Huddersfield has become. The left back admits it is “massive” declaring that three defeats on the spin is simply not good enough. And speaking to talkSPORT he said: “It’s our first home game and we really […]
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05 September 2017
Ok, let’s all take a break for a few minutes and remember why we are all Hammers. Nigel Kahn – producer of Mock the WHUFC Week – has put it perfectly in the video here as he time travels over the years of West Ham history. This video takes us from the beginning of […]
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05 September 2017
Edimilson Fernandes has suffered an injury while on International duty with Switzerland U21’s. Rumours circulated social media that he had broken his foot and was currently in hospital but club sources have played down the severity of his injury. A club source told Claret and Hugh this afternoon that they are still awaiting the results of various medical […]
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05 September 2017
We all know that the main talk of the town at the moment in Stratford is the future of Slaven Bilic, with hordes of fans calling for his dismissal just three games into the season. However, it’s now time to look at the reasons why the current crisis on and off the field isn’t the fault of our Croatian manager and that you may have to look higher in the West Ham United pecking order to...
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05 September 2017
A dying West Ham fan and season ticket holder for 45 years had the night of his life when watching his beloved Irons one last time. Eighty-two years old George Davies moved from East Ham to Cheltenham five years ago but last year was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer. However Cheltenham Live reports that George had […]
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