03 September 2017
Arnautovic’s season with West Ham has got off to a nightmare start after the club record transfer signing was red-carded on his second appearance for elbowing Southampton’s Jack Stephens. The initial transfer fee was £22.3m which could rise to £25m with add-ons. He earns a basic wage of £65,000 per week plus bonuses on a five-year […]
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03 September 2017
David Gold, multi-million pound business man, a veteran of club ownership, Co-Owner of West Ham United and cult hero? Over the past couple of seasons, the East London born and bred Hammer has earnt an almost Cult like status amongst our fans for his various bizarre, strange and quite hilarious run ins with fans of all clubs both on Social Media and in real life. The ownership’s affiliation with social media, mainly Twitter, places them ...
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03 September 2017
With the transfer window now shut across most of Europe, the fallout from deadline day is still taking place.
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03 September 2017
ClaretandHugh’s View Remember Brexti? ….remember Trump? ….remember the UK election? remember the anger the spite the malice, the rage, the obscene posts on social media – a place which doesn’t need a lot of help in that area ? We all do, but nobody can maintain that level of intensity whatever the issue, and it […]
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03 September 2017
Fans assess the window’s best buys, saddest exits, and the ones that got away Related: Transfer window 2017 – every deal in Europe's top five leagues Related: David Squires on … Liverpool v Arsenal and Bilic on the brink Related: Sergio Agüero has been left feeling like a second-class Citizen | Daniel Taylor Continue reading...
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03 September 2017
Andre Ayew was unable to help Ghana to victory in the third round of the World Cup CAF qualifiers against Congo on Friday. The Black Stars escaped a shock defeat at the hands of the visitors, as Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey salvaged a point for the West Africans with an 85th minute equalizer. The result […]
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03 September 2017
The Sunday Express this morning claims that Rafa Benitez is being lined up to take over West Ham if Slaven Bilic fails to turn things around in September. Bilic had talks with Hammers co-owner Dave Sullivan after his side lost their opening three games and the Croatian rejected the chance to strengthen his squad with […]
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02 September 2017
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has added to the pressure on Slaven Bilic by claiming the manager was not interested in the chance to sign Renato Sanches or Grzegorz Krychowiak.
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02 September 2017
Sporting Lisbon's communications chief Nuno Saraiva has disputed a claim by West Ham's David Sullivan that the east London club made an offer for William Carvalho.
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02 September 2017
West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady has revealed that West Ham insists on a financial penalty if West Ham players on loan do not get plenty of first-team time. Speaking in the Sun newspaper Bardy said Loan spells are now an essential part of football saying Youth players on the fringes of first team football […]
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02 September 2017
Son of West Ham Chairman Dave Sullivan Junior gave an interview the Sports Bible about West Ham. Asked whether he believed that Jack and himself would be the next chairmen of West Ham? “I personally think Jack is more likely to be the chairman of West Ham, however I would still like some input. Jack is currently […]
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02 September 2017
It’s all got very serious so time for a bit of light relief and some fun. . . . . if we can’t laugh we’ll only end up crying. To see more of these West Ham animations go to @CanningTownLen on Twitter where you’ll be kept entertained and up to date albeit slightly satirically.
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02 September 2017
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has given a great insight to transfer deadline day for a football manager after he allowed cameras from the Bleacher report to follow him around for the day. Within the video, the truth is revealed why the Domingos Quina move collapsed. He explains a week earlier, the signings Jerome Sinclair, […]
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02 September 2017
Exclusive by Claret And Hugh Associate Editor, Sean Whetstone West Ham Co-Chairman David Sullivan has tonight flatly denied claims from Sporting Lisbon that West Ham never made bids for the defensive midfielder for William Carvalho. Sullivan speaking only to ClaretandHugh a few minutes ago in response to provocative and controversial statements from the Sporting […]
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02 September 2017
Angry Sporting Lisbon director Nuno Saraiva has published a strongly-worded statement attacking David Sullivan and calling the West Ham United co-chairman a lying parasite.
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02 September 2017
West Ham have borrowed money secured against the remaining property and leases they own. A charge filed at Companies House on Thursday shows that the Hammers have borrowed money from Rights and Media funding thought to be financed by West Ham fan Michael Tabor secured against Chadwell Heath, Rush Green and Little Green. In addition, they […]
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02 September 2017
Sporting Lisbon’s director of communications Nuno Saraiva has hit out at West Ham co-owner David Sullivan after his official website statement and challenged him to prove his claims on William Carvalho. Speaking on Facebook Saraiva said: “Mr David Sullivan lies. Sporting Club de Portugal, as was said by its president, did not receive any proposal for […]
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02 September 2017
The West Ham co-chairman claimed that a deal was nearly done on deadline day but a senior figure insists the statement is inaccurate
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02 September 2017
Both players ended up moving elsewhere, while Sporting's William Carvalho stayed put, but the Hammers manager is apparently happy with his squad
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on West Ham boss Bilic turned down Sanches and Krychowiak, says Sullivan
02 September 2017
Sky Sports claims that a medical can be completed after the 11pm transfer deadline day in direct contradiction in a statement released by the West Ham joint Chairman last night on the official website. In a Sky Sports Transfer Q&A Can a medical take place after 11pm (or midnight on Sept 1 in Spain)? Yes, a medical […]
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02 September 2017
Unsurprisingly 14) Premier League clubs set new transfer records across while four broke it more than once. Here, Sportsmail looks at how each record was broken and those they replaced.
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02 September 2017
So, with football fans up and down the land enjoying an enthralling Deadline Day with some historic signings being completed on Thursday. For our dear old Hammers, it was like being grounded as a kid and watching desperately from your bedroom as your mates play without you. However, with deals for the likes of England No.1 Joe Hart, Austrian international Marko Arnautovic, two-time Premier League winner Pablo Zabaleta and ...
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02 September 2017
Sporting’s president Bruno de Carvalho says he had not received a single concrete offer for their defensive midfielder William Carvalho. Bruno de Carvalho made a statement to press at an event to state that Sporting Lisbon received no formal proposal for William Carvalho. “There was no single proposal for William Carvalho, we did not refuse an offer or anything, […]
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02 September 2017
The Hammers are currently bottom of the Premier League, but the midfielder insists the England goalkeeper is not at fault
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02 September 2017
Some West Ham players have taken advantage of the International Break to jet off with their families for the weekend. Adrian posted a photo from the airport on his way back to Spain saying “Days off” and “Family time” However, Hammers players are only taking their contracted two days off per week and must return […]
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02 September 2017
A social media poll of nearly 6,000 conducted on twitter by @WestHamTransfer shows 85% of those who took part want the current board out. Of the 5,952 who voted just 15% wanted the board to remain. In March this year David Gold said “If 86% of West Ham fans voted for me to go I […]
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