03 August 2017
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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03 August 2017
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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03 August 2017
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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03 August 2017
Things now seem to be taking shape at West Ham ahead of the new season in a fortnight’s time. We have a host of new arrivals, all vying for a place in the first team and our pre-season fixtures are almost complete. A win, two draws and a loss in Germany and Austria have given Bilic a lot to think about ahead of the new season. I am still not...
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03 August 2017
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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03 August 2017
I feel the need to defend a Noble man. Mark Noble limped out of the pre-season friendly Saturday against Werder Bremen with an ankle injury, that though did not dampen the twitterrati attack on him by many West Ham fans for his performance in the first half of the 2-2 draw in Germany, many who it seems have short memories. No player should just be picked to play for the team on merit, but for me Noble if fit, should be the...
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03 August 2017
In this week’s edition of our weekly Throwback segment, we speak to Jessica,16 and a new Hammers fan about her first experience of The London Stadium. “Little did I know, that my first West Ham game would be the day after my birthday, when West Ham were at home to Accrington Stanley on September 21st, 2016. All I had was my imagination, I had never experienced the thrills to be a part of a football crowd ...
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03 August 2017
Young Hammers pair join Bolton Our bright young Academy duo of Josh Cullen and Reece Burke have joined EFL Championship side Bolton Wanderers on season-long loans. Both Cullen and Burke were recently on our pre-season tour of Europe, featuring in four friendlies against Sturm Graz ll, Fulham and two fixtures against Bundesliga side Werder Bremen. However, the starlets were allowed to fly back to England ahead of the Altona 93 game to formally sign for Phil Parkinson at The...
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03 August 2017
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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03 August 2017
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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03 August 2017
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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03 August 2017
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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03 August 2017
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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03 August 2017
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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02 August 2017
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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02 August 2017
West Ham United completed arguably one of the best deals in the transfer window so far this season when they swooped to bring in Javier Hernandez from Bayer Leverkusen. With a proven record of scoring goals in the Premier League (for Manchester United) and the Bundesliga (for Bayer Leverkusen), Chicharito could prove to be exactly […]
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02 August 2017
A spirited Hammers side fought-back from losing positions three-times yesterday evening to earn a hard-fought draw in the penultimate friendly of pre-season against Altona 93. The game was classed as a friendly, but the fiery encounter far from lived up to it’s name. The hosts, who play their Football in The German Fourth Division, put out a good fight against our Premier League talent, but clearly also had help from ...
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02 August 2017
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan’s comments that the club is still £100m have caused some confusion with Hammers supporters. He told Jim White on Talksport “It’s a difficult one because we’re not a bottomless pit. We still have to balance the books and we still have £100million of debt.” Many still believed the board promised […]
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02 August 2017
Jimmy Quinn 1989-1991 A well-travelled and experienced Centre Forward Quinn was signed from Bradford City in 1989, Quinn scored 22 goals in 42 games for the Hammers before moving on to Bournemouth. Quinn’s return will surprise many as Quinn was known as “Jimmy the Tree” because of his lack movement but he played a part in getting the club promoted in 1991. Quinn moved to Bournemouth where again he scored 19 goals in one season then moved onto Reading...
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02 August 2017
After a mixed start to The New-Year, the months of February and March would bring nothing but pain and misery as we were plunged into a relegation battle and the start of a dreadful winless run. February Despite the positive end to January that included two-consecutive victories, there would be no such joy in the second month of the year, and February would start as it meant to go on. ...
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02 August 2017
I was surprised to read Slaven Bilic’s comments that there would be no more “exciting” signings during the summer transfer window. We reported some time back that the manager had made up his mind he needed no more front men and club insiders added that anyway it is ” hard to bring in a top […]
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02 August 2017
It comes as no surprise to see Sam Byram on the official site explaining why the Hammers could only manage a draw against low level German opposition in Hamburg last night. I suppose for now we must accept the right back’s appraisal that the result aganst Altona 93 wasn’t a disaster and that to some […]
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02 August 2017
West Ham co-chairman David Gold has promised the club will be making headlines for all the right reasons this coming season. An up-and-down first season on and off the pitch at the London Stadium ended with the Irons finishing 11th in the Premier League and in an exclusive interview with Blowing Bubbles magazine, Gold said […]
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02 August 2017
Chicharito will wear the No. 17 shirt for West Ham it was revealed last night as his favourite number 14 is occupied by Pedro Obiang. The Mexican opted for the number 17 on his back instead. In a Spanish language article on WHUFC.com Chicarito explained his love of the number 14 but said he has done equally well […]
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02 August 2017
Read this article: Video:Altona 93 3-3 West Ham Highlights
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02 August 2017
West Ham were held to an entertaining draw by Altona 93 on Tuesday night as Winston Reid was sent off. The German fourth tier opposition attacked West Ham from the first minute.
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