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Familiar faces are arriving at West Ham, but will their short-termism backfire? | Jacob Steinberg
26 July 2017
The club are celebrating ‘a great transfer window’, but Joe Hart, Javier Hernández and Marko Arnautovic may turn out to be sticking plasters in lieu of a real plan West Ham United are feeling very pleased with themselves at the moment. Relieved, too. After making a spectacular show of themselves in the transfer market last summer, when they started out with hopes of luring Alexandre Lacazette to east London and ended up convincing themselves that Simone Zaza ...
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Hart: West Ham aiming high
26 July 2017
Joe Hart believes West Ham are capable of at least a top-eight finish this season after a busy summer in the transfer market.
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Buying Hernandez Just For Today Could Spell Trouble For Tomorrow
26 July 2017
“I’m buying for now not the future”, so said West Hams illustrious leader David Sullivan today when interviewed on TalkSport radio, commenting as West Ham sign Javier Hernandez, one of four signings this summer, three of which have come in the last week. How can Hammers fans not feel excited with the additions of Pablo Zabaleta, Joe Hart, Marko Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez? All are proven Premier League players and three of them bring the experience of ...
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Chicharito won’t be risked for cup games
26 July 2017
Chicharito is due to fly to Germany on Thursday to meet his new team mates but is unlikely to feature in the Betway cup against Werder Breme in a two legged final on Friday and Saturday. The Mexican is already match fit after finishing his international duty in the Confederations Cup earlier this month. His last competitive match […]
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Fletcher linked with £7m West Ham exit
26 July 2017
Middlesbrough are said to have entered the race to land Ashley Fletcher from West Ham new reports claim today. With the arrival of Javier Hernandez and Diafra Sakho said to be 100% fit Fletcher was expected to go out on loan this season to get some game time. Those who want him on loan are said […]
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Where are they Now? Unsung Cup Heroes of the 70’s
26 July 2017
Alan Taylor 1974-1979 The 1975 FA Cup final hero was signed from Rochdale a year earlier. Taylor scored two goals in the quarter final, the semi final and the final helping West Ham secure one of their three FA Cup wins. Taylor’s career with West Ham was somewhat hampered by injury and was finally sold by the Hammers moving to Norwich in 1979 for £90,000. Sadly, Taylor got injured in just his fourth game for...
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Hernandez ready to put screws on United
26 July 2017
Chicharito is desperate for the season to get underway as he ponders a return to Manchester United. The Little Pea could hardly be happier having made the switch to us and told West Ham TV: “Of course I will be very happy to go back there and play. Hopefully I can do as well in that […]
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2016/2017 Season Review Part Six: January: A Dismal New-Year
26 July 2017
Festive cheer would be spread in the month of December as our poor form picked up, but the dismal January blues would plague the New-Year in the Hammers world. However, there would still be some joy in the otherwise embarrassing start to the second-half of the 2016/2017 Premier League season. January In an unusual and uncharacteristic move, there were no Premier League fixtures on New-Year’s Day and only on the 2nd of January. ...
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Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho regrets Javier Hernandez sale
26 July 2017
The player was sold before Mourinho's time at Old Trafford, and while he said he made no attempt to bring the forward back, he also thinks it is a shame he does not have Hernandez available.
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Adrian linked with £3m summer exit
26 July 2017
Reports suggest Crystal Palace are in talks in an attempt to get Adrian to swap London clubs with West Ham getting a transfer fee of around £3m in return. Palace has reportedly turned their attentions to the Spaniard after failing in initial move to land Jasper Cillessen. Adrian has been at the Hammers for four years […]
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Late twist in Feghouli exit
26 July 2017
Sofiane Feghouli was missing from training in Germany yesterday with a club source insisting he was injured and it is not a smoke screen to mask his imminent exit. Speculation says Feghouli days are still numbered at West Ham as he prepares for a summer exit. Stade Rennais are the latest team who are said to be […]
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Is this the Hammers first team?
26 July 2017
I sat down to complete what I thought would be a relatively simple task this morning – selecting the Hammers starting line up for next season – err wrong…it’s actually a tough old call. I started from the premise that everybody is fit although in the Hammers world that would represent something of a major […]
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Crystal Palace target West Ham keeper Adrian in £3m deal
26 July 2017
Adrian is keen to leave the London Stadium with his first team chances limited following the arrival of Joe Hart on loan. The Spaniard has been at the Hammers for four years.
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Sullivan hails Chicharito as “potentially our greatest”
26 July 2017
David Sullivan has made a claim that Javier Hernandez could be one of the greatest players to have ever signed for the club. And given the Mexican’s record at the top of the game it would be very hard to disagree with such an assessment. Chicharito becomes the 33rd striker signed by the club since […]
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Football transfer rumours: Manchester City bid £143m for Kylian Mbappé?
26 July 2017
Today’s fluff has got the skills to pay the bills Welcome to the Rumour Mill on a day when Real Madrid could complete a £161m deal for Kylian Mbappé – a player who has, to date, scored 16 league goals. They once got Ferenc Puskás for free. Anyway, this is where we are, although Real’s hopes of doing irreparable damage to the space-time continuum might be scuppered by Manchester City , who are preparing a £143...
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David Sullivan says Dimitri Payet was ‘flawed’
26 July 2017
Dimitri Payet was 'a flawed individual' and sold because he was a disruptive influence on the team, according to West Ham co-owner David Sullivan.
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Poll: How many goals can Chicharito score?
26 July 2017
Chicharito scored 11 league goals from 20 starts in the Bundesliga last season for Bayer Leverkusen last season and overall he has scored 28 league goals from 45 starts for the German outfit since joining from Manchester United in 2015. For Man United he scored 37 goals from 49 starts and managed 7 league goals […]
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Fans gamble on Chicharito as top PL goalscorer
26 July 2017
Chicharito all the rage in top scorer betting market in the last 24 hours. Since the news of Chicharito’s move to West Ham was confirmed, Oddschecker punters have been piling in on the Little Pea to top the goal scoring charts next season. Mexico’s all-time record goalscorer also boasts the fifth best minutes-per-goal ration in […]
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Bilic confirms ‘one out, one in’ transfer policy
26 July 2017
Slaven Bilic has confirmed the ‘One out, one in’ policy for the remainder of the summer transfer window. Speaking on WHUFC.com yesterday evening he said “Now, something else can happen, if someone goes then someone will come in, but the majority of the team and squad are set. It’s exactly what I said at the […]
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Bilic details the two year wait for Chicharito
25 July 2017
Slaven Bilic has revealed how two years of patience has paid off in spades with the Irons landing supertar Javier Hernandez. The manager is ecstatic over his arrival and those of three other top starts telling the official site: “I am happy that the deal is complete as it’s a great signing for us. “I spoke […]
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Poll result: Where will the Irons finish!
25 July 2017
A majority of West Ham fans have voted that Slaven Bilic’s new-look team are booked for a top ten finish which will carry them into seventh or eighth place in 2017-18. A ClaretandHugh poll of 2,239 fans saw 42.5 per cent (952) claim that would be the club’s finishing position at the end of the […]
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PL trio chase Hammers’ Fletcher
25 July 2017
Three Premier League clubs are interested in signing West Ham's Ashley Fletcher on loan, according to Sky sources.
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Sorry Mr Carroll but I’ve had enough of you!
25 July 2017
I’ve reached the end of my tether with Andy Carroll. In 2013 we made him our record signing investing £15.5m in the striker, made him our top earner with a basic of £85,000 per week and an overall package understood to be closer to £100,000 per week. We have been patient, we have been tolerant, […]
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Fantasy Football bargain buys
25 July 2017
We pick out seven players who could defy their modest Sky Sports Fantasy Football valuations this season...
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Hernandez the Hammers hero?
25 July 2017
Is Javier Hernandez the answer to West Ham's recent striker struggles?
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