19 July 2017
West Ham has suffered an early injury blow to the start of their season with the news that Cheik Kouyate will be out of action for the beginning of the Premier League season. Speaking to Daily Mirror, West Ham boss Slaven Bilic confirmed Kouyate will face a spell on the sidelines until the end of August. Bilic […]
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19 July 2017
The Africa Cup of Nations finals are set to be expanded to 24 teams and moved to dates in June and July but will continue to be held every two years after recommendations on the tournament at a symposium in Morocco on Wednesday. The decision must still be ratified by the Confederation of African Football’s […]
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19 July 2017
Premier Sports TV has let down thousands of Hammers fans looking forward to watching tomorrow evening’s game against Fulham from Austria. The minor TV channel made a great marketing ploy out of the fact that they would be showing all our pre-season games including the London derby gathering many subscribers among our fan base as […]
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19 July 2017
Slaven Bilic is a thrilled man as Joe Hart lands at West Ham after several days of hard negotiating. And the vast majority of Hammers fans have welcomed the siging across the social networks in what is clearly a big statement of intention from our club. Bilic told the official website: “I am delighted to welcome […]
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19 July 2017
West Ham goalkeeper Darren Randolph is considering his future at the London Stadium, following the arrival of Joe Hart amid concrete interest from Middlesbrough.
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19 July 2017
Last week in the fourth edition of our weekly 2016/2017 Season Review we looked at torrid November 2016, but this week we look at a stunning recovery in December. December As the dreadful month of November drew to a close, many Hammers fans were dreading the Festive period, but a fantastic and key part of the season was to follow. Despite our run of three victories in a row in December, the month would start the ...
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19 July 2017
West Ham United have reportedly jumped to the head of the queue to sign Lazio star Keita Baldé after agreeing a fee of around £27 million. With fellow Premier League sides Chelsea and Everton showing interest along with Italian giants Inter, the Hammers are looking to get the transfer confirmed ahead of the rest. It is now up to the player, who is thought to be wanting to move away from Lazio to ...
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19 July 2017
Adrian has reminded West Ham's joint-chairman David Sullivan that they already had 'two great professionals' at the club before the signing of Joe Hart.
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19 July 2017
Since summarising my feelings on the Joe Hart deal last night and following a great discussion on the ClaretandHugh Facebook forum @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ I accept that despite the lack of “to buy option” this is good business by the club. Truth is of course that contracts and clauses mean very little these days and any number of […]
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19 July 2017
West Ham goal keeper Adrian has shown his passion for the Hammers by hitting back at comments by West Ham Chairman David Sullivan on the official club website in which he said he was looking forward to being reunited with the ‘best goalkeeper’ he has worked with in Joe Hart. Adrian posted on his official […]
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19 July 2017
Matthew Upson has rejoined West Ham in a coaching capacity to help out with the Academy youngsters. The former Hammers captain was spotted last night in West Ham training gear at Colchester with a notepad under his arm. He is understood to have a part time role with the Academy. Upson has kept close contact […]
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19 July 2017
David Sullivan has finally killed off the many rumours and ill informed speculation surrounding the Hammers transfer activity this summer. And certainly the weeks long speculation that Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere could be on his way to the London Stadium looks dead in the water. The one time much hailed Wilshere is not in Arsenal manage […]
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19 July 2017
Michail Antonio may be struggling to make the first match of the season at Manchester United. The Hammer of the Year has joined the rest of the squad in Austria under the new policy of taking everybody on pre-season whether they are fully fit or otherwise. The club’s most versatile player has been rehabbing through […]
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19 July 2017
David Sullivan claims Joe Hart is the best goalkeeper he has worked with during his time in the game. The co chairman took the England keeper to Birmingham City on loan in 2009 and declared: “Joe was absolutely fantastic for us at Birmingham City eight years ago. He is the best goalkeeper I’ve worked with […]
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19 July 2017
West Ham appear to have sprung in to action this summer. After the free signing of Pablo Zabaleta at the end of May it took until mid-July for the club to announce Joe Hart as the second arrival of the summer, and now it seems there will be a at least a couple more before […]
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19 July 2017
Palace and Newcastle are today being reported as considering moves for West Ham Adrian. The Spanish keeper has been suggested as a Newcastle target for several days but the announcement that Joe Hart has finally joined the Irons on a one year loan has raised the intensity of the speculation Adrian, 30, finished the […]
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18 July 2017
The reliable Jason Burt in the Telegraph confirms West Ham have agreed a fee of £20million plus up to £4million in add-ons with Stoke City for Marko Arnautovic. Earlier this evening local paper The Stoke Sentinel claimed that Marko said goodbye to his teammates at the training ground. The Telegraph’s chief football correspondent with good contacts […]
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18 July 2017
Marko Arnautovic is close to getting his wish to join West Ham after they agreed a £24million fee with Stoke for the forward. The clubs are close to an agreement.
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18 July 2017
Stoke have reluctantly admitted defeat in their attempts to convince Marko Arnautovic to withdraw his request to leave and the player said his goodbyes to teammates at their Clayton Wood training ground today ahead of an imminent £23m switch claims the Stoke Sentinel this evening. The 28-year-old joined Stoke from £2.6m from Werder Bremen as […]
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18 July 2017
Like most other fans I was celebrating when it became clear that Joe Hart was on his way to us but this is West Ham and as ever the up was quickly followed by the downside. What looked on the face of it a great deal has suddenly become questionable at best and deeply worrying […]
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18 July 2017
Manchester City keeper Joe Hart has officially signed for West Ham on season long loan but there is no official option to buy the shot stopper at the end of the loan period. The Hammers are thought to funding fifty percent of the England keepers £170,000 per week wages meaning we invest around £4m in […]
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18 July 2017
After what felt like an age for the club to announce, Joe Hart is officially a West Ham player. England’s No.1 stopper and four-time Premier League golden glove winner has signed a one-year loan deal with what is believed to be an option to buy next summer. The arrival of Hart certainly represents the kind […]
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18 July 2017
West Ham United have agreed a £24m fee with Stoke City for forward Marko Arnautovic, according to Sky sources.
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18 July 2017
West Ham united have officially announced a season long-loan deal for England No.1 goalkeeper Joe Hart. In my opinion, getting the country’s leading keeper to play in claret and blue this season is a major coup for the club. Joe Hart had been ever present for City before Pep Guardiola arrived and has won FA […]
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18 July 2017
City signed Benfica stopper Ederson earlier this summer, paving the way for Hart to leave the club again, and he has moved to the London Stadium for the coming campaign.
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