
Liverpool target Naby Keita will attempt to force transfer
06 July 2017
THE TRANSFER COLUMN: Liverpool target Naby Keita is to hold further talks with his club Red Bull Leipzig this week after they reiterated their desire to keep him this summer.
06 July 2017
THE TRANSFER COLUMN: Liverpool target Naby Keita is to hold further talks with his club Red Bull Leipzig this week after they reiterated their desire to keep him this summer.
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06 July 2017
CandH Exclusive West Ham have pulled out of the race for Manchester City starlet Kelechi Iheancho …on the orders of Slaven Bilic. ClaretandHugh has learned within the last few minutes that the club – having done a deal – saw it snubbed by Bilic at the eleventh hour David Sullivan had agreed a deal with […]
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06 July 2017
I’m not the only one beginning to fidget as the summer transfer window seems to tick by carefree. To those who do not support West Ham United, we have been waiting patiently for a new, exciting striker for a while now… Two years being generous, although this could go back as far as 2012/13 when we realised that Andy Carroll alone might not be enough. Whilst Sakho and Valencia have had good spells, Sakho has been injured regularly injured...
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06 July 2017
We stand on a threshold. Whether you like it or not West Ham United is changing. The financial appeal of a London club that is so well supported for one with such a relatively small amount of success is undisputable. I have to believe that our owners are acting in reasonable faith. They are ultimately business folk, but with far more connection to their (our) club than the majority of the increasingly faceless dictatorial types that govern many of the great pillars...
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06 July 2017
Hammers return to pre-season The bulk of the West Ham United squad returned to training for pre-season yesterday, as trips to Austria, Germany and Iceland await. However, the likes of Manuel Lanzini and Jose Fonte who have been on international duty will return to Rush Green in the coming weeks. The players who did return to East London yesterday included stars like new-signing Pablo Zabaleta, Mark Noble, Michail Antonio and Angelo Ogbonna and they were put through...
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06 July 2017
Sky Sports will kick off the new Premier League season with a Friday Night Football clash between Arsenal and Leicester, handing Alexandre Lacazette a top-flight Gunners debut in front of the cameras.
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06 July 2017
West Ham’s first game of the Premier League 2017/2018 season with Manchester United at Old Trafford has been rescheduled to Sunday 14th August at 4pm and will be televised Live on Sky sports. West Ham will then face Southampton away at St Marys in a reverse fixture on Saturday 19 August 3pm after the south coast club agreed […]
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06 July 2017
The chances of West Ham signing or loaning Michy Batshuayi from Chelsea took a setback today as Romelu Lukaku has reportedly rejected a return to Chelsea. According to breaking news this morning Manchester United have agreed a fee of around £75m with Everton for striker Lukaku and they hope to complete the transfer by Sunday so he […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Batshuayi setback as Lukaku rejects Chelsea
06 July 2017
West Ham have announced that the Club has sold out of all 52,000 Season Tickets available for the 2017/18 Premier League campaign. Over 5,000 Hammers supporters have snapped up all available tickets in just over two weeks since they opened to the those on the 55,000 Waiting List. A record ninety percent of existing season […]
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06 July 2017
West Ham appear to be stuck in a 206/17 summer transfer window time warp It seems that whenever we read that the Hammers have made a bid for a striker they have made an opening offer of 25 million euros or less. We know that is the figure been put on Kelechi Iheanacho and the […]
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06 July 2017
The quest to sign Oliver Giroud from Arsenal appears to be in trouble with the Hammers learning the striker genuinely wants to stay in North London. Wehave learned this morning that despite the Gunners landing their primary striker targetof Alexandra Lacazette for a record fee of £46.5m from Lyon yesterday, the Giroud deal is no closer […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Irons admit they can wait no longer for Giroud
06 July 2017
West Ham have made a new €25m bid for an unnamed striker last night and the board await an answer from his parent club this morning. The name of the player isn’t being released until the deal is successful to avoid alerting other clubs into making late bids. Last week the Hammers failed with €25m bids […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Hammers make €25m bid for striker
06 July 2017
West Ham’s summer transfer budget is around £62m mark rising to as high £80m if further players are sold this summer. The Hammers have averaged £45m spend each summer which appears to be base Summer transfer budget. Surplus left over from the £25m sale of Dimi Payet after buying Snodgrass and Fonte adds £7m to the […]
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06 July 2017
The former Gunners defender has tipped the England international forward to be a good partner for Andy Carroll with the Hammers
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06 July 2017
Which young players could have a breakthrough season in the Premier League in 2017/18?
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05 July 2017
West Ham are the favourites to sign Andre Gray. He is in the middle of a contract dispute with the Turf Moor side and is unwilling to extend his current deal, which runs out in summer 2018.
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05 July 2017
It says a lot about the age of social media that stadiums and football clubs can end up in pitched battles online. But the London Stadium managed to draw Bayern Munich's ire.
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05 July 2017
Mirror Football journalist Matty Lawless is reporting that West Ham United have three “realistic” striker targets for this summer transfer window. It is no secret that West Ham United are in the market for a new forward this summer. With Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho suffering persistent injuries, West Ham are looking to bring in at […]
Posted in West Ham WorldComments Off on Reliable journalist names West Ham’s 3 "realistic" striker targets for the summer
05 July 2017
West Ham United have been linked with a number of strikers this summer but look set to lose one rather than sign one. According to Sky Sports News HQ, Tigres are on the brink of completing a deal to bring Enner Valencia to the club. Tigres currently play in the Liga MX, which is the […]
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05 July 2017
Manchester City will resist any loan offers from West Ham United or Newcastle United for Joe Hart, according to The Daily Mail. Rather than loan out their third choice goalkeeper, Manchester City want to sell him. The Citizens believe that they can secure a decent fee for the England international, who is clearly surplus to […]
Posted in West Ham WorldComments Off on West Ham and Newcastle knocked back in attempts to complete loan signing for Man City man
05 July 2017
West Ham new boy Pablo Zabaleta has joined up with his team-mates for the first time as Slaven Bilic's men began their preparations for the new season.
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05 July 2017
West Ham United return to pre-season training today as preparations start ahead of the 2017/18 season. The Hammers are readying themselves for another year in the Premier League and are hoping to improve after a disappointing 11th place finish last term. As the players returned to Rush Green to be put through their paces after […]
Posted in West Ham WorldComments Off on "Relegation battle coming again" – West Ham fans react as pre-season training starts
05 July 2017
London Stadium operators have hit back at Bayern Munich and the Allianz Stadium who yesterday claimed to now have the largest digital screen in Europe. Bayern proudly announced on social media “The largest digital screen in Europe has been installed at Allianz Arena!” London Stadium 185 tweeted this morning “We’re not precious, but our screen is […]
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05 July 2017
According to The Sun, Everton are close to signing Olivier Giroud. Olivier Giroud was considered to be one of West Ham United’s main transfer targets this summer as the Hammers look to bring in a goal scoring striker to solve the crisis up front. With Arsenal closing in on a deal for Alexandre Lacazette, Olivier […]
Posted in West Ham WorldComments Off on West Ham set to miss out on major striker target as Everton close in
05 July 2017
Andy Carroll, Diafra Sakho, Pablo Zabaleta, James Collins, Mark Noble, Sam Byram, Ashley Fletcher Pedro Obiang and Arthur Masuaku have all been spotted in an official West Ham video at the Rush Green training this afternoon. Adrian, Kouyate, Antonio, Reid and Ogbonna were more camera shy but we are told they were all there. Winston […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Video: The Hammers are back
05 July 2017
In part three of our weekly 2016/2017 Season Review, we look at the turbulent months of September and October and how they helped to set the tone for a dismal first season at The London Stadium. September The second month of the Premier League season would not see League action until September 10th, as England left it late to overcome Slovakia in Sam Allardyce’s first and last game in charge of The Three Lions. However, many Hammers fans...
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on 2016/2017 Season Review Part Three: Things Go From Bad To Worse In The West Ham World