19 June 2017
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct website is undercutting West Ham’s official club store for the new away shirt by as much as sixteen pounds. The new away adult shirt retails for £55 on the official club store but adding a name to personalise it adds another £15 while delivery is £4.99 bringing the total […]
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19 June 2017
The Hammers may face a surprise rival for the signature of Nigeria striker Henry Onyekuru. Until now ourselves and Arsenal have been the only two clubs seemingly interested in the KAS Eupen forward. But it is now being reported that former Irons boss Harry Redknapp is a big admirer of the player and could be […]
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19 June 2017
West Ham are the 6/4 bookies favourites to sign Oliver Giroud before September. West Brom and Marseille are second favourites at 8/1 with Lyon, Monaco and Inter Milan at 12/1. Bet Victor list odds of 16/1 for the 30-year old Arsenal striker to join Lazio, AC Milan, Roma, Everton, Leicester, Southampton and Newcastle, while you […]
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19 June 2017
Premier League new boys Huddersfield are preparing a £5m bid for Ashley Fletcher according to the Daily Mirror. Manager David Wagner failed with a loan bid for the striker in January but he said to have retained his interest in the centre-forward. Earlier this month the Mirror reported that Huddersfield wanted to agree on a season-long […]
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19 June 2017
West Ham have asked the Ghana FA not to include Andre Ayew in the squad for the upcoming friendlies against Mexico and USA scheduled for June 28 and July 1. With the two friendly matches taking players outside the FIFA dates for international matches, West Ham want their player to rest ahead of pre-season training. “We […]
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18 June 2017
Andre Ayew’s father has dismissed talk of his son moving back to his old club Marseille…. which is a bit rich considering he was the guy who started the rumour. Abedi Ayew Pele, himself a former player for the French club, has now claimed that the Ligue One outfit have no interest in bringing either […]
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18 June 2017
An Angelo Ogbonna move to Sampdoria after two years at West Ham United -as being speculated in the Italian media – is about as unlikely as it gets. The rumour has emerged in the Il Secolo XIX newspaper, Ogbonna is the prime candidate on Sampdoria’s wish list should Milan Skriniar join Inter in a £12 million plus […]
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18 June 2017
West Ham’s new head of medical services Gary Lewin is delighted the Hammers are putting fitness ahead of finance his summer. The Arsenal head physio believes that the choice of an Austrian training camp is perfect for the squad explaining: “It is the choice for a lot of Premier League clubs now, mainly because it’s […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Irons top medic welcomes fitness over finance
18 June 2017
Pablo Barrera 13 Apps 2010-2012 Signed after the 2010 World Cup, Barrera starred for Mexico in their defeat of France, a jet-heeled winger he looked to be a bargain when he signed for £4 million. Of course, like many signings West Ham have made on the back of a World Cup, Barrera didn’t settle in England as he was in a struggling side managed by Avram Grant; two things which wouldn’t help anyone. One of the...
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18 June 2017
The Real Madrid superstar is away on international duty at the Confederations Cup looking to put the furore surrounding his club future to one side
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18 June 2017
Hammers unveil pre-season plans The eager wait to find out our pre-season plans has finally ended in the last few days, as trips to Germany and Iceland have been confirmed. Slaven Bilic will take his squad to Germany for this year’s unusual edition of The Betway Cup where we will face German side Werder Bremen in a two legged, with the first leg on the 28th July and the second leg on the 29th July. The games will...
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18 June 2017
West Ham are trying to sign Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud, according to Sky sources.
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18 June 2017
The nation’s bookies now appear convinced that Chelsea wide man Bertrand Traore will definitely NOT be joining West Ham this summer. Reports had suggested the player – who spent last season on loan at Middlesbrough – was bound for the London Stadium but Skybet have offered un-backable odds that he will instead be on his […]
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18 June 2017
The two Davids will cancel their regular summer get together in Marbella in order to concentrate their energies on signing top strikers. The co chairmen have regularly held the summer meeting in Spain to narrow down the target list and talk to European agents. But with the three top targets – Olivier Giroud, Michy Batshuayi […]
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18 June 2017
Enner Valencia could be on his way to Mexican outfit UANL according to morning reports. The Hammers are desperately hunting for a club to take the player who has been a major flop over the past two seasons and is no longer required at the club. Sources close to the player have revealed that the […]
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18 June 2017
The ownership of the London Stadium is unlikely to ever change hands while West Ham’s current ‘deal of the century’ remains in place. A senior source close to the club told ClaretandHugh this weekend: “Our deal is so good its better than owning the freehold.” Some West Ham Supporters had believed that the stadium’s public owners […]
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17 June 2017
Olivier Giroud is set for the Arsenal exit door this summer, according to reports in the L’Equipe newspaper in France. The Arsenal striker scored 16 goals in all competitions last season despite only eleven Premier League starts. The report says Giroud is not a part of Arsene Wenger’s plans next season. The 30-year-old signed a new deal […]
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17 June 2017
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17 June 2017
The firm chosen by the London Mayor to carry out an investigation into the London Stadium transformation overspend and financial viability have been heavily involved in the Stadium project itself in previous internal audits. Under Freedom of Information, the London Legacy Development Corporation admits it has paid Moore Stephens a total of £167,665.07 since 2013 in […]
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17 June 2017
Leicester City have had their first bid for Manchester City striker Kelechi rejected according to Owngoalnigeria.com today. Overnight Leicester have suddenly become the bookies favourite at Evens to land the 20 year old Nigerian forward after talks with West Ham are said to have broken down over the fee that will be inserted in his buy back clause. […]
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17 June 2017
Linus Wahlqvist submitted his entry for the worst penalty of all time on Friday night but he's got some way to go to matching some of these abominations.
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17 June 2017
Today sees the start of the 10th edition of the Confederations Cup in Russia. With less than a year to go until the 2018 World Cup, it is a chance for the winners of each FIFA tournament to play each other. Hosts Russia, who are only the third European nation to host the competition qualify automatically and kick off the tournament against Oceania Nations Cup winners New Zealand. The two will be joined in group A ...
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17 June 2017
As the transfer season hots up, we look at the recruitment structures at the 20 clubs who will be playing in the 2017-18 top flight Arsenal’s chief scout is one of the club’s longest-serving employees. Steve Rowley’s reputation was forged when he spotted an 11-year-old Tony Adams while scouting part-time. Rowley went full-time when George Graham was Arsenal manager, and was promoted to chief scout when Arsène Wenger arrived in 1996. He ...
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17 June 2017
Manchester City are set to hold out for a £25 million minimum fee for Hammers target Kelechi Iheanacho. The City academy product is the more likely permanent arrival than Chelsea’s Chelsea’s Michy Batshuayi at this stage with the striker position at Stamford Bridge remaining confused. Iheanacho signed a new contract signed last year, the club […]
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17 June 2017
West Ham goalkeeper Raphael Spiegel seems set to leave the club this summer Reports in Belgium media say “24 year old Spiegel will fly off to Belgium on Monday to take medical tests with Excel Royal Mouscron. The Swiss goalkeeper is contracted with the Hammers until mid-2018” West Ham signed the then teenage goalkeeper from Swiss […]
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17 June 2017
Reports of Hammers interest in defenders continue to emerge despite the club’s continued assurances that a striker is their sole interest this summer apart from a wide and speedy midfielder. Our supposed interest in Sunderland defender Lamine Kone. was first reported in November of last year ahead of the club buying Jose Fonte and has once […]
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