07 June 2017
West Ham have categorically denied any interest whatsoever in Mexican winger Jurgen Damm. The Mexican was widely reported to be in talks with the Hammers after the story first appeared in the unreliable Sun. And as explained by ClaretandHugh in a recent report, the club simply aren’t looking at midfielders given the urgent need to […]
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07 June 2017
Manchester United overtake Real Madrid as the world's most valuable football team, according to business magazine Forbes.
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06 June 2017
The future of the Hammers Social club will once be the topic of discussion this weekend. A new General Meeting will be held this Sunday at 12.30pm in the Centenary Bar of the Castle Street premises. Only current members of the club are invited to attend the meeting and a full card check will take place on […]
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06 June 2017
The summer transfer window opens for English clubs this Friday but in reality, most players, staff and agents remain on holiday following the end of the long football season in May. West Ham are no different with most players away with their families on holiday apart from those on international duty who will be given extra […]
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06 June 2017
West Ham are reported to be in talks for Mexican winger Jurgen Damm with some outlets claiming a £4 million bid has been lodged. Damm is currently playing for Tigres in Mexico and is keen to move to the Premier League this summer, despite a bigger bid from Mexican rivals Chivas. The wide man has […]
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06 June 2017
Many believe the Summer Transfer window does not open until 1st July but in fact, it opens this week for English and Scottish clubs. No English club is able to complete a signing until Friday, June 9th when the summer transfer window opens. The transfer windows across many of the other major European leagues, including […]
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06 June 2017
West Ham are ready to offload Robert Snodgrass this summer after the Scot disappointed big time in the second half of the season following his arrival from Hull. The club believes it can its money back on the winger who is understood to have cost £8 million when arriving at the club following Dimitri Payet’s […]
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06 June 2017
West Ham fans will be hoping that Hammer Manuel Lanzini will not have his head turned by his new found friendship with Chelsea’s David Luiz and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. David Luiz posted a photo of himself on Instagram with Lanzini watching the Champions League final on a laptop in Dubai’s airport onSaturday. The pair appear to have […]
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06 June 2017
The Hammers have joined the race for Montpelier forward Steve Mounie according to some reports this morning. The 22 year old is fancied by a number of clubs but the Irons have particularly good links to the French market and could steal a march in the chase . Watford are reportedly particularly keen but although […]
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05 June 2017
England manager Gareth Southgate has revealed that his squad has returned from a top-secret trip to the Royal Marines’ Commando Training Centre. Southgate gathered his players and support staff in one of the national football centre’s dressing rooms, where a member of the Royal Marines informed them that they would immediately relocate to Devon for […]
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05 June 2017
West Ham are set to play Premier League rivals Manchester City in a pre-season friendly at the 9,800-seat Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavík, Iceland this July. According to local source RÚV, KSÍ, the Icelandic Football Association, is in talks with a foreign company to rent Laugardalsvöllur for a friendly. KSI chief, Klara Bjartmars, confirmed that talks have […]
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05 June 2017
West Ham remain the favourites to land Chelsea’s misfit striker Michy Batshuayi this summer. ClaretandHugh undertands that talks are already underway between agents ahead of the transfer window opening and the club remains hopeful of putting a deal together which will persuade him to the London Stadium. Chelsea are understood to be only interested in […]
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05 June 2017
West Ham United left back Aaron Cresswell is in the England squad for their upcoming games in June. England face Scotland in a World Cup qualifier and France in an international friendly in the middle of this month. Cresswell has received the call-up due to injuries to Luke Shaw and Danny Rose despite not being […]
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05 June 2017
The tragic passing of former Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote at the age of just 30 after he collapsed in training has once again put the game of football into perspective.
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05 June 2017
Sunderland goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has been linked with a £25m move to West Ham this summer, but is he really the answer to West Ham’s supposed goalkeeping problems? Our current goalkeeping set up is on par with the Premier League standards. Adrian stands out because he is charismatic and passionate on the field and delivers good […]
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05 June 2017
The process to take down the large 47m long illuminated West Ham United sign made up of 3 metre letters has begun today at the London Stadium in preparation for the Athletics world championships in August. WHUFC.coom confirmed today: “For the duration of the IAAF events this summer, London Stadium will become a ‘clean stadium’ – a […]
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05 June 2017
Now that we are officially in the twilight zone, in other words, pre “pre-season” mode, it’s time to look at the many West Ham transfer rumours currently doing the rounds. It should be said that this is officially “silly season”, a period in which deals are very seldom done and which therefore gives journalists carte blanche to make up any old rubbish in the hope that it might sell a few papers. Sifting through ...
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05 June 2017
Slaven Bilic has made it clear to the board that Enner Valencia has no part in his future plans. The Ecuador international – having finished his loan spell at Everton – is now back at the London Stadium but the club are moving to find another club for him or loan him out again. They […]
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05 June 2017
Declan Rice has revealed his keen desire to become the next Mark Noble at London Stadium. The youngster skipped the U23 side to Premier League 2 promotion via the play-offs, while regularly featuring on the first team bench as the season reached its climax. He made his first team bow in the final seconds of […]
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05 June 2017
The chair of Newham’s London Stadium Safety Advisory Group (SAG) and the Met Police say they are generally supportive of West Ham’s ambition to increase capacity to 60,000 next season but have yet to receive a formal application for an increase from operators London Stadium 185. Shelia Roberts who chairs the safety group said in the SAG […]
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05 June 2017
West Ham’s hopes of landing Manchester United striker Anthony Martial have suffered a big blow. The 21 year old has been strongly linked with a move to the London Stadium and at one stage looked a likely proposition. United boss Jose Mourinho was thought to be preparing to allow the player out but that appears to […]
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05 June 2017
West Ham United have officially confirmed the reason for missing seats at the London Stadium last season. Official minutes from the Safety Advisory Group (SAG) chaired by Newham council reveal the real level of non-attendance by West Ham season ticket holders for the first time. The minutes can be found HERE In a discussion with […]
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05 June 2017
Havard Nortveidt is a wanted man! The Hammers are more than ready to allow the Norweigian to move given their plentiful supply of midfielders and hope to get a minimum transfer fee of £4 million. And according to the well respected German media outlet Kicker a queue of Bundesliga clubs are ready to move in for […]
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05 June 2017
Darren Randolph was in the Republic of Ireland line up as they beat Uruguay in Dublin on Sunday. Having lost out by a 3-1 margin to Mexico in the United States, Ireland triumphed by an identical margin on their return to the Aviva Stadium. The West Ham United goalkeeper played 45 minutes – winning his […]
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04 June 2017
United's 2008 Champions League-winning side, managed by Sir Alex Ferguson, are to play a Harry Redknapp-led Carrick All-Stars XI. Join Sportsmail's JOHN DOWNES for live updates.
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04 June 2017
Andy Carroll reckons the Irons fans have serious “power” and are a big part of the team’s biggest wins. The Geordie boy also declares that he “has to keep clear of everything and kick on ” insisting there is more to come from him. He said: “”London Stadium has obviously got the potential to be […]
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