18 May 2016
Former West Ham target Andre Ayew could leave Swansea this summer and would be available for £15m, according to Sky Sports News HQ. The Ghana international was believed to be close to agreeing a free transfer to the club last summer but infamously opted to sign for Swansea instead. Although his choice of club perhaps
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18 May 2016
West Ham have turned to Liverpool’s Christian Benteke after seeing a club-record £31million bid rejected by Lyon for striker Alexandre Lacazette, according to The Sun. The Hammers have made no secret of their intentions to spend big on a striker this summer and moved quickly to secure top target Lacazette on Tuesday. However, Lyon’s decision
Posted in West Ham WorldComments Off on West Ham turn to £22.5m-rated striker after transfer snub
18 May 2016
Jason Burt from the Telegraph reports that the Lacazette deal is now dead and West Ham has now walked away unwilling to make a third offer. Burt claims the latest offer was 33 million Euros (£25.8m) and not the reported £31m by the Sun and Sky Sports News. Speaking on his personal twitter when the […]
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18 May 2016
Who provided the best players, goals and moments from the 2015/16 Premier League season?
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17 May 2016
West Ham’s failed £31 million bid for Alexandre Lacazette is believed to be more to do with the player’s wishes than his club Lyon. ClaretandHugh has discovered the striker remains determined to play Champions League football and wasn’t convinced anyway that West Ham are the right club for him. Sources in France have told us […]
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17 May 2016
Watch and Listen to Billy Bonds, Mark Noble, Geoff Hurst, Harry Redknapp, Rio Ferdinand, Julian Dicks, Alvin Martin, Trevor Brooking, Ludo Miklosko, Paolo Di Canio, Frank O’Farrell and Hammers fan Mark Webster talk about the Boleyn Ground. A chance to watch the 35-minute special documentary previously shown on BT Sport in the run up to […]
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17 May 2016
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe was left fuming at West Ham's double bid for Callum Wilson and Matt Ritchie, labelling their timing as 'bizarre'.
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17 May 2016
Exclusive Peterborough United director of football will again attempt to Martin Samuelsen back to the club next season after appointing former Hammer Grant McCann as the new Posh boss. The Posh replaced manager Terry Westley with the 36 year old Irishman as they want a return to the free flowing Irons-type football they love to […]
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17 May 2016
West Ham have had a 40 million Euro bid (£31m) for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette rejected by the Ligue 1 side, Sky Sports sources claim this evening backing a claim made by the Sun earlier today. The news has still been confirmed the Chairman’s 16-year-old son Jack Sullivan saying “Sadly this one is true” West […]
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17 May 2016
Sky Sports News say West Ham will entertain bids in excess of £10 million for West Ham youngster Reece Oxford rather than face picking up compensation in a year and a half’s time after his alleged refusal to agree to a new contract. Oxford has 18 months left on a two-year contract he signed in December […]
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17 May 2016
West Ham have had a £31m bid for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette rejected by the Ligue 1 side, Sky sources understand.
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17 May 2016
West Ham's Reece Oxford has rejected a new deal with the club, Sky sources understand.
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17 May 2016
With the season officially over, attention now turns towards how Slaven Bilic will strengthen his squad in the summer. Next season is arguably just as important as last, with a new era beginning at the Olympic Stadium and the need to build on this year’s success and look to improve our seventh place finish. We
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17 May 2016
4 West Ham Players Hammers Fans Hope to See More of Next Season This article was originally published on 90min.com. West Ham World is a platform that allows fans to express their opinions on a grander scale. The views in this article are not necessarily those of West Ham World, but we ask you to
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17 May 2016
Sketches rumoured to be close to the designs of the West Ham home and away kits for the 2016-2017 season have been leaked on social media by a twitter user called @ArchiAAL The sketch suggests that 2016.2017 Home West Ham shirt will have a white collar, claret shirt base with a diamond pattern, light blue sleeves […]
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17 May 2016
Swansea City are yet to receive an offer from either Sunderland or West Ham for striker Andre Ayew, Sky sources understand.
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17 May 2016
Exclusive West Ham are sitting on a fresh £7 million wage pot after the departure of loaned players from the season. The club have seen Carl Jenkinson (£2 million in loan fee and wages) return to Arsenal following injury and others who will now be on their way back plus one who will be released […]
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17 May 2016
A cache of unique pieces of footballing history will be up for auction from Wednesday as West Ham begin to sell off memorabilia and furnishings from the Boleyn Ground.
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17 May 2016
So the silly season is officially underway with Sky Sports and the Sun setting hares running which simply do not exist. And along the way they are leaving the impression that West Ham United is very much the same sort of club this year as it was last. After a season which most see as […]
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17 May 2016
The club has announced that the first of three end of season auctions for Irons memorabilia begins tomorrow morning (Wed). And in the picture above you will see some of the items the club has decided to put under the ‘hammer’. The club says in its website announcement that “Wednesday’s auction presents an unique opportunity […]
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17 May 2016
According to the reliable WHUFC Youth blog, several of the clubs U21s and second year scholars will depart the West Ham Academy in the summer. In addition to Elliot Lee who has already confirmed he is leaving, Leo Chambers, Jaanai Gordon, Nathan Mavila, Amos Nasha, Ross Elsom, Tim Brown, Clarke Bogard and Matt Carter will all leave […]
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17 May 2016
Havard Nordtveit believes that West Ham is the perfect club for him because the team has something special. Speaking to the official site he said: “It has always been a dream for me to play in the Premier League and now I have a big opportunity to do that for West Ham – I cannot wait […]
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17 May 2016
Claret and Hugh understands less than fifty percent of the 52,000 Olympic Stadium season ticket holders took up the option by Monday’s midday deadline to buy tickets for the Juventus friendly game on Sunday 7th August. Season ticket holders were asked to pay between £31-£51 per adult ticket for what was billed as the first […]
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17 May 2016
ADRIAN DURHAM: One of the best books I've read this season has been Sam Allardyce's autobiography 'Big Sam'. Like the man himself, it's gritty, brutally honest and it's quite 'sweary'.
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17 May 2016
Reports from Sky Sources that Bournemouth have rejected a £25m bid from West Ham for striker Callum Wilson and midfielder Matt Ritchie are wide of the mark Claret and Hugh understands. Sky Sports claim the Hammers have been told Wilson and Ritchie are not for sale and, at the moment and conveniently added the Irons […]
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