
Granqvist flattered by shock links to Manchester United
02 October 2018
The 33-year-old defender has reportedly emerged as a surprise target for Jose Mourinho's side, who have struggled to find a settled backline
02 October 2018
The 33-year-old defender has reportedly emerged as a surprise target for Jose Mourinho's side, who have struggled to find a settled backline
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02 October 2018
Were Manuel Pellegrini to be a malicious man – and I reckon he’s probably the opposite – he could be forgiven for entertaining some very smug thoughts towards Jose Mourinho at around 2.20 on Saturday. For if you recall, it was the very unpsecial one who was agitating and lurking around to replace him at […]
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02 October 2018
Declan Rice is being tipped to declare his international future to England by former Irish hero Jason McAteer. And he believes that should that be the case it will essentially be down to Roy Keane. McAteer was speaking on the controversy that has surrounded the Irish national team since a leaked Stephen Ward WhatsApp message detailed […]
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02 October 2018
Jose Mourinho has congratulated whichever West Ham scout was responsible for spotting Issa Diop whom he described as being ‘monster’ against Manchester United. The under-siege Reds boss said: “Their centre-backs had a fantastic match,” Congratulations to the scout who found Diop, a monster who dictated everything.” Diop – taking it all in his stride – […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Mourinho congratulates Irons on Diop
02 October 2018
Brilliant – we’ve almost equalled things up after starting with four defeats. We have now won three and drawn one with 14 goals scored and two against. Yes I know Macclesfield are in there but eight goals is a result in any game! Nobody is happier than Lukasz Fabianski who saw things coming after Everton and […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Just Fab – at last some belief!
02 October 2018
Mark Noble has the happy knack of putting things very simply and to the point! Some like to over complicate football and the situation at Manchester United – is a current example of that. Pundits – and every United fan I have spoken to personally since Saturday – appears to have great trouble in accepting […]
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02 October 2018
Watch Premier League goals and highlights from the weekend's games, as Crystal Palace, Burnley, Man City and Arsenal win, and Man Utd lose at West Ham.
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01 October 2018
Declan Rice has received some encouraging advice from his boss Manuel Pellegrini and now England and Hammers legend Sir Trevor Brooking. His Irons boss has told him to put everything out of his mind and concentrate on becoming an even better footballer. And now – speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh – Sir Trev has declared: ” […]
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01 October 2018
Everton 2 Hammers 1 West Ham’s battling under 23s – shorn of around 11 regulars -produced a really brave performance at Everton tonight but ultimately went down 2-1. The injury ravaged squad was short of several players several of whom – including Joe Powell, Grady Diangana and Conor Coventry – were unavailable because they are […]
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01 October 2018
Top man Marko Arnautovic has admitted that he is playing through the pain barrier for the Irons. The striker has been suffering a knee injury from which he explained he hasn’t fully recovered. He said: “The medical staff are talking to me and if they ask me if I’m ready to play, obviously I decide […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Arnie playing through pain barrier
01 October 2018
Issa Diop is convincing every good judge that he is the real West Ham deal! But for all of that the young Frenchman declared:”I needed to be ready from the start. “I need to adapt [to the Premier League], but in football you don’t have the time so you need to learn quickly and play […]
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01 October 2018
The Hammers under 23s are today travelling to the north west for a clash with Premier League Division One match against third placed Everton. The Irons are on a run of four games without a win and are currently third off bottom although there are reasons. They have been beaten by Brighton and Chelsea in […]
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01 October 2018
Were Manchester United hard done by in their defeat at West Ham United on Saturday? Should Cardiff City have been awarded a penalty against Burnley? Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has the answers.
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01 October 2018
Andriy Yarmolenko looks certain to be fit for the trip to Brighton and Hove Albion on Friday despite leaving the action early against Manchester United. He was involved in a heavy challenge against during the second half and looked to be struggling for a while beforehand. The Ukranian went down – and stayed down – […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Yarmolenko and squad ‘injury’ update
01 October 2018
Trevor Brooking admits he had the perfect 70th birthday present on Saturday telling CandH : That was perfect – they played really well. It was a great day! Sir Trev was delighted with what he saw against Manchester United after giving an interview ahead of the game in the stadium. This morning (Mon) he told […]
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01 October 2018
The former England striker says the midfielder is "not fit to lace the boots" of the Old Trafford greats and has also taken a swing at Alexis Sanchez
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on ‘He was offering nothing’ – ‘Pathetic’ Pogba slammed by Shearer
01 October 2018
Pablo Zabaleta has enjoyed some amazing battles with Manchester United down the years as part of City’s team but Saturday’s win clearly meant the world to him. The veteran right back has been in fabulous form and played a huge part in the 3-1 victory which set us on our way to Brighton on Friday […]
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01 October 2018
Andriy Yarmolenko wants his goal back and will write to the Premier League in a bid to get it! The Ukranian saw his shot take a deflection off Victor Lindelof for the Irons second goal and as a result the PL have put it down as an og. However speaking to the official club site […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Yarmo wants his goal back
01 October 2018
Gareth Southgate’s No 2 Steve Holland was at the London Stadium on Saturday casting his eye over Declan Rice, although he must also have also been impressed with skipper Mark Noble! Southgate is known to want Rice as part of his England set up and with his next squad being named on Thursday it seems […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Rice make your mind up time may be just four days away
01 October 2018
Pablo Zabaleta is becoming a hero of mine! Amid all the compliments thrown around this weekend towards the likes of Arnie, Nobes and Declan, the Argentine right back is rarely mentioned. Yet here he is at 33 years age having seemingly found another two or three yards of pace this season. In the face of […]
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01 October 2018
Fair play to the Mail’s head of sport Lee Clayton this morning as he explains to those who may not be entirely aware that we are once again watching the West Ham Way! In a nice piece at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6225027/For-dont-know-West-Ham-way.html Lee declares: “For once all that us West Ham fans had to moan about is that there was […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on What’s happened at West Ham? Top fan/journo nails it
01 October 2018
AMITAI WINEHOUSE: The Premier League threw up plenty of the usual talking points and drama over the weekend. Sportsmail assesses 10 things we learned from the Premier League.
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01 October 2018
MARTIN KEOWN: Jose Mourinho talked about his team's fragility when trying to explain United's defeat at West Ham. He should have apologised for setting up in a way that led to the team's downfall.
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01 October 2018
It's been another month full of thrilling Premier League action - we take a look back at some of the best showboats and funnies from September.
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01 October 2018
Watch Premier League goals and highlights from the weekend's games, as Burnley, Man City and Arsenal win, and Man Utd lose at West Ham.
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on PL goals: Vokes nets Burnley winner
01 October 2018
While Jose Mourinho is believed to be close to the door at Old Trafford after an awful start to the season, Shaw believes blame lies with the players
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on Shaw slates Man Utd colleagues and defends Mourinho after ‘horrendous’ West Ham reverse