26 March 2018
West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan’s lawyers are today seeking a retraction of a story in The Times which they say wrongly claims he “acted illegally in his tax affairs” . Sullivan is challenging their report that he illegally avoided £700,000 in tax after placing money into West Ham United from his family company in 2010. The story […]
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26 March 2018
Wondering who to put in and who to leave out of your fantasy football team? Goal has all the latest on expected injured and banned players
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26 March 2018
West Ham have suffered further distractions off the field following the news that co-owner David Sullivan avoided paying £700,000 in taxes through the Premier League club.
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26 March 2018
West Ham winger Manuel Lanzini could be left out of the Argentina squad for Tuesday's clash with Spain after picking up a knock while on international duty.
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26 March 2018
Let’s be brutally frank about this, if the Hammers survive this awful season the board of directors are going to have to dig deeper into their pockets than ever before to sort out the mess in our squad.. Truth is that from back to front we look much less than average in most positions and […]
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26 March 2018
Manu Lanzini has picked up a knock whilst on international duty. And although it is unlikely to keep him out of the match against Southampton this weekend it comes as a minor worry at the wrong time. The precise nature of the injury is not known at this stage early reports are that it will […]
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26 March 2018
Sam Byram’s West Ham future is very much on the line as the club heads towards summer. And even should the Hammers slip into the Championship the player’s injury record this season limits his chances of remaining at the club. Although he was near ever-present for Leeds whilst at Elland Road his regular problems at […]
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26 March 2018
England manager Gareth Southgate is getting closer to finalising his 23-man squad ahead of this summer's World Cup in Russia. Here, Martin Keown and Chris Sutton discuss the No 1 spot.
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25 March 2018
SAMI MOKBEL: Southgate is planning to name Hart in his squad for Russia — but not as No 1. Pickford is leading the race to be the World Cup goalkeeper with Butland his main rival.
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25 March 2018
A West Ham fan who was born in Dagenham and lived for several years in Plaistow, a stone’s throw from the Boleyn Ground needs help after suffering appalling injuries in Thailand in a motorcycle accident. Hammer Harry Cross had been travelling Southeast Asia for the last 5 months. On his way to extend his travel visa, Harry […]
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25 March 2018
West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has refused to rule out any future ambition to become the London Mayor but says she has too much on at the moment. Asked by the Observer what ambitions are still unfulfilled? Brady answered: “I don’t know. The toughest thing about being a success is you’ve got to keep on […]
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25 March 2018
Karren Brady says she has no intention of walking away from West Ham telling a reporter she has never walked away from anything in her life and she isn’t going to start now. The Baroness was doing an interview for the Guardian about a new TV show about the gender pay gap. The first lady of […]
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25 March 2018
By Allen Cummings There’s there’s the prospect of an intriguing and possibly highly influential sub-plot to the game tween West Ham and Southampton – a personal duel that’s bound to add a bit extra spice to the already eagerly anticipated encounter. And it may play a big part in deciding define the destination of three […]
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25 March 2018
West Ham will not be head hunting any managerial candidates until the club’s end of season fate is known! Speculation – if that’s what it can be called – arose in The Sun today that “feelers” had been put out in the direction of former Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini. A very attractive proposition of […]
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25 March 2018
It didn’t take long did it – Manu Lanzini scored for Argentina against Italy…is pictured with Messi and is wanted by Barcelona! Big sigh. International weeks need to be treated with all sorts of caution …players’ lips are loosened when away from their clubs and rumours circulate quicker than time! I was in fact was […]
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25 March 2018
The embattled West Ham CEO and Apprentice star says she is a champion of women’s rights. So why is she happy to work with men who are notorious for undermining them? Karren Brady is immaculate – navy dress, navy tights, navy shoes and Chanel belt, her hair perfectly coiffed, exuding warmth and confidence. She directs me to her equally immaculate office at West Ham United, the football club where she is the vice-chairman. Brady sits behind the desk, a ...
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25 March 2018
With ten games left to play West Ham sit precariously in 17th spot just 2 points off the relegation zone. A loss against 18th place Southampton next Saturday would see us swap places and the Hammers would end up in the relegation zone. While West Brom looks all but down on just twenty points from […]
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25 March 2018
According to Spanish newspaper Don Balon, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has told his teammate Luis Suarez that Manuel Lanzini would fit in perfectly at the Camp Nou. Lanzini has chalked up 18 goals and 15 assists in 96 appearances for West Ham thus far. He scored his debut goal for Argentina earlier this week much to the delight of […]
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25 March 2018
Leicester’s head of senior player recruitment Eduardo Macia is on a short list to become West Ham’s new director of football according to a report. The highly-regarded Spaniard has previously worked at Valencia and Liverpool and was credited with helping sign the likes of Fernando Torres, Raheem Sterling and Javier Mascherano. Macia, who was previously […]
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25 March 2018
Reports that West Ham are currently interviewing for a director of football and that David Moyes is deeply involved in the process are premature. The board is ready to replace Tony Henry – who was sacked for alleged racist comments -and will upgrade the job title from recruitment director to director of football. However, all […]
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25 March 2018
Fresh concerns over the London Stadium’s security and stewarding has been raised after yesterday’s Rugby game between the Saracens and Harlequins. A supporter in the hospitality suite raised the alarm to security personnel ten mins before the end of the match when he noticed a sizeable North Face bag unattended at the rear of the […]
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25 March 2018
West Ham fans are split down the middle over whether the Irons should offer David Moyes a new deal now or WAIT until the end of the season. The club are set to offer the manager a one year deal should he keep us in the Premier League this season and that is a decision […]
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25 March 2018
David Moyes will get another season to sort out the West Ham mess IF he saves the Irons from relegation. It has become par for the course that long term contracts are a non starter with the amounts of compensation involved for failure these days. And a year’s deal is the best Moyes can expect […]
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25 March 2018
The week in football – also featuring: Ed Glazer, laptop abuse and 420 sucklings West Ham , looking to have their beer, Sky TV and VIP “hostess” provision costs met by the taxpayer . “We’re seeking no more than we’re entitled to under the contract - yet we’re being portrayed as the bad guys.” Related: The beautiful game is beginning to reflect all that is ugly in society | David Goldblatt Related: David Squires on ...
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25 March 2018
The results from the Claret and Hugh’s poll for Hammer of the year are in and it will come as no surprise that Marko Arnautovic is the red-hot odds-on favourite to pick up the award which is voted for by West Ham supporters towards the end of each season. The poll which attracted 1,338 participants showed Marko taking […]
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25 March 2018
David Moyes has confirmed that Edimilson Fernandes has returned from injury and should be available for the game against Southampton. Fernandes suffered a bad ankle injury while on international duty last year which required surgery and he had been thought to be out for the remainder of the season. Moyes will also welcome back Arthur […]
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