Category: West Ham United
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Barcelona Begins To Look Like The Real Deal Again
For 90 minutes at the weekend, all of us went back in time a couple of years, to a period when one football team so eclipsed all others that they were being considered not just the best side on the planet at that moment but one of…
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A Sport That Ignores What It Doesn’t Like
I love football, but there’s something about the game that’s pretty hard to deny. Football, above and beyond any other sport, is incredibly good at ignoring problems. Its leaders are incredibly good at wishing they’d go away. I’m writing a lengthy piece for this site on the continuing trials Scottish football is enduring as the…
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EPL Matchday 10: One Bore Draw And Many Harry Returns
Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea took another battering, on and off the pitch, over the last few days as this weekend’s Premier League matches saw them defeated, again, this time to West Ham. They followed that up with a penalty kicks defeat at Stoke, in the League Cup, although like most of the other top clubs that’s…
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EPL Matchday 7 Roundup: Sanchez Hits Hat-Trick In A Big Weekend
Kane and Rooney finally scored. Sanchez hit a hat-trick and Newcastle blew it … again. It was a big weekend for in the EPL, with wins for Manchester United, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Stoke, Southampton and, of course, Liverpool and Spurs. In the latter match, Harry Kane ended weeks of fevered speculation about whether or not…
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EPL 15/16 Matchday 6: Manchester City 1-2 West Ham
This result ended a tough week for Manchester City fans. They lost to Juventus in midweek, in another Champions League reversal, and then followed it up with this very poor performance at home to a West Ham team who need no encouragement when it comes to taking on the big guns and getting a result.…
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West Ham to make move for Chelsea striker after Song deal
View image | gettyimages.com West Ham United will make a solid move for Loic Remy once they have signed Alex Song from Barcelona, according to reports. The French striker is set to leave Stamford Bridge this summer after Jose Mourinho made calls to freshen up his strike force. The former Marseille goalscorer has been…
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Jenkinson deal moves closer after Sunderland snub
View image | gettyimages.com West Ham’s move for Carl Jenkinson is edging ever close to completion after the England U-21 international snubbed a move to the north-east. Sunderland and Arsenal had agreed terms for a £2m loan deal, but it’s evident that Jenkinson enjoyed his time in East London and now looks set for a…
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West Ham United target Gignac ends speculation by confirming new club
View image | gettyimages.com Former Marseille striker André-Pierre Gignac has ended speculation of a transfer to a number of Premier League clubs by confirming he has signed for Mexican side Tigres. Transfer news surrounding Gignac had been rife with the likes of Newcastle, West Ham and even Liverpool linked with the 29-year-old’s signature. Gignac, who…
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Chelsea remain keen on Charlie Austin
View image | gettyimages.com Newcastle, Chelsea and West Ham are in three-way battle for QPR striker Charlie Austin, according to Daily Express. The England international is fully expected to return to the Premier League this summer after being relegated with Queens Park Rangers in May. A whole host of clubs have been interested, with Newcastle…
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West Ham United closing in on Payet
View image | gettyimages.com Sources close to West Ham United have been reporting this week that the club are moving closer to a deal for Marseille attacking midfielder Dimitri Payet. It is thus far unclear if West Ham have met the asking price of £12m for the Frenchman, many claiming that Marseille have set the…
