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From Nuno Espirito Santo’s comments back in February, it seems clear enough that his own mind is made up on the subject of who deserves the number one jersey at the football club. Mads Hermansen is currently the man in possession of the shirt after a nervy start which saw him dropped last September. The

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With another thrilling – or terrifying – weekend ahead depending on which team you are unfortunate enough to support, West Ham and Spurs appear the two clubs most threatened with heading for the championship at the end of May. Leeds and Nottingham Forest, whilst not totally safe, have a cushion of four and three points

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Pretty much everyone at West Ham United agrees that the sky is the limit for Mateus Fernandes, and that includes Konstantinos Mavropanos. While the Greek defender is a London Stadium late-bloomer – Mavropanos has finally silenced his critics three years after joining from Stuttgart – the £40 million former Southampton playmaker was a hit right

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West Ham’s Crysencio Summerville is likely to be impacted by the latest injury update coming out of Tottenham. Spurs are currently in the midst of yet another injury crisis, which is not helping them at all in their relegation battle. They have a full line-up of players missing with just four games to go in

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As difficult as Soungoutou Magassa has found his debut season at West Ham United on occasions, at least the France Under-21 international can rest easy knowing he won’t be coming up against Michael Olise any time soon. Olise is one of countless ‘what might’ve beens’ for West Ham. And with six goal contributions in just

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Brentford’s season is at a pivotal stage as West Ham come to visit on Saturday. The Bees are in something of a dip, being winless in seven games ( a fact not lost on several Claret and Hugh readers) and have won just once since 21st February in the Premier League – a 4-3 victory

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West Ham United’s fully fit squad at this stage of the season is a surprising and hugely welcome bonus as the club battles relegation. Compared with last year’s attacking crisis brought on by issues surrounding Michail Antonio, Niclas Fullkrug and Crysencio Summerville at the same stage of the season, the Hammers head into the crucial

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Recent years have seen a succession of newly promoted Championship sides booted straight back down to the second tier after one unfortunate season. This 2025/6 campaign looks to be very different with both Sunderland and Leeds United likley to survive and thrive for at least another year. The woeful underperformance of Southampton, Leicester City and

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West Ham have been put under more pressure to vacate the London Stadium for the 2029 World Athletics Championships. The problem is that the Championships are set to take place in September, shortly after the 2029/30 football season starts. The Hammers could make way for the event by playing several consecutive away games over a

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Premier League matchdays must come as a bit of a relief for Konstantinos Mavropanos these days. Because, when the whistle blows, it no longer falls upon him to stop Crysencio Summerville in full flow. Summerville looked somewhat closer to his pre-injury peak during the 2-1 victory over Everton which kept the Hammers’ survival hopes in

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West Ham’s owners have confirmed the club’s new chairman structure amid confusion following the sudden departure of Karren Brady. Before Karren Brady left the Hammers last week, her last act was to oversee the sale of some of the Gold family shares to Daniel Kretinsky. With Brady gone it was seen as ‘one down, one to go’

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Like most managers, Nuno Espírito Santo has his favourites. Just ask James Ward Prowse. The polar opposite of his predecessor at West Ham United, Nuno banished Ward Prowse to the Irons’ equivalent of Chelsea’s bomb squad and hasn’t used him since landing at London Stadium. From his reluctance to use Callum Wilson in anything but

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