Maiga backed to shine for West Ham

Modibo Maiga scored a brace for West Ham United this weekend and set up midfield star Mo Diame for another in a 3-0 pre-season win over German outfit Eintracht Braunschweig in the last game of their German tour.

The Mali international didn’t know much about his first goal on 22 minutes when a clearance was hit straight at Maiga and looped over the Eintracht goalkeeper to make it 1-0 the The Hammers. [Read more…]

West Ham United give up chase for Juventus striker

The Hammers have given up the ghost of trying to bring Italian hitman Fabio Quagliarella to Upton Park, preferring to focus instead on another Serie A forward in the shape of Udinese’s Czech star Matej Vydra.

As we said on Friday about the Juventus striker: The Italian club have completed deals for both Fernando Llorente from Athletic Bilbao and Man City’s Carlos Tevez so 30 year-old Fabio Quagliarella could be surplus to requirements. [Read more…]

Allardyce confirms he wants Kalou at Upton Park

About a week ago we spoke about the possibility of Lille’s Salomon Kalou coming to West Ham and his interest in a premier League return. Allardyce has now revealed that the club is after a deal with the Frenchman.

To put it short, the West Ham manager has confirmed he wants 27 year-old Salomon Kalou at the Boleyn Ground.. [Read more…]

Hammers keen on Fabio Quagliarella to partner Carroll up front

In the hunt for a front man to team up with Andy Carroll, it looks like the Hammers have enquired about Fabio Quagliarella from Italian Serie A giants Juventus.

Although the club shelled out £15million for Carroll after a year long loan spell from Liverpool, Allardyce feels he needs more strike power on which to build a successful team after a decent first season back in top flight football. [Read more…]

West Ham United Blog Friday Update

It’s been an interesting week for the Hammers and we’ll start off with the news that Salomon Kalou was taking the trip across the English Channel to London’s east end. Kalou’s a decent player who was so underused at Chelsea in my opinion and who now plays for Lille. If Allardyce can get him at a bargain price, why not? [Read more…]