West Ham are understood to have made Alexandre Lacazette the €30m target revealed by co-chairman David Sullivan yesterday.
But morning speculation that Chrstian Benteke will become the English-based striker they are ready to go for seems a little wide of the mark.
Sources close to the club have told ClaretandHugh that Lacazette is and remains the No 1 target and that the Hammers – as revealed by Sullivan – have indeed bid the €30m.
We were told: “They fancy him very strongly and believe they have a real chance of landing him. Lyon are currently considering the bid.”
Benteke however, mentioned in the national press as the other target the Hammers would be going for, looks to be on the fringes of our plans.
ClaretandHugh was told by it’s top source: “Slaven likes him and he’s not out of the frame. He’s on our list but at about No 5 or 6. All Liverpool players are on huge wages and that makes it difficult to buy from them.”
Well, well, well… if that’s true, I’m very happy. I like him, I saw him playing several times and he’s exactly my ideal striker: quick, very good feet and killer instinct.
OT: Wetland blacked out, the dam broke and a torrent of tears must have messed up the wiring or something… lol 😀
Lol,yeah I noticed that Matte,do you think GW sneaked in & stole their tissues 😀
hahaha… that’s a real possibility Billy, I hope GW doesn’t steal their Pampers , or more tragedy will ensue… I fear the great flood… lol 😀
You will soon see Noah floating by on his arc on a tidal wave of tears filled with Wet Pants followers all herded on 2 by 2 staring blankly at their phones and laptops with no where to post their formations and how much they’ve cried..
hahahahhahah… I love Noah on the Thames GW… It’s a romantic image… lol 😀
Don’t make fun boys or you will have Hamburg telling everyone on there he doesn’t understand why fans of the same club want to take the pi*ss out of them when it is fine for his love club to call us Ignorant pigs,morons,illiterate & rabid.I suppose that is ok for the Wetpants to say.They are the most loyal fans & Greenwood,Lyall & Moore would have chosen their wonderful site to use through choice after all.
Relax my friends.Why let people get to you.They have shown their true colours if they made these comments.It really doesn’t matter how righteous the buggers want to be now.Enjoy today without others annoying you,Meself,I didnt even learn to read & write until I was in me 40s after i found out i was dyslexic.Spent all that time learning to read & write then they brung out this predictive text on things.If i had known i wouldnt have bloody bothered lol,so they can call me illiterate all they won’t.Could never work out why I always ended up buying meslf wrong things.Used to go in me corner shop looking for Durex & come out with a packet of Duracell 🙂
No wonder you only have one eye Jack,that Lithium plays hell with your forskin,
And I don’t believe you can just keep going and going and going,
May must be the month of the Pampers this time of the year things go strange
2 by 2 GW no one told me they came in twins,
There all like clones Bubs unless you dare to disagree with the leaders then you are banished to the Internet wilderness…
I’m still trying to hitch a lift back from Coventry, that bl00dy ring road is a b1tch.. been here on & off for months. Lol 😀
Serves you right for never going on a sleepover,If you had done that you would be part of the gang,haha.Going to a meet up for drinks gets you an ‘in’,going for a sleepover gets you Gold Membership for life,haha.We will have to rename you Covenrtyclarets 🙂
Oh c’mon, you guys know you will need a hug after that final whistle blows. 😉
Hug I can deal with Nav hearing about it constantly after I can’t lol
Lol,we don’t mind a hug off you Nav,you are one of the good guys,never called us ignorant pigs or morons,lol.Time to take that last trip to The Boleyn,with a good few prematch beers.Enjoy the night boys.Don’t forget to drink plenty of mineral water,we don’t want to dehydrate & run out of tears 😉
From what I have seen on Sky during the day today there is a lovely going away present on every seat. The fun on Sky starts at 6pm tonight & goes on until 11pm, then thy repeat the special again.
maybe you’ll find a pack of tissues on your seat Essex… lol If you don’t use them, give them to the emotional Rolfe, the master tactitian of Wetland… haha 😉
Lovely going away present on every seat.What’s that me old friend,a bill you can sign to buy the seat youve got you’re aris on 🙂
I hope we get him Lacazette, looks a good player, the cips I have seen of Icardi the otehr one mentioned he also looks like a top player and great finisher.
Good one Captain Jack,lol.Wetpants has crashed again I think,tears in the electrics is my guess!
Lacazette, Batshuayi, Icardi are all an upgrade on what we have.We really do need a clinical striker who get can get us 15 to 20 goals a season on a regular basis.We have been lacking that for what seems years.Deano was our last man capable of that in my opinion, until he got shafted with England!!
ahhaha… that is a serious issue Rick… don’t worry, Special Forces have been placed on ready alert, the matter is much bigger than we’d thought… lol 😀
I tried going on but it said 502 Flooded Hallway or was it 502 Bad Gateway,can’t remember now 🙂
haha… yes Rick, something like that, I read it too. It’s a secret code, British Secret Service is studying the problem, the match is at risk… no Wetpants no party lol 😀
502 is just simply how many times a stadium move post has been on, how many times they’ve thanked the slug and how many tissues have been used by each of them since 6:30 this evening
Is it too late to change our minds about this ###king move?? Can’t believe this will be the last time……
That The Boleyn Boys was the nuts.Great to see Dev,Parksey,Bonzo,TC & Galey all saying how much they have loved this season & the entertainment.Funny it still ain’t good enough for some of our fans though.There again what do ex-pros know compared to expert fans 😉
8.30pm kick off…..
I know the f*cking Mancs didn’t bother leaving early enough did they the w*nkers.So p*ssed off.Especially for everyone there with the after match stuff that is now f*cked.Angry,really angry.
I heard that we redecorated their coach for them. A final East End welcome 😀
Lol,yeah I saw Rooney say that.Serves them right for not turning up earlier.Idiots 🙂
Is the Wetlands still out of commission. If it is they must be having withdrawal symptoms not being able to correct Slavens team selection lol
Believe me, I am, I am…
Lmao.Calm down mate,take deep breathes,crack open a beer 😉
Make sure you drink it & not throw at the manc coach 😀
Lol,sod the beer I’m on the vodka,I thought it might improve my emotions for the Big Cry 😉
LVG really is a total bumhole when he is interviewed isn’t he.Can’t stand him.
Their coach only had 9 windows broken, don’t know why they are moaning about…
seriously though, mindless idiots that are taking the gloss away from tonight. The headlines are all about that, not what it should be, a massive party for us all
Yeah it was a mess EC.Hope the same idiots don’t invade the pitch at the end.After this delay at the very least let everyone enjoy the show afterwards.I want to see Paolo walk out in that suit jacket as well.That’s a real corker lol 😉
Oh & sorry Nav I’m afraid I can’t offer you a second by second match thread account of every pass or shot.I prefer to watch the game rather than analize it lol.Hopefully your site will kick back into life 😉
ANTONIO IS NOT A F##KING RIGHT BACK…..!!!!!!!!!!
Lol why bilic insists n playing him with both tomkins and byram available surprises me, maybe bilc is trying to turn him into a roberto carlos type player ….but if he didnt play him at RB who should bilic have dropped to the bench? ….sakho? Lanzini? …good thing about today was that he had alot more cover today than saturday, kouyate and noble were making sure to fill in when ever he got caught out of position….bilic got our tactics right and the lads played out of their skin …we won and that will be all thats ever remembered…..im glad the bid was for lacazette id have him over any of the others mentioned