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Word reaching us from Hammers 'goose green' training ground is that David Moyes will make wholesale changes from the team that vanquished London rivals Chelsea at the weekend, that 3-2 victory came at considerable cost as both Ben Johnson and Kurt Zouma picked up bad injuries.

As tonight's UEFA Europa League Cup game is essentially a dead rubber, given that Hammers have already topped their Group and have automatically moved to the last 16 stage, there has been a clamour for David Moyes to select a team almost entirely comprising of youth players.

Who would have thought it a couple of years ago? If someone had told you that Hammers, then deeply embroiled in a relegation battle, might well be facing up to the mighty and legendary Barcelona in an 'elite' European Cup Competition, you might have thought that they needed sectioning under the mental health act!

After a rather underwhelming summer transfer season, both the fans and the press are eager to find out about what players would go where next January. When it comes to the Hammers, everyone from BettingNews88 to the top sports outlets seems to know for sure that German international Antonio Rudiger is headed for London Stadium this summer on a free transfer. Now, in turn, insiders over at Claret & Hugh have heard something that can dout the Hammers’ hopes to have him next summer.