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The Hammers have now identified three targets that they’ll test the waters with and determine what deals can be put together.

Two of these targets are from the Championship, with one being from the League leaders in Coventry City, Haji Wright, and the other being from 23rd place Norwich City, in Joshua Sargent. Both forwards are set to be tempted by the Hammers, but the club would have to cough up a fee in the region of £20,000,000.

When it rains for relegation clubs, it pours. A cruel defeat against Aston Villa now places West Ham miles behind the remainder of the field, especially after Nottingham Forest’s 3-0 victory against the Spuds.

A performance of individual quality rather than a unit is what happened this afternoon, both teams playing in a similar style, but unsurprisingly, Aston Villa looked glued in comparison to our paper mache. A tactic that looked spot on from Nuno, but individuals are letting the Hammers down once again, which caused spirals and led to goals being conceded.

West Ham: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Diouf, Mavropanos, Todibo, Potts, Fernandes, Magassa, Paqueta, Bowen (C), Summerville
Subs: Hermansen, Kilman, Walker-Peters, Igor, Kante, Wilson, Rodriguez, Soucek, Scarles

Aston Villa: Bizot, Cash, Konsa, Lindelof, Maatsen, Kamara, Tielemans, Rogers , Onana, Watkins, McGinn (C)
Subs: Wright, Digne, Bogarde, Garcia, Hemings, Buendia, Malen, Sancho, Guessand