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The 'Pilgrim' bandwagon has finally got it's wheels firmly on track as new West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini along with new head of recruitment Mario Husillos begin to shape the squad of players available according to their own blue print, first up on their rebuilding programme was to 'deal' with the team's chronic defence.

West Ham are set to confirm both the £7 Million signing of Lukasz Fabianski from relegated Swansea and the signing of phenomenal central defender Issa Diop from Toulouse within the next couple of days. Diop underwent a medical at the Spires Hospital yesterday ahead of completing his €25 Million move from the French Ligue 1 club on a five year contract.

West Ham United begin the 2018/9 Premier League season with an away match against Liverpool, the news of which was leaked a fortnight ago! The rest of the season's fixtures are listed below* kindly note that all these fixtures are currently just provisional as the TV companies have yet to decide which games they will be broadcasting, also dates may change as a result of domestic and european cup competitions.

August 11: Liverpool (a) 18: Bournemouth (h) 25: Arsenal (a)

September 1: Wolves (h) 15: Everton (a) 22: Chelsea (h) 29: Manchester United (h)