Hammers add Austrian fixture

West Ham will play a  team from SK Sturm Graz Development squad on 17th July according to a report on Austrian sports website sportreport.biz

David Tauschmann is the new coach of SK Sturm Graz Development squad is quoted as saying in the report:

“In the next four weeks we will prepare for the regional league season. Our goal is to develop and shape the players as best as possible. The start of the season in the Regionalliga Mitte is on the weekend of 22 July 2017. Six pre-season games will be played by the black and white amateurs in the course of the preparations. A highlight is a pre-season game on 17 July in Bad Waltersdorf, where SK Sturm Graz meets Premier League club West Ham United.”

Pre-Season Schedule 

July 5th  Players report to Rush Green to resume training

July 10-21: Training camp in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria. Squad staying at Avita Resort hotel 

July 17 v SK Sturm Graz Development team Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria

July 24-August 3: Training camp in Rotenburg Wuemme, Germany.Staying at Landhaus Wachtelhof

July 28: v Werder Bremen (Schneverdingen, Germany)

July 29: v Werder Bremen (Lohne, Germany)

August 1: v Altona 93 (Hamburg, Germany)

August 4: v Manchester City (Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik)