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Key day for Hammers and Lingard

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Jesse Lingard is expected to learn today whether he has made it into Gareth Southgate’s final Euro squad and that is something of a double edged sword for the Irons.

Purely from a Hammers viewpoint it would be better were he not to but that would be a shame for the lad personally given how far he has come back since departing to the London Stadium on loan.

An England call-up would inevitably allow Manchester United to push his price up and  were the Hammers to sign him anyway there’s also the danger always present from injuries.

He is certainly on the margins as far as Three Lions selection is concerned and I fear most Hammers will hope – despite his personal view – that he is left on the international sidelines this time around.

Declan Rice is of course a certainty and we will all be praying the new captain stays fit for his progress to one day following Mooro into the England captaincy.

Our other Hammers involved in international duty are Fab, Yarmo, Vlad, Tomas, whilst Darren Randolph is in the Republic of Ireland squad, Saïd Benrahma has been called up by Algeria for three friendly internationals.

Fabian Balbuena could be involved at the Copa America with Paraguay, and Frederik Alves is on Denmark duty at the UEFA European U21 Championship finals.

Conor Coventry has three Republic of Ireland U21 friendlies, while Academy stars Jamal Baptiste, Amadou Diallo and Michael Forbes have been included for U19 training camps for England and Northern Ireland respectively.

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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3 comments

  • che says:

    lingard out but saka and grealish in ?
    and 4 right backs?

    Why do england managers always sooner or later completely lose the plot before a major tournement?

    He needs to get a minimum semi finals place or needs to go. I dont want to hear the ‘ work in progress’ line again, wearing a bit thin after 9 years.

  • Peter Amos says:

    Just read Lingard has missed out , BBC sport app 1.20 pm.

  • Hammerpete says:

    Hopefully Frederik Alves will shine I have high hopes that he will be pushing the first team soon.

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