Noble anxious over new signings

Mark Noble has admitted the Hammers face a bigger and bigger battle to get the players they need summer.

The captain is watching as keenly as every other Hammer with the club involved in moves for the likes of Kelechi Iheanacho, Olivier Giroud and Michy Batshuayi but says it gets harder and harder.

He knows that the club simply has to bring new blood to beef up what is essentially an average squad but he sounds more optimisiic than confident the club will hit its target players.

He said: “I think we need to get a few in. I’m sure the chairman is working tirelessly to get them in but this market is so hard.

“Players are so expensive now and you get priced out. We’re competing with so many other teams to get the players we want.”