Solano set for Hammers exit

6:00pm Friday 9th May 2008

NOBBY Solano will be one of three players likely to be shown the West Ham exit door this summer.

The 33-year-old, a deadline day siging from Newcastle in August, has made 20 appearances and scored three times for the Irons this season.

But the Peru international (pictured) is out of contract at the end of the season and is unlikely to be offered a new deal.

And he will probably be joined by 21-year-old Tony Stokes and loanee Henri Camara.

The fate of all three players will be discussed at a board meeting, which will include chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson and Irons boss Alan Curbishley, on Monday.

Curbishley said: "We've only got a couple of contracts up this summer.

"Young Tony Stokes, Nobby Solano, who came in on deadline day, and on-loan Henri Camara, who will go back to Wigan."

Curbishley has reportedly been told by Gudmundsson to cut down his 34-man squad and slash the club's wage bill.

That will almost certainly spell the end for fringe players Calum Davenport and Nigel Quashie, while the futures of the underperforming Luis Boa Morte and big earners Lucas Neill and Freddie Ljungberg also remain in the balance.

However, Curbishley insists no decisions will be made until after Monday's board meeting and when he is sure of what he has at his disposal with his current squad.

"I've got four or five players who I've not seen too much of so I couldn't tell you what my best team is until I get them all fit," he said.

"We're all hoping for better things next year. We invested heavily in the summer and a lot of those players haven't been around so it'll be nice when there are."

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