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West Ham are one of three clubs who are reportedly keeping tabs on 17-year-old winger Elvis Azah, who is currently at Cardiff City.

According to the Daily Mail, the Irish youth international spent pre-season with the Welsh side's U18 side and appeared against the Hammers in a friendly this summer, scoring twice against them.

Fellow London clubs Arsenal and Spurs are also supposedly tracking the teenager with a view to bringing him to the capital.

Azah trialled at Celtic lin January and is comfortable playing on the wing or further up front and previously had trials at Manchester United and Everton but couldn't sign him because he didn't have Irish citizenship.

He now does, having moved to the country from Ghana aged 11 and has played for the Republic at U15 and U16 level

The whizzkid has since moved to London and gained the attention of a number of Premier League scouts when he played in an AG Football Academy 'BE NEXT' showcase game.

West Ham have a track record of bringing in youngsters into their academy set up from elsewhere, including most recently Xande Silva, who scored a hat-trick against Spurs U23s on Monday night on his debut.

The Hammers have also signed Toni Martinez, Nathan Holland, Sead Haksabanovic and Oladapo Afolayan to play for the U23s first of all before aiming to make the step up to the first team in recent years.

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