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West Ham's Bilic on Simone Zaza: 'We have a good penalty taker already'

Slaven Bilic is ready to unleash Simone Zaza on the Premier League -- but will not let him take any penalties.

Zaza at West Ham arrived last month on loan from Juventus with his inauspicious contribution for Italy at Euro 2016 still fresh in the memory.

The 25-year-old was brought on as a substitute in the dying moments of the quarterfinal against Germany specifically to take a penalty in the shootout, but after an exaggerated, stuttering run-up, he blazed his effort over the crossbar.

Hammers fans can breathe a sigh of relief, however, as manager Bilic has no intention of taking spot-kicks away from regular taker Mark Noble.