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Will Grady Diangana be next off West Ham's production line?

West Ham United still proclaim - loud and proud - that they're the 'Academy of Football', but the production line has been running a bit dry in recent years.

The Hammers still take credit for England's World Cup success in 1966, where final scorers Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters, as well as captain Bobby Moore were all West Ham products.

In more recent years, academy graduates include Paul Ince, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Michael Carrick and Glen Johnson, while James Tomkins and Junior Stanislas are current Premier League regulars who came through the club.

Hammers captain Mark Noble is a one-club man who was formed at West Ham, while there's hope at the club that Declan Rice will be the next world-class talent to move onto bigger and better things.