Spurs in the hunt after Hammers skipper hands in transfer re

[RiverWire]

Tottenham and Liverpool are believed to be the front-runners to give Nigel Reo-Coker his wish after the West Ham captain handed in a transfer request.

According to his advisor, Tony Finnigan, the 23-year-old has decided on a move for pastures new after he was not given the right assurances over his future by the club's board.

"I can confirm that Nigel Reo-Coker has officially handed in a transfer request with West Ham," said Finnigan.

"Nigel hopes his future will be resolved in the next few weeks.

"I am surprised that a 23-year-old Londoner who is captain of his club is being allowed to leave."

Finnigan added on www.skysports.com: "As I said in January, Nigel would get his head down and work to keep West Ham in the Premiership.

"And that is exactly what he did with 100% commitment."

Tottenham and Liverpool are believed to be the front-runners for his services and Spurs boss Martin Jol has made no secret of the fact that he has long been an admirier of the youngster.

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[Yid_1978]

Dont see the point in trying to sign him. He aint a super creative midfielder more a battler and weve got plenty of them. Need to bring in someone like Juan Roman Riquelme for a couple of years, then maybe Jenas can learn true attacking quality like some of the youngsters learnt how to fight from Edgar Davids.

[gazzafox9]

Dont wont him, is he better than Jenas, Hudd or Malbraque no, for the money quoted around 10mill we could get alot better for that Van Der Vart or Snieder. We normally sell them are rejects not the other way round

[Twizzle]

I've heard better rumours