Hammers represent Young Lions

Leo Chambers and Blair Turgott have both had a week to remember with England at age-group level.

Chambers was part of the Under-16 side that won the Victory Shield home-nations tournament with a 2-1 win against Scotland in Morecambe. The Hammers centre-back made his Under-18 bow for the Academy last Saturday and followed that up by playing the entire game against the Scots and putting in a strong defensive display.

Meanwhile, Blair Turgott and Matthias Fanimo could be playing at the UEFA European Under-17 Championship this summer after the Young Lions beat Spain 2-1 in a decisive Elite round qualifier. Turgott, who scored two in two previous matches to set-up the Spain showdown, and Fanimo should both figure in the eight-nation finals in Serbia between 3 and 17 May,.

After Jordan Spence and James Tomkins both played for the U21s on Monday in a 2-1 friendly defeat by Iceland, the next young Hammers to represent the Young Lions will be George Moncur and Robert Hall. They are in the squad to face Italy in a friendly in Carpi on 12 April.