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West Ham have held agent talks in a move for brand new centre-back target Logan Costa after the defeat to Wolves. Julen Lopetegui identified West Ham’s defence as the key area for improvement after taking over from David Moyes. Is it any wonder given the Hammers conceded a Premier League club record 74 goals last season. Lopetegui wants to rip up West Ham’s defence bar goalkeeper Alphonse Areola and left-back Emerson Palmieri. The Hammers spent £40m to reunite Lopetegui with Max Kilman three weeks ago. But if West Ham thought that would solve many of their issues, the 3-1 pre-season defeat to …

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