Breen on the list as relegated Hammers release 10 players

RELEGATED West Ham announced yesterday that they are releasing 10 senior players, including Paolo di Canio, Lee Bowyer, Gary Breen and Nigel Winterburn.

But the Hammers, who dropped out of the Premiership on the final day of the season, have made an offer to Les Ferdinand one of four players whose contracts had expired The 10 players being released are: di Canio, Bowyer, Gary Breen, Eduoard Cisse, Clive Delaney, Izzie Iriekpen, Scott Minto, John Moncur, Raimond van der Gouw, and Nigel Winterburn.

But the Hammers want to keep Ferdinand, who scored two goals in 14 games after signing from Tottenham in January, and three other players Scottish U21 midfielder David Noble, Irish youth international midfielder Daryl McMahon and England U21 keeper Steve Bywater.