West Ham to face Roma

West Ham will wrap up their pre-season preparations with a glamorous friendly against Italian giants Roma at Upton Park on August 4.

Roma reached the Champions League quarter-finals last season – they were beaten 8-3 on aggregate by Manchester United – and finished second in the Serie A behind champions Inter Milan.

West Ham have already lined up a series of pre-season games at Dagenham and Redbridge, Leyton Orient, MK Dons, Southend and Norwich through July.

Hammers boss Alan Curbishley also plans to take his squad to Austria for a week.