Six players depart
Six senior professionals will leave West Ham United next month at the expiry of their contracts23.05.2012
Julien Faubert, Abdoulaye Faye, Papa Bouba Diop, John Carew, Frank Nouble and Olly Lee will all leave West Ham United when their current contracts end on 30 June.
The six professionals have all played their part in a successful 2012/13 season which saw the Hammers gain promotion back to the Barclays Premier League.
Faubert, who will end a five-year association with the Club, featured as a substitute in the 2-1 npower Championship Play-Off final victory over Blackpool at Wembley, while Faye, Diop, Carew and Nouble combined to make 67 league appearances and score four goals between them this term.
France international Faubert joined West Ham from Girondins de Bordeaux in July 2007, totalled 121 appearances for the Club, scoring twice. His final game in a claret and blue shirt saw the 28-year-old feature as a replacement right-back in Saturday's victory at the Home of Football.
Faye, Diop and Carew all moved to the Boleyn Ground in summer 2011. Senegal defender Faye made 29 league appearances, 25 of them starts, and added valuable experience to the back four, while fellow countryman Diop tasted defeat just three times in 16 league matches.
Norway international striker Carew scored twice in 21 appearances in all competitions, netting in the 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace and the 4-0 home win over Blackpool in October 2011.
Nouble bagged his maiden goal in West Ham colours in the New Year's Eve defeat at Derby County - one of 19 appearances for the Hammers. He also spent time on loan at Gillingham and Barnsley this season and has previously been loaned to Swindon Town, Swansea City and Charlton Athletic.
Young professional Lee will also depart at the end of June after helping West Ham to win the Plate competition at the Hong Kong FC Citibank International Soccer Sevens at the weekend. The 20-year-old enjoyed loan spells at Dagenham and Redbridge and Gillingham this season and was named on the substitutes' bench by Sam Allardyce for the FA Cup with Budweiser third-round tie at Sheffield Wednesday.
Henri Lansbury has returned to Arsenal following the end of a season-long loan spell that saw him make 23 appearances and score on his debut in a 4-3 home league win over Peterborough United in September.
Also leaving the Boleyn Ground are scholars Sam Cowler, Lamar Hurley, David Wootton and Jake Young.
West Ham United would like to thank all of the aforementioned players for their hard work and dedication and wish them luck in their future careers.
Meanwhile, professional contracts have been offered to first-year pro Cristian Montano and second-year scholars Jake Larkins, Kenzer Lee and Jack Powell. Young professionals Callum Driver and Eoin Wearen have already put pen to paper on new one-year deals, while Declan Hunt has been offered a third-year scholarship after injury curtailed his 2011/12 season.
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