West Ham consider loan moves for Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini and Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic

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Ken Dyer6 December 2016

Relegation-threatened West Ham are pondering a loan move for Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini next month.

The East London Premier League club are just one point and one place above the relegation zone and have conceded nine goals in their last two games.

Hammers manager Slaven Bilic feels the Belgium international could provide some much-needed physicality, either as a holding midfielder or to supplement a misfiring forward line.

West Ham have badly missed the physical presence of the injury-prone Andy Carroll since the start of the season, although the striker did return as a sub last weekend in the 5-1 humbling by Arsenal — and scored.

A move for Fellaini, 29, could suit both clubs. Manchester United fans have been far from convinced about the former Everton player, even more so after he came on in the second half against his former club at Goodison Park on Sunday and conceded a clumsy penalty that denied his team three points.

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West Ham could also make a January loan move for Chelsea’s reserve goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.

Adrian, West Ham’s first-choice keeper, has had an indifferent season and was recently dropped by Bilic, with Republic of Ireland international Darren Randolph replacing him.

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The 29-year-old former Stoke keeper is second choice behind Thibaut Courtois at Stamford Bridge and would welcome the chance of first-team football.

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