Report: West Ham have made a very bold decision regarding out of contract players

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West Ham have put all contract talks on hold in an effort to maintain their fine recent form according to the Evening Standard.

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Mark Noble, Michail Antonio, Fabian Balbuena, Robert Snodgrass and Lukasz Fabianski are the key figures who will be out of contract with the Hammers in the summer.

It could be argued that all five of those players are key members of David Moyes’s squad.

West Have have an option to extend the deals of Antonio and Snodgrass by a further 12 months.

The Evening Standard claims that there is no impatience from any of the players mentioned to get a new deal signed, however. And discussions are likely to begin at some point in the new year.

West Ham are in a very good place at the moment. We are flying high in fifth spot in the Premier League table and could climb as high as third with a win over Manchester United on Saturday.

If the Hammers are still in a strong position come the new year, all of the players mentioned will surely be keen to pen new deals with the club.

It would be nice if Moyes was backed in the transfer market. The Scot still needs two or three top class new additions if his side are to challenge towards the top of the table.

It will be equally important to keep the likes of Antonio, Noble and Balbuena around for another couple of years, however. And judging by the Standard’s report, there is no panic on either side regarding any of their futures.