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Joey O'Brien heads West Ham's list of released players

West Ham have confirmed defender Joey O'Brien will leave the club after five years when his contract expires at the end of June.

The Hammers issued their retained list on Tuesday, which also shows Alex Song will return to parent club Barcelona following his season-long loan spell, while Victor Moses will go back to Chelsea and Emmanuel Emenike to Fenerbahce.

O'Brien, 30, joined West Ham on a free transfer from Bolton in June 2011, helping the East London club win promotion back to the Premier League via the 2012 Championship playoff final at Wembley.

However, last season the Republic of Ireland international made just seven first-team appearances, five of those coming in Europa League qualifiers and two in the FA Cup, taking his total tally for the Hammers to 105 with three goals.

West Ham also revealed 21-year-old striker Elliot Lee, who had a loan spell at Colchester last season, was one of several youngsters not to be offered new terms and is set to leave the club as manager Slaven Bilic prepares his squad for life at the Olympic Stadium.

The Hammers have already brought in Norway international Havard Nordtveit earlier in the summer, but have seen reported interest in Carlos Bacca, Alexandre Lacazette and Callum Wilson fail to materialise.

Co-chairman David Sullivan, however, confirmed earlier this week five bids are in for new players as the club aims for signings with ''good value'' in a ''potty'' market, having been apparently priced out of any interest in Leicester striker Jamie Vardy.

Out-of-contract Nice winger Jeremy Pied is reported to be one target along with Lacazette's Lyon strike partner Nabil Fekir.

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