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Abdul Razak leaves West Ham after unsuccessful loan

Ivory Coast international Abdul Razak has left West Ham United after an unsuccessful loan from Russian Premier League side Anzhi Makhachkala.

The 21-year-old midfielder began his career with Manchester City and has been capped five times by Ivory Coast but he has failed to make anny impact at Chadwell heath. In 2011 age 17 Razak was given a surprise debut for Man City first team coming on as a substitute for David Silva in the final minutes of the Premier League game against West Bromwich Albion on 5 February. His second game for the Manchester City first team was against Wigan Athletic on 10 September 2011 after he was substituted on for Yaya Touré in the 80th minute of the match.Razak has also spent time on loan at Portsmouth, Brighton and Charlton while with Manchester City and was previously part of the Crystal Palace youth setup.

I hear unsubstantiated claims that Razak was regularly late for training and lacked good discipline. Razak was Sam Allardyce’s fourth signing in the January transfer window.

Since joining West Ham at the end of January Razak has managed just one appearance in the development squad. He played in the development match against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 10th February which we lost 2-1. He managed just 58 minutes on the pitch that day before being substituted. He was also an un-used substitute for the West Ham Development squad v Southampton on 14th February but after that failed to make the development squad. It appears his 15 minutes of fame achieved in 2011 is long gone,

It is unknown what loan fee or wages we paid Anzhi Makhachkala.and/or Razak during his short stay with us.

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