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title: "West Ham bring back Carlton Cole"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2015/08/12/west-ham-bring-back-carlton-cole/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2015-08-12T21:59:19Z"
modified: "2015-08-12T21:59:19Z"
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# West Ham bring back Carlton Cole

West Ham have brought former striker Carlton Cole back to the club this week to train with the first-team squad.

> carlton cole at [#whufc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/whufc?src=hash) training ground today ![?](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/72x72/1f440.png) [pic.twitter.com/EP91LqRiGx](https://t.co/EP91LqRiGx)
>
> — cockney ceejay . (@CSH1FT) [August 12, 2015](https://twitter.com/CSH1FT/status/631537760655048709)

He’s filmed above arriving for training at West Ham’s training facility today as he continues to work on his fitness.

Without a club since the expiry of his West Ham contract in June, Cole has been linked with moves to the MLS and Australia , as well as being reunited with Claudio Ranieri at Leicester – the man who gave him his professional debut at Chelsea.

West Ham famously brought Carlton Cole back to the club in October 2013 after releasing him earlier that year following a slew of injuries to their strikers, and he impressed on a short-term deal, and penned a new 18-month contract which expired earlier this summer.

Having failed to sign a new striker this summer, and a deal to bring in Javier Hernandez from Manchester United stalling, West Ham surely couldn’t sign the former England international for a third time?