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title: "Norwich considering move for West Ham defender"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2015/08/16/norwich-considering-move-for-west-ham-defender-james-collins/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2015-08-16T09:19:42Z"
modified: "2015-08-16T09:19:42Z"
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# Norwich considering move for West Ham defender

Norwich City are eyeing up a move to sign West Ham defender James Collins this summer, according to the [Sunday Express](https://i.gyazo.com/0c3bbbf97addd8f9119e7ca6e1a4c79c.png).

Collins is a real Hammers stalwart as he enters his eighth seasons with the club over two spells, and the Welshman is a real fan-favourite at Upton Park.

However, with the arrival of Italian Angelo Ogbonna from Juventus earlier this summer who’s established himself in the first-team early on this season has seen ‘Ginge’ fall out of the matchday squad.

Since his £2.25m return from Aston Villa in 2012, he’s made 76 appearances for the club, but with only one-year left on his deal and not getting any younger, the soon-to-be 32-year-old centre-back seems to be on the way out, whether it’s this summer or next summer.

No one would blame him for pursuing an opportunity elsewhere with game-time at Upton Park hard to come by now with the emergence of Reece Burke and Reece Oxford in the squad.

Norwich could present a good platform for Collins to play some games towards the back end of his career, providing great experience and leadership to the newly-promoted side battling against the drop.