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title: "Iorfa’s preferred West Ham move ‘lies’ claims Dad"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2016-06-11T12:54:01Z"
modified: "2016-06-11T12:54:01Z"
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# Iorfa’s preferred West Ham move ‘lies’ claims Dad

The father of Wolves defender Dominic Iorfa has claimed that reports of his son favouring a move to West Ham this summer are ‘lies’.

According to [Yahoo! Sports](https://sports.yahoo.com/news/dominic-iorfa-family-denies-west-112448048.html), a Nigeria-based family source of Iorfa had claimed that if the young right-back was to leave the Midlands-based club this summer that the [Hammers would be his preferred move](https://readwestham.com/2016/06/07/west-ham-preferred-move-arsenal-southampton-target/) of the reportedly interested clubs – which included Arsenal and Southampton.

![Harry Trump/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2016/06/533413310.jpg)

The £7m-rated defender has been subject to a number of bids already this summer, and was said to be interested in a move to West Ham because of the likelihood of playing regular first-team football.

However, Dominic Snr. has stated that those claims are wide of the mark, and that his son’s future remains in the hands of club officials at Wolves.

> It’s a lie and I wonder where that came from. As a professional footballer, he cannot be selective. Moreover, he is happy at Wolves and has an excellent working relationship with the club

> I want my boy to decide for himself and I am very sure he would like to play for Nigeria his father’s country.

> What I am after is for him to continue to improve as a football player.

The 20-year-old won Wolves’ Young Player of the Year award for the second season running and made a team-high 46 appearances last term for the club and has established himself as a regular England U21 international.