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title: "West Ham leading the race for Sean Raggett"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2017/06/05/west-ham-leading-race-sean-raggett/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2017-06-05T11:22:35Z"
modified: "2017-06-05T11:22:35Z"
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# West Ham leading the race for Sean Raggett

Defensively, West Ham were poor this past season and leaked too many goals and there’s no doubt that Slaven Bilic should look to improve this area of the pitch.

The Hammers have been one of a number of Premier League and Football League clubs looking to sign highly-rated Lincoln City centre-back Sean Raggett this summer.

According to the [Express](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/812667/West-Ham-transfer-news-Lincoln-City-Sean-Raggett-FA-Cup-hero-Norwich), West Ham are in pole position to land the 23-year-old defender who caught the eye for the Imps this season as they secured promotion back to the Football League and reached the FA Cup quarter-final.

[West Ham have already seen a £125,000 offer turned down](https://readwestham.com/2017/05/24/west-ham-see-bid-sean-raggett-rejected-lincoln/) by the League Two outfit for their star defender while both Peterborough and Oxford United have had bids in the region of £250,000 rejected.

Raggett has a release clause in his contract which stands at £350,000 which would need to be met in full before Lincoln would allow him to leave the club this summer.

Both Norwich and West Brom are also strongly considering bids for the defender who is seen as a signing for the future.