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title: "Which West Ham youngsters deserve a first-team chance next season?"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Abdullah Mulla"
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published: "2020-03-18T08:00:00Z"
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# Which West Ham youngsters deserve a first-team chance next season?

West Ham United have some very talented youngsters in their current academy, proven by the fact that they’re at the[top of the Premier League 2 Division 2](https://www.premierleague.com/tables?team=U21&co=17&se=294) after 18 matches.

The Under-23 side has not lost a single league match this season, winning 14 times and drawing four.

They have a three-point cushion at the top of the table but second-placed Manchester United do have a game in hand.

Jeremy Ngakia is one example of the quality that the West Ham academy is producing.

The young right-back has[settled in effortlessly](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jeremy-ngakia/leistungsdaten/spieler/503795) into the first-team, handling world stars such as Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Just like Ngakia, there are plenty of other gems in the academy or out on loan. Below we’ve taken a look at some who deserve a first-team chance next season.