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title: "Virals: West Ham keen on Championship duo after Angelo Ogbonna blow"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2021-11-11T17:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-11-11T17:00:00Z"
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# Virals: West Ham keen on Championship duo after Angelo Ogbonna blow

[West Ham](https://readwestham.com/2021/11/11/virals-west-ham-target-aaron-ramsey-looking-for-a-new-challenge/) are reportedly seen on two Championship stars following the news that [Angelo Ogbonna](https://readwestham.com/2021/11/09/virals-west-ham-defender-suffers-anterior-cruciate-ligament-injury/) is facing spending the majority of the season sidelined.

The 33-year-old Italian centre-back [suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury](https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2021/november/09-november/angelo-ogbonna-injury-update) in the first half of the clash with Liverpool and could miss the remainder of the 2021//22 campaign.

Not one to rest on his laurels, Irons’ boss David Moyes is believed to be pursuing two possible replacements.

According to a report from [FootballLeagueWorld](https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/exclusive-middlesbrough-and-qpr-first-teamers-on-west-hams-transfer-radar-after-ogbonna-setback/), as cited on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/FootballLeagueW/status/1458361549999980546), QPR ace Rob Dickie and Middlesbrough defender Dael Fry are on the radar in east London.

> 🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨\
> \
> We understand West Ham are keeping tabs on QPR's Rob Dickie and Middlesbrough's Dael Fry ahead of January amid Ogbonna's injury. More here 👇[https://t.co/RVfqMlVOPS](https://t.co/RVfqMlVOPS)[#WHUFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHUFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#COYI](https://twitter.com/hashtag/COYI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#QPR](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QPR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#Boro](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Boro?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Football League World (@FootballLeagueW) [November 10, 2021](https://twitter.com/FootballLeagueW/status/1458361549999980546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The report claims that West Ham have already ‘made checks’ on the 25 and 24-year-old respectively.

Described as the [‘complete player’](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough-fc/dael-fry-is-middlesbroughs-fcs-virgil-van-dijk-says-neil-warnock-3142610) by now ex-manager Neil Warnock, Fry has earned a [6.97 Sofascore rating](https://www.sofascore.com/player/dael-fry/548194)from 11 league outings this season.

Meanwhile, Dickie has scored [four times](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rob-dickie/leistungsdaten/spieler/257437) for QPR in 21 appearances across all competitions this season.

### READ WEST HAM VERDICT

Signing a central defender is a must in January in order to suitably cope with Ogbonna’s loss.

Moyes is already facing a [daunting schedule](https://www.whufc.com/fixtures/first-team/fixtures-and-results) after Christmas and one less defensive option will only add to the stress on the squad.

Both former [England youth internationals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/vergleich/spielervergleich/statistik/def/spieler/314140&257437), on paper it would appear hard to split Fry and Dickie.

However, valued at [£6.3million](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dael-fry/marktwertverlauf/spieler/314140) and with one year less remaining on a contract than Dickie, Fry would appear to be the shrewder option for the Hammers.