West Ham United reportedly considering extending the contract of a crucial player despite rumors of their departure…

There are a number of players West Ham are actively hoping to sell this summer to raise transfer funds.\

Striker Danny Ings is one of them while captain Kurt Zouma and fellow central defender Nayef Aguerd are also being advertised for sale to other clubs.

The future also looks uncertain for Flynn Downes and Maxwell Cornet.

Especially as West Ham plan to make another five signings before the summer window closes.

New head coach is planning a defensive overhaul after inheriting a backline that contributed towards conceding 74 goals last season – an unwelcome new Premier League club record for West Ham.

The Hammers have already signed centre-back Max Kilman for £40m.

And sights have been set on signing a second centre-back as well as a new full-back.

The likes of Nice’s Jean-Clair Todibo and Lyon’s Jake O’Brien have been linked with moves to the London Stadium.

But West Ham must first raise funds through sales before bringing in a second centre-back.

It has seemed pretty clear for some time now that Aguerd wants out of West Ham.

The Moroccan started last season in the same kind of inconsistent, error-prone form that has been an unwelcome feature of his time at West Ham.