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West Ham reportedly interested in sidelined Slavia Prague striker Chory

Tomas Chory could be on his way to England
Tomas Chory could be on his way to EnglandMichal Chwieduk / Arena Akcji / Newspix.pl / Profimedia

The days are counting down to a decision on the future of Czech striker Tomas Chory. A resolution is expected, most likely by Thursday, when Slavia Prague are planning a major pre-season press conference. Although all summer it seemed that the troubled player would be pardoned and the club would lift his original lifetime ban from the squad, the situation has taken a different turn in recent hours.

According to infotbal.cz, Chory is wanted by West Ham United. The English club, where interim minority shareholder Daniel Kretinsky - also the owner of Slavia's arch-rivals Sparta Prague - has taken the lead.

West Ham were relegated from the Premier League last season, but key players, including England international Jarrod Bowen and Czech national team midfield mainstay Tomas Soucek, have stayed.

There is already talk of a swift return to the top flight.

Signing Chory would fit into these plans. This summer, the Hammers lost forward Callum Wilson, who scored seven league goals. Reinforcements up front are definitely on the agenda.

After his sending off in the spring play-off derby against Sparta - which was already his third major incident of the season - club boss Jaroslav Tvrdik lost patience with Chory. 

"He will not play for Slavia Prague again," he said about him and fellow offender David Doudera.

However, club owner Pavel Tykac took the opposite view on such a radical step, highlighting Chory's crucial contribution to the team, and it seemed both sides were heading for reconciliation.

But West Ham's interest has complicated matters. The striker has so far been training individually and, in any case, will miss the opening round of the new league season this weekend due to a disciplinary ban.

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