West Ham United have held further contract talks with Dean Ashton and are confident the striker will pen a new long-term deal with the club next week.

The 24-year-old still has two years left …

USA defender Jonathan Spector has warned his international team-mates to be on their guard against fellow West Ham star Dean Ashton.

West Ham are confident of thrashing out a new deal with Dean Ashton after holding ‘productive’ talks with the striker.

Dean Ashton has admitted he is unsure of his future at Upton Park but has expressed his desire to begin talking to the club with a view to improved terms.

Fabio Capello has reacted to Dean Ashton’s fabulous form towards the end of the season by naming him in his England squad to face the U.S.A and Trinidad and Tobago on May 28th and June 1st.

Robert Green believes it is ‘massively important’ that Dean Ashton remains a West Ham player.