Mullins set for Charlton

  • by Matthew O'Greel
  • Saturday, 7th July 2007

Hammers midfielder Hayden Mullins is set to join former boss Alan Pardew at Charlton, according to reports.

The 28-year-old midfielder - who was Pardew's first signing at West Ham - is poised to complete a £1m move to the Valley after being told he has no future with the Hammers.

He is understood to have rejected the opportunity to stay in the Premiership with Reading, his home town club, in order to join up with Pardew once again.

Mullins joined the Hammers in October 2003 in a £500,000 switch from Crystal Palace. Despite being a midfielder by trade he played much of his first season as an emergency full-back, whilst occasionally stepping in at centre-half (most notably in the 3-1 FA Cup win at Wolves in January 2004 - possibly his finest game in a United shirt).

Having been part of the West Ham team that reached the 2006 FA Cup Final he was distraught to discover he had been banned from appearing in the final after being sent off in a league game against Liverpool a week prior to the Cardiff showpiece following an innocuous incident with Luis Garcia.

Although he featured heavily in the opening half of the 06/07 campaign once Alan Curbishley arrived at the club it became clear that Mullins' days were numbered - despite having scored what proved to be winning goals against Blackburn and Sheffield United prior to Curbishley's arrival.

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