Forgotten striker Freddie Piquionne could finally be set to leave West Ham - having spent the last year playing with the under 21s.
The former Portsmouth forward is poised to join MLS outfit Portland Timbers on trial later this week, with view to a permanent deal should he impress sufficiently.Now 34, Piquionne's last game for the Hammers came in the 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest in January 2012, just over a year ago - since when he has been featuring, occasionally, for the Development Squad as one of their permitted overage players.
A short loan spell at Doncaster at the back end of last season - during which he managed to score twice in eight appearances - came to nothing and the once-capped French international, who was left out of West Ham's 25-man Premier League squad this season, appeared set to see the remainder of his contract out at West Ham until Portland's intervention.
Estimated to be earning around £40,000 per week, Piquionne's current deal ends this summer.
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