No deal for Rat, says McDonald

West Ham assistant manager Neil McDonald has this afternoon rejected recent reports that Romanian international Razvan Rat has agreed a deal to sign for the Hammers.

"It's all hearsay and rumours at the moment, without mentioning any names," said McDonald today, addressing the press ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash with Newcastle United.

Rat's agent last week was widely quoted in the Romanian media as saying that his client was on the brink of a move to East London, but no deal as such has been agreed, according to the Hammers' assistant manager.

McDonald did however admit that the Irons are in the process of securing signings this summer, saying that "the recruitment process has been ongoing for some time, since January I suppose, in order to get some competition in to make sure we go onto the next level."

In other words, this one is very much still on. More on this as we have it.

By Alex Shilling, News Editor

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