The former St Anthony's College wizard has been invited by manager Glenn Roeder who is now in search of a loanee midfielder and has indicated his intentions of possibly signing Rahim at the end of the season. . No doubt, national captain Shaka Hislop would have had good words to say about Rahim even as he prepares for a move out of Upton Park by the end of this season.
The 23-year-old Rahim, who is still on contract with Bulgarian powerhouse Levski Sofia, is expected to play for the West Ham reserves against Coventry City (13-Mar-2002) alongside returning player Michael Carrick. So too is Pierre, who has also been invited to for a trial at Norwegian club Moss FK for later this month.
West Ham have in recent weeks lost the services of Michael Carrick, Steve Lomas and Don Hutchison, as well injuries to John Moncur keeping him out, and it has led to Roeder playing Trevor Sinclair in the middle with Joe Cole, or pairing Cole with the even younger and inexperienced Richard Garcia.
Although the Hammers are hoping to have Carrick and Lomas back in contention for a first team place as soon as the next match, the visit of Manchester United to Upton Park, Roeder does not want to hang about, and has spent the last fortnight or so scouring the Continent for adequate replacements, as the Premiership season enters it's final phase.
In related news: Former Queen's Royal marksman Vladamir Suite has joined El Salvador First Division club Athletico Marte. The powerfully built Suite is now in the Central American country training with the team and is expected to be one of their leading hopes in attack. Suite was recently back home for the Carnival celebrations before jetting off to El Salvador.
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