ALAN Pardew has confirmed that Greek trialist Vaggelis Mantzios has
returned home after spending a week training with the Hammers.
However, Pards admits the highly-rated Greece Under-21
international is a player the Club will continue to monitor.
"He's a player that interests us," admitted the
Hammers boss. "He has returned home and will hopefully play
for his club side on Sunday. We'll continue to watch him
closely and see how the situation develops.
"He's a very young player and with our situation at the
moment it may not be the right time for him to come into English
football. However, he's attractive to us because of his age and
potential, and we'll just have to see how things go."
Mantzios Heads Home
21st January 2005