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KIDS COME GOOD FOR HAPPY NUNO

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The LeaguePaper Team
6 September 2026

Late duo ease the worries
By Jack James

RELEGATION from the Premier League has led West Ham to put their trust in youth – and it paid off in the win over Derby.
After Joel Piroe gave Nuno Espirito Santo’s an early lead, it was beginning to look precarious, but 21-year-old Edvin Austbo, signed from Norwegian club Viking on transfer deadline day, made it 2-0.
Academy product Mahamadou Kante is 20 and he sealed West Ham’s second home win in five days with a rasping low shot in injury-time.
Nuno said: “It has been a very good, very positive week for us &#x...

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