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Evening Standard
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Dan Kilpatrick

Mark Noble interview: West Ham icon on sporting director role, transfers, academy focus and Declan Rice future

New role: Club legend Mark Noble became West Ham’s sporting director in January after retiring from football last summer

(Picture: West Ham)

Mark Noble may have retired, but West Ham’s former captain turned sporting director is not about to hang up his boots just yet.

Noble took up his new role on January 3, and has spent the first month in the job “learning the ropes”, including immersing himself in the club’s academy.

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