West Ham United have rewarded highly-rated Northern Ireland teenager Michael Forbes with a first ever professional contract after an impressive year as youth team captain.
Forbes, who was recently part of Ian Baraclough’s senior training camp at St George’s Park, is one of seven Academy scholars to put pen-to-paper with the Hammers.
The 18-year-old, who played for Cookstown Youth and Dungannon Swifts before moving to East London in 2020, helped the U18s to a runners-up finish in the Premier League South.
