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Sam Allardyce has admitted that he is considering sending a medical team out to the Africa Cup of Nations to work with the West Ham players selected for the tournament next January.

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SOUNDBITE: Sam Allardyce

"I think we would like to but of course it's the manpower in terms of what you can put together to send out to a group of medical people to look after the players whilst they are out there for that time and not leave yourself too short back here. It's obviously a difficult thing to do. If I had my choice, we would like to do it - but I don't think we have enough staff to cover the Africa Nations and cover ourselves whilst we are playing the hectic game load in January. But we are considering it or I am talking with our head of medical and seeing what the situation is when it arises."