West Ham United's junior players are facing an anxious few days.
Hammers youth chief Tony Carr and his staff have to finalise their decisions over which young players will be offered scholarships and professional contracts.
For those who are to be released in the summer, the Academy will work hard to try and find new clubs at which they can continue their careers.
Carr told whufc.com: "We're finalising the scholars intake for next year and the scholars and young professionals are waiting to see what the outcome might be for their futures.
"It's a difficult time and a tough time but it has to be done every year and I won't shirk that responsibility.
"For the boys who don't get new contracts, we do all we can to try and fix them up with clubs and get them a contract elsewhere. Nick Haycock, our education and welfare guy, makes a lot of the phone calls and introductions for us and all of the young lads have representatives or agents working to open doors for them and we help where we can."
