West Ham United are ready to snap up Robert Pires.

Pires, a free agent, has been training with Arsenal for the past month and manager Arsene Wenger says he is now Premier League-ready.

French sources say West Ham are ready to sign Pires to the end of the season.

Hammers boss Avram Grant is moving for the ex-Villarreal midfielder after losing Thomas Hitzlsperger to long-term injury.

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