West Ham are playing down suggestions they are tracking Stoke´s Belgium international central defender Carl Hoefkens - who claims he has heard of ´their interest´ in him.Hoefkens, 27, only joined the Coca-Cola Championship club in the summer from Germinal Beerschot but believes he has already caught the eye of Hammers boss Alan Pardew.Reports in Hoefkens´ homeland say the Hammers could be set to offer £2million for the centre-back and he told the newspaper Het Nieuwsblad: "I know about the interest. I´ll have to see what happens next."
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