West Ham United are in for two French internationals, the only quirk being that neither of them actually plays for France. First up is Ludovic Obraniak who was born near Metz and played for France's U21 team before being an established Poland international.

The other one is Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik who by some huge coincidence is also from Metz. He too represented France at U21 level before going to play for the Cameroon national team. West Ham United wouldn't have work permit issues for either given the French connection.

Ludovic Obraniak is 29 years old and currently at Werder Bremen where, according to French newspaper L'Equipe, he isn't in the manager's plans and can leave the club. He's an attacking midfielder but hasn't got a scoring record which would scare defences and isn't subject of an awful lot of serious interest. Sunderland are also said to be interested, but perhaps it's more through Obraniak's hope than anything concrete. Supporters of both clubs would hope they could do better.

Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik is a 25 year old defender and currently plays his football for Rennes. He's in the final year of his contract and had been thought to be heading for Palermo in Italy. L'Equipe say West Ham United have started negotiations for the player and now he looks more likely to be Premier League bound.

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