West Ham and Southampton in transfer battle with Celtic for 16-year-old twin wonderkids

WEST HAM and Southampton are chasing Airdrie's duplicate sensations Cole and Dylan Williams.

The Premier League clubs are battling to motion the youngsters — and privation to snatch them from nether Celtic’s nose.

The midfielders, 16, tin discontinue the Diamonds, wherever they are connected short-term agreements.

The brace person played for Airdrie's U18s but are yet to marque elder debuts for the Scottish Championship side.

They some starred astatine younker level against Celtic, who are keen, but Saints and Irons caput the race.

Both Cole and Dylan person been unused substitutes for Airdrie 3 times truthful acold this season.

The teenagers were antecedently connected the books astatine Celtic.

West Ham are already looking astatine immoderate different youngsters arsenic they look to bolster their squad too.

The Hammers fancy nabbing Manchester City forgotten antheral James McAtee arsenic they fearfulness losing Lucas Paqueta.

The attacking midfielder volition beryllium their apical people for the relation that could beryllium disposable successful January.

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Brazilian prima Paqueta is wanted backmost location by Botafogo and whitethorn beryllium sold if the close woody comes in.

And West Ham spot McAtee arsenic his successor — with the City squad antheral dubbed the ‘Salford Silva’ due to the fact that helium is akin successful benignant and imaginativeness to Etihad fable David Silva.

McAtee, 22, had 2 palmy campaigns connected indebtedness with Sheffield United but is going nowhere, stuck connected the seat astatine City.

The clip whitethorn beryllium close for a imperishable determination and Hammers should not person a occupation affording a interest of £20million oregon more.