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Collins Joins West Ham - Ipswich Town News

Former Blues loanee Danny Collins has joined West Ham from Stoke City on loan for the remainder of the season. The 31-year-old Welsh international was with Town between August and December making 16 appearances.

Collins says he's made the move to play matches, something he wasn't doing regularly at Stoke: "West Ham are going well in the league and looking for promotion. They are having a good season, so this was a chance for me to come out on loan and get some games in.

"I went out on loan to Ipswich earlier this season and played 16 games there and I've played a few games for Stoke, but I want to be playing week-in, week-out if I can. Hopefully I can come down here, get myself into the team and be part of it.

"I keep myself ready on and off the pitch and have been training hard to keep myself ticking over. I played a couple of games for Stoke over the last couple of weeks. I got the call on Thursday night so I've come down to try to play some games."

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