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West Ham will receive 40 medals on Wednesday, whether as winners of the Europa Conference League or runners-up. Whatever happens, the word inside the finalists’ camp is that one will be mailed to Craig Dawson, who left for Wolves in January.

Dawson has not heard anything official from his old club. But for this titanic central defender, all that matters is West Ham’s squad, staff and supporters celebrate a momentous night in the Czech capital.

‘It was actually a Wolves fan who told me I’d get a medal,’ Dawson, 33, tells Mail Sport ahead of Wednesday’s showdown with Fiorentina. ‘But I don’t know if that’s the case or not. I just hope they do it, win it and achieve something special together.

‘I’d be lying if I said I didn’t wish I could be in Prague to cheer on the lads. Instead I’ll be glued to my television screen at home with my football-mad son who will be trying to stay up and watch it!’

It will be worth letting the bedtime slide this once if it means watching West Ham win a European trophy. Dawson, who featured in four of their Conference League group games earlier this season, including scoring a winner in Silkeborg, adds: ‘There will be tired bodies and tired minds after a long season, but knowing this group like I do, they will give it everything they’ve got.

‘It was sad to leave.

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