20 year old Frenchman Youssef played 5 times for League 2 Notts County scoring only once against Wrexham in the LDV Vans Trophy.
Sofiane has only made two appearances for West Ham since his move from Auxerre in the summer of 2002.
Sofiane’s West Ham future looks bleak at the moment with Teddy Sheringham, Bobby Zamora, Marlon Harewood and even Sergei Rebrov able to play ahead of him up front.