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Fulham and West Ham pause in negotiations over defender Issa Diop

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Fulham and West Ham pause in negotiations over defender Issa Diop

West Ham United might be set to face in the best way of former French youth worldwide center-back Issa Diop, after the 25-year-old was nearing a summer time transfer to fellow capital outfit Fulham.

Per reviews through RMC’s Loïc Tanzi (cited here by Get French Soccer), Hammers boss David Moyes has halted negotiations between the London Stadium outfit and the returning Cottagers over the potential sale of Diop who could be very a lot on the periphery of the first-team below the Scottish headmaster.

Alors qu’il était tout proche, la finalisation du transfert d’Issa Diop à Fulham est longue. West Ham a demandé à tout stopper pour l’instantaneous automobile David Moyes souhaite attendre, même s’il a annoncé au Francais qu’il était N.5 dans la hiérarchie https://t.co/adVUtN93Mn
— Loïc Tanzi (@Tanziloic) July 14, 2022

Fulham might actually do with reinforcement within the coronary heart of the protection below supervisor Marco Silva because the membership look to beat the percentages and keep away from the drop in the course of the upcoming 2022-23 Premier League marketing campaign, with the Cottagers having simply three center-backs on the books on the time of writing by means of Tosin Adarabioyo, Terence Kongolo, and veteran US worldwide Tim Ream.

However regardless of now being fifth selection within the protection depth chart at West Ham, Moyes is standing between Diop and a much-needed exit from the London Stadium contemplating Kurt Zouma, Craig Dawson, and Angelo Ogbonna are all forward of him within the pecking order.

That was compounded by the Hammers securing a deal for Moroccan worldwide Nayef Aguerd earlier within the window, however Diop might even have a distinct escape route again to France by means of Olympique de Lyonnais after the Ligue 1 outfit additionally reportedly held talks with West Ham.

Such is the necessity for Fulham to strengthen on the again after securing offers for João Palhinha and Andreas Pereira from Sporting CP and Manchester United respectively, and the probability that Diop can be considered as a first-choice choice by Silva, that the Cottagers might nicely persist within the hopes that Moyes adjustments his stance within the close to future.

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This text was edited by
Conor Laird.