West Ham: Moyes sees Kiwior bid rejected

West Ham United have seen an preliminary bid to convey Jakub Kiwior to the London Stadium rejected.

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That’s in line with a report by Italian media outlet TuttoMercatoWeb (by way of Sport Witness), who declare that David Moyes has seen a €12m (£10m) provide for the Spezia Calcio centre-back rejected, with the Serie A facet stated to have knowledgeable the Hammers that they don’t need to lose the 22-year-old previous to September’s switch deadline.

Nonetheless, the report does go on to state that the Italian outfit could also be keen to debate a deal for the Poland worldwide ought to the Irons be keen to permit him to return to the Stadio Alberto Picco on mortgage for the rest of the 2022/23 marketing campaign, though it’s thought the 59-year-old needs to combine Kiwior into his first workforce squad instantly.

Moyes badly wants him

Whereas it’s true that West Ham lately secured the £10.1m signing of Paris Saint-Germain centre-back Thilo Kehrer, contemplating simply how brief Moyes stays of choices within the coronary heart of his defence, it’s not obscure why the Scot is eager on an additional deal to convey Kiwior to the London Stadium this summer time.

With all of Nayef Aguerd, Craig Dawson and Angelo Ogbonna at the moment sidelined on account of injury, previous to Kehrer’s arrival, the Hammers boss had been left with solely Kurt Zouma obtainable as a senior possibility at centre-back – a scenario that led to the 59-year-old fielding right-back Ben Johnson alongside the Frenchman within the membership’s opening two league fixtures of the season.

As such, it’s simple to see why Moyes seems eager so as to add additional central defensive reinforcements to his squad previous to September’s fast-approaching switch deadline, with Kiwior very a lot trying to be an distinctive goal for the Scot to pursue.

Certainly, following his switch to Spezia final summer time, the £2.7m-rated expertise extremely impressed over his 22 Serie A appearances all through his debut marketing campaign with the membership, making a mean of 1.8 interceptions, 2.3 tackles, 2.2 clearances and profitable 4.8 duels per recreation – enjoying a key position in serving to his facet retain their spot within the Italian prime flight.

Ought to the £3.1k-per-week expertise who Ryan Hubbard dubbed “strong” have achieved these returns for West Ham final season, Kiwior would have ranked because the membership’s joint-highest interception maker – alongside Declan Rice – and second-most frequent tackler – behind solely Arthur Masuaku.

So, contemplating simply how brief West Ham at the moment are on the again, along with simply how proficient a defender Kiwior fairly clearly is, it might certainly seem extremely advisable for Moyes to do every thing he can to safe a deal for the 22-year-old this summer time, because the 59-year-old evidently badly wants him.