West Ham eye Arnaud Kalimuendo swoop

Studies in France have claimed that West Ham United have joined the race to land Paris Saint-Germain starlet, Arnaud Kalimuendo, with the 20-year-old having caught the attention out on mortgage in current seasons.

The suggestion is that the Frenchman is eager for a transfer with a purpose to safe extra common recreation time subsequent season, with fellow Premier League facet Leeds United additionally believed to be firmly interested in securing his signature.

Further stories have claimed that the 5 foot 9 menace may value within the area of €25m (£21m) if he’s to be offered this summer season, with two years remaining on his current deal on the Parc des Princes.

In keeping with CBS reporter Ben Jacobs, that charge would signify one thing of a “discount” for a participant who he described as “technically gifted”, with it no actual shock that there’s such clamour to safe his companies.

The £13k-per-week prospect scored 12 objectives in 32 Ligue 1 appearances final time period throughout his second successive short-term spell in Lens, having beforehand netted seven objectives and offered 5 assists in 28 league video games the 12 months prior.

Whereas but to actually break into the first-team at his father or mother membership, the place he has made simply five senior appearances so far, the indicators are that the France U21 worldwide is simply set to blow up within the coming years, having been described as “completely lethal” by expertise scout Jacek Kulig up to now.

His arrival on the London Stadium may additionally show the proper different to a different reported West Ham goal in Arnaut Danjuma, with the pair sharing various stylistic and statistical similarities, as per FBref.

Hyperlinks to the Netherlands worldwide have gone chilly of late after it had appeared an audacious transfer was on the playing cards, with the 25-year-old having dazzled in his debut marketing campaign at Villarreal final time period, scoring 16 objectives and offering 4 assists in all competitions.

That kind – which included six objectives within the La Liga facet’s surge to the Champions League semi-finals – has unsurprisingly caught the eye of these again in east London, albeit with the previous Bournemouth man believed to have turned down a suggestion to hitch the Irons.

That might show a blessing in disguise if a deal for Kalimuendo is secured, with the youthful man set to show a much more inexpensive different, amid stories that Danjuma has a £40m launch clause in his current deal.

Having solely just lately splashed the money to signal Gianluca Scamacca, such an outlay seems unlikely, therefore turning to the PSG youth product as a youthful and cheaper possibility who can doubtlessly be nurtured by Moyes over the approaching years.

Danjuma might have been the title on everybody’s lips earlier this summer season, however it will do no hurt to contemplate Kalimuendo as one other, immensely proficient and versatile ahead answer.