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West Ham eyeing “ambitious” Locatelli swoop

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West Ham eyeing “ambitious” Locatelli swoop

West Ham United are believed to be retaining tabs on Juventus midfielder Manuel Locatelli, as supervisor David Moyes seeks to bolster his midfield ranks.

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Latest reports have advised that the Hammers – in addition to each Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal – are all for bringing within the Italy worldwide to the Premier League, with the 24-year-old set to command a payment of round €40m (£34m).

Chatting with GIVEMESPORT, journalist Pete O’Rourke has now given his ideas concerning a possible deal for the playmaker, stating:

“It’s an bold goal for West Ham, however midfield was a place they have been trying to strengthen in through the summer time switch window they usually did miss out on fairly just a few targets as effectively.

“It reveals the place West Ham are proper now. They made some huge signings in the summertime.  David Moyes was backed once more within the switch market by the membership’s homeowners, with likes of Paqueta, Aguerd, Kehrer and Scamacca all coming in as huge signings.”

The 24-cap menace is at present on loan in Turin from fellow Serie A aspect Sassuolo after becoming a member of final summer time, with the Previous Girl holding an obligation to purchase on the finish of the present marketing campaign.

Repeat Scamacca masterclass

As O’Rourke alluded to, this curiosity comes following what was a formidable summer time of recruitment for the east Londoners, with one notable arrival having been that of Locatelli’s compatriot and former membership colleague, Gianluca Scamacca.

The £35.5m addition from Sassuolo has since gone on to make a formidable begin to life in his new environment, with the 23-year-old having scored two targets in his final three top-flight outings, in addition to an extra two targets in simply 4 Europa Convention League group stage appearances up to now.

With that acquisition already bearing fruit, West Ham’s head of recruitment Rob Newman may effectively pull off one other masterclass by dipping into the Italian market as soon as once more to safe the signing of Locatelli, with additional depth little question wanted within the centre of the park in Moyes’ squad.

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The Irons had come near touchdown present Everton machine Amadou Onana over the summer time, whereas Chelsea gem Conor Gallagher had additionally been a reported goal, with arguably too nice a reliance nonetheless positioned on the first-choice pairing of Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek.

The Allianz Stadium star would offer agency competitors to that duo having impressed in current instances for each membership and nation, notably having featured in five of his nation’s seven video games within the wonderful Euro 2020 marketing campaign, scoring twice within the group stage win over Switzerland.

At membership degree, the £93k-per-week sensation has netted three instances and laid on 5 assists in 54 video games throughout his mortgage spell to this point, whereas beginning eight of his aspect’s ten league outings up to now this season.

The £31.5m-rated ace would offer actual high quality in possession to the Hammers from his defensive midfield berth, as he notably averages 5.55 progressive passes per sport compared to these in his place throughout Europe’s prime 5 leagues, with the aforementioned duo of Rice and Soucek averaging simply 4.25 and 2.84, respectively, for a similar metric.

An undoubtedly elegant addition, the “unreal” expertise – as dubbed by journalist Raj Chohan – may effectively show to be yet one more Scamacca-esque coup ought to Newman handle to strike a deal.