West Ham: Moyes hoping to seal Kostic deal

West Ham United are hoping to tie up a deal to deliver Filip Kostic to the London Stadium this weekend.

What’s the speak?

That’s in keeping with a report by Italian media outlet Gazzetta dello Sport (by way of Sport Witness), who declare that, following weeks of negotiations, David Moyes is lastly hoping to succeed in an settlement with the Eintracht Frankfurt wing-back within the coming days – with the Hammers mentioned to be in talks relating to a €15m (£12.6m) plus bonuses charge with the Bundesliga aspect.

Nevertheless, the report goes on to state that Juventus are additionally set to make a proposal of €12m (£10m) plus bonuses for the Serbia worldwide within the subsequent few days, one thing it’s recommended may temp the 29-year-old greater than a swap to east London.

Actual coup

Contemplating simply how spectacular Kostic was for Eintracht final season, ought to West Ham handle to get a deal over the road for the defender forward of Italian giants Juventus this summer season, it could undoubtedly characterize an actual coup for the Premier League outfit.

Certainly, over his 31 Bundesliga appearances in 2021/22, the £21.6m-rated wing-back was in gorgeous kind, scoring 4 objectives, offering 9 assists and creating 16 large probabilities for his team-mates, in addition to taking a mean of 1.6 pictures, making 2.8 key passes and finishing 0.8 dribbles per recreation.

These returns noticed the 48-cap worldwide common a fairly exceptional SofaScore match score of 7.25, rating him as Oliver Glasner’s best performer within the league and the 15th-best participant within the division as a complete.

The £43k-per-week expertise was additionally in lethal kind over his 12 Europa League fixtures final trip, scoring three objectives, registering six assists and creating 4 large probabilities for his teammates, along with taking a mean of two.7 pictures, making 2.1 key passes and finishing 0.8 dribbles per recreation.

These metrics noticed the Serbian sensation who Fredi Bobic dubbed “extraordinary” common a wide ranging SofaScore match score of 7.33, rating him because the joint sixth-best participant within the European competitors.

As such, it’s evident simply how a lot Kostic would add to Moyes’ present choices on the left of his backline subsequent season, main us to imagine that the Scot merely should do every thing in his energy to persuade the 29-year-old of a transfer to the London Stadium forward of 1 to Turin this summer season.