West Ham may signal a brand new defender this week amid hyperlinks to Manchester United’s Eric Bailly and Paris Saint-Germain’s Thilo Kehrer.
The Hammers are presently brief on the again after new signing, Nayef Aguerd, suffered an ankle harm throughout pre-season and the Irons have additionally agreed a £15m cope with Fulham to permit Issa Diop to affix the Cottagers this summer season, stories the BBC.
The 25-year-old is because of have a medical on Tuesday earlier than making the swap throughout London and it leaves West Ham searching for a brand new defender of their very own.
In line with talkSPORT, a brand new centre-back could possibly be introduced in by the membership’s subsequent match in opposition to Nottingham Forest, with Bailly and Kehrer on the Hammers’ shortlist.
What has been stated about West Ham’s seek for a brand new defender?
Talking about West Ham’s centre-back scenario, talkSPORT’s Alex Criminal stated: “West Ham actually wish to carry a centre-back in, perhaps even earlier than their subsequent Premier League sport this weekend,
“Issa Diop is near leaving for Fulham, we predict affirmation very shortly, a charge of round £15m plus add-ons.
“It leaves them brief on the again, particularly as Aguerd is out injured.
“There are a few names within the body, considered one of them is Kehrer.
“And they’re amongst a cluster of golf equipment monitoring Eric Bailly. He was within the stands as United misplaced to Brighton.
“He’s wished by Sevilla and Jose Mourinho at Roma has expressed an curiosity.”
Each gamers could possibly be signed for a comparatively low charge as Bailly is just not in Man United’s plans while Kehrer has only one 12 months left on his present PSG contract.
The Ligue 1 star is probably going the higher choice of the 2 because the German is three years youthful than Bailly and might play at full-back in addition to being a central defedner
