West Ham want Payet’s team mate

West Ham are reportedly still interested in signing Marseille midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa this summer with scouts sent to watch the 22-year-old defensive midfielder.

According to French website La Provence, Anguissa has a number of Premier League admirers with West Brom, Watford and Newcastle all said to be tracking the midfielder. West Bromwich Albion had a €15m bid rejected by the French club last summer.

Marseille are just a point behind second-place Monaco and continue to battle for a Champions League place. The player has put in some impressive performances in defensive midfield for Marseille.

He has made over 20 league appearances for the club this season, including a man of the match display in his last game against Bordeaux. playing alongside the experienced defensive midfielder Luis Gustavo, Zambo Anguissa has forged a strong partnership with the Brazilian. Marseille are currently on a run of 12 games unbeaten in all competitions.

 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter