Breaking news suggests that West Ham have sent a transfer offer of £25m to Monaco for Youssef Fofana.
The midfielder is understood to be holding out for a move to AC Milan, although Manchester United have been heavily linked to the player during the past few days. Therefore the Hammers are believed to have out-bid other clubs in an effort to force the French clubs hand.
Fofana has been with Ligue 1 side Monaco since 2020, and his contract expires next July, which gives West Ham and other interested clubs plenty of bargaining power in negotiations.
Fabrizio Romano suggested in May that Fofana may be available for just £17 million this summer, but so far there have been no concrete offers despite a number of clubs retaining an interest.
West Ham were heavily linked with the player last summer but opted to sign Southampton’s James Ward-Prowse instead.
West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui was clearly unimpressed with the team’s showing in the pre-season friendly against Wolverhampton Wanderers last night, with many speculating the club would get serious in their transfer activity.
Very doubtful we’re getting Fofana, as he’s got a verbal agreement to go to Milan.
We seem to have learned absolutely nothing about how to recruit players
Well find out how convincing Tim’s tactics are.
Fofana is a firm favourite of his wanted to sign him last year but Moyes was against it.
Lopetegui will not be there very long if we don’t get a decent striker…….who actually wants to play for us!!!
The way it’s going the manager will walk….again !
Same old story getting ridiculous 😴
He doesn’t want to join west ham as we don’t have champs league or Europa League football.Moyes should’ve reinforced our first team and squad when we were in a position to attract the best players and had European football.It was poor management not to take advantage off our European status at the time to attract the best players. We can still sign young emerging players if Lopetegui and steinden sell our project to them.Provided Sullivan backs them with funds and they get the deals done quickly.COYI
If sullivan was backing irons they would have players in not all this low bidding I keep reading about put a realistic bid please we have to rebuild time is running down coyi
He won’t be coming, he’s off to AC
Bidding for a player that wants to play elsewhere…how about looking for players who are interested in coming to play for us?…Panic mode seems to have set in.
Seems an odd bid to make given our priorities…
Is this a bid to force somebody else ? I’m not at all sure that’s not what happened with Masraoui.
The scatter gun has been deployed again!!!
Fofana is a great player in the making if we could sign him I would be made up! COYI
Blah blah blah ….another deal that won’t happen.
It’s all getting boring now,you know he’s going to Milan.
Get a fucking striker, please.
So another player who doesn’t want to play here …just get a striker !!!!!