Hammers go head to head with Arsenal for right back

Cristiano_Piccini_Betis West Ham are said to be tracking Sporting CP right-back Cristiano Piccini according to reports on Desporto in Portugal today. Spanish club Real Betis sold Piccini to Sporting CP in May this year for €3m with a percentage of the fee going to Fiorentina.

The Italian wing-back joined Betis in 2014 on-loan before signing permanently from Fiorentina in the summer of 2015. 24 year old year Piccini played 39 matches in Primera, 12 in Segunda and 7 in Copa del Rey, in which he has scored three goals and had four assists.

The report claims Arsenal and West Ham are set to go head to head to sign the Italian defender either in the January transfer window or the summer. Since his move to Portugal in the Summer the player has made seven appearances for the club so far and West Ham and Arsenal have sent scouts to watch him.

32 year old right back Zabaleta has signed a two year contract with West Ham but the club are on the look out for a younger right back along side Sam Byram.

Share this article

share on Facebook

share on Twitter

share on WhatsApp

share on LinkedIn

share on Flipboard

share on Email

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

‹ Previous

Next ›