West Ham are this afternoon being reported as holding an interest in striker Islam Slimani.
According to Portuguese newspaper O Jogo, exploratory talks with Sporting Lisbon were held in December and speculation is we may return for him this summer.
Slimani – valued at around 8 million euros – is currently on World Cup duty and has appeared as a second-half substitute in Algeria’s opening match against Belgium.
At league level however, his eight goals in 28 appearances helped the club to a second-place finish in the Primeira Liga last season.
Sporting have the player under contract until 2017, thus forcing the price up.
We’ve been linked with him quite a but over the past six months, he keeps putting in performances like last night and he’ll cost more than eight million euros!