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Hammers linked with World Cup striker

Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on June 22, 2014 in News

SlimaniWest 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.

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One comment on “Hammers linked with World Cup striker”

  1. New606 June 23, 2014 at 7:23 am

    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!

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