Hammers miss out on Senegalese midfielder

West Ham target Badou N’Diaye has completed a medical at Galatasaray and is set to sign for them reports claim today. A ClaretandHugh’s senior source previously confirmed him as a summer target saying: “We like him and we and we do need a midfielder.”

The Hammers were willing to pay £8.5million for N’Diaye, who plays his football for Osmanlispor. Slaven Bilic had been impressed with the player’s 16 goals from midfield in the last two seasons.

The Hammers were waiting for the departure of another player before making their move but it appears Galatasaray has beaten them to their man. Ironically, the man they were waiting for could soon be team mate of  N’Diaye with Sofiane Feghouli tipped to also join Galatasaray soon for a transfer fee of around £4m. The 27-year-old Algerian winger left the German training camp to return the UK over the weekend and expected to travel to Turkey this week to complete a medical.