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In a recent report, TuttoJuve stated that West Ham United are now prepared to step up their efforts for Nice defender Jean-Clair Todibo. The Hammers have an agreement with Nice but the player himself has stated his preference to move to Serie A giants Juventus.

The French centre-back has impressed in Ligue 1 and is seen as a valuable addition to bolster West Ham’s defensive options. The Irons are keen to secure his signature and have initiated talks again in a bid to persuade the player to join.

Juve are lacking the necessary funds to conclude the deal which is turning the transfer into a saga. Understandably Nice are upset with the situation and are keen for the player to move to East London.

The French defensive ace gave a good account of himself on the defensive third of the pitch and did well to average 1.9 tackles, 1.3 interceptions and 3.1 clearances per 90 minutes in Ligue 1 football. He has even been accurate when interchanging possession from the back, as evidenced by his pass success rate of 90.1% in the top tier of French football.

At 24, Todibo has his peak years ahead of him which makes him a good fit for West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui’s needs in the long run.

But with conflicting reports flying around the various news outlets, I fear that this may be just “paper” talk

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10 comments

  • Pongo says:

    After after work 59 years a hammer I’m now very close to switching my allegiance to another team who have more ambition just got to decide if it’s Accrington Stanley or rovers the one Roy plays for. has made us the 2nd biggest laughing stock of the Premier league behind Aston villa only.

  • Jo says:

    Get Dicksy on the case to have a word with Todibo, tell him why he should come play for us

  • Dicky says:

    All posta are pointless, you are all wasting your time and energy…….hold on a minute, so am I !

  • Zouma's knee says:

    Well there’s 2 minutes of my life I’ll never get back wasted reading this pointless post.

  • jonny says:

    The BS season is well under way…The facts…Killman who Wolves didnt exactly put up a fight to keep him….Foderingham…From relegated Sheffield Utd….Unknown Brazillian.

    That is it on 25/07/24…

    Yes we can all debate who we would like to join us…But notoriously Sullivan wont pay the asking price for players..He goes in low ..Brings everyones attention to the player and then even clubs with no money..Juve…Come in and thats it….
    Expect nothing is my motto..And then when something happens be suprised.
    I will say this though….If JL doesnt get at least 75 percent of his transfer targets then he WILL walk…Thats not BS!!

  • Mavded says:

    A pointless article for me….everyone says we want and apparently after Soule from Juventus and if that is true that gives Juventus the funds to buy this player and as is his right he prefers a move to them so really i wish the club would move on from this and get our 2nd/3rd/4th choice in instead

    • NorfolkHammer says:

      as for Soule he wants to join Roma this transfer window is very painful with all & sundry were linked to until there wearing the shirt of West Ham this is just tosh

  • Ian says:

    Haha. You couldn’t make it up. Oh wait, you did! 😄

    • Alan says:

      Simon is posting from his local Wetherspoons. He only gets paid 50p per article and if he posts one more he’ll be able to buy himself a pint.

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