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Juventus could reignite interest in Hammer

A report in the Athletic claims that Juventus could come back in again for West Ham’s out of form attacking midfielder Manuel Lanzini.

Juventus were said to been interested last summer when a new contract was yet to be sorted with the Argentine player.

In recent games, Lanzini has dropped from Pellegrini’s starting line up after a poor run in form often coming on as a second-half substitute. Gone at the moment is the 26-year-old’s playmaking ability which made him adored by West Ham fans.

In August this year, Lanzini finally put pen to paper in agreeing a new long term contract committing him another four years until to the summer of 2023. His pay packet is reported to have sharply risen from £40,000 per week to around £100,000 per week to put him on par with West Ham’s top earners.

It could be argued he hasn’t been the same player since signing his new deal but whether that is a coincidence or the players around him is hard to say. We could see a scenario where the club could be tempted to part with their creative player if a large bid came in from Juventus this summer.

 

About 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

7 comments on “Juventus could reignite interest in Hammer

  1. Bite their hand off shore up our defence !!!

    • Couldn’t agree more. We are stocked with creative players and a big windfall would help with improving the whole side. Yes it would be losing a player who at times is fantastic but at others is non existent. In that number 10 role we have a few that can play there and wouldn’t be that much of a drop in ability but the cash would benefit elsewhere.

  2. Didn’t he just extend he’s contract , even thou we sell him then get Emre Can , and Bring Diaggana back from west brom

  3. Personally I sell him in a heartbeat.
    Obviously it would depend on the amount offered by anything over £25m and he’d be gone for me. He flatters to deceive now and if Im being generous, falls over quite a bit.

  4. Take 30 million.

    He’s not effective.

  5. What a fickle bunch west ham fans are

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