Netherlands defensive midfielder Kevin Strootman could be back on the Hammers radar after revealing that Marseille want to sell him.
According to Sky Sports, the Irons, Everton and Man United have been offered the chance to sign the player on loan in the summer transfer window.
And Strootman has now made it clear that the financial situations at his club mean that he could very easily be on the move to the PL.
With the move for Andre Gomes having seemingly collapsed a move for the 29 year old could be a tempting opportunity for Manuel Pellegrini.
His pedigree is top class and a year’s loan with an option to buy could easily suit the club where the boss has made a midfield defensive partner to Declan Rice a top priority.
Speaking to Algmeen Dagblad – as translated by Goal.com – Strootman said:” We didn’t get European football while at Marseilles they went out of the Champions League.
They want to get rid of me, is the message. But I signed a five-year contract last summer and Marseille have paid a big transfer fee to Roma, so it’s not like clubs can take me for a very low price. We have to wait to see what happens in the market and how it will go.”
Strootman most definitely looks an option for the Hammers and it would seem that with Gomes on the way to Goodison ourselves and Man U are the two clubs to which he may now be available.
There have been no moves in his direction at Old Trafford but it remains very early days in the transfer window although Pellegrini is famous for wanting to get his deals done early.
There would be a hefty loan fee involved – probably around €5 million and according to some reports he is valued at around €20 million should any move be made permanent at the end of next season.
Poor… sell up gold and sully you’ve took us as far as we can go…
Watched him play at Marseille this year: his legs have gone……
Sorry no buy 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Is he the athletic engine we need? We need to be buying the next big thing. Issa Diop has proved that spending relatively high money on players in their early twenties is the way to go. Before that Manuel Lanzini. Find those players who will double or triple in value, not players whose best days are behind them. When wages are factored in, surely buying young players makes more financial sense? Less wages and the potential for a large profit.
Even players like Fernandes can make their money back because they are still young, so spend more on youth who have already shown their quality and reap the rewards.
Another also ran we are being linked with☹ were is the ambition and where is the skill and nouce for finding quality young players and developing them into quality players that wont to stay at are club to improve it and themselves, all this **** about a years lone and silly money, pls let’s move on ,âš’