West Ham United‘s interest in RB Salzburg defender Oumar Solet has been confirmed by the Austrian club’s sporting director.
Salzburger Nachrichten reported on their website yesterday that Solet is one of three players to have been “released” from training in recent days for contract negotiations, with the Hammers named by the outlet as an interested party in Solet.
Although stating that RB Salzburg had “nothing major” to discuss on the transfer front, Seonbuchner did acknowledge that there are a few reports circulating around the 24-year-old centre-back’s future.
West Ham have been active in the transfer market, aiming to strengthen their squad for the upcoming Premier League season.
The addition of Solet would provide further depth and competition in the defensive line, complementing the recent signing of Max Kilman. However, it is unlikely that we would sign Jean-Clair Todibo and Solet and there would have to be Hammers exits to help facilitate the deal.
However, the Hammers will face competition for the young defender, with other clubs likely to be monitoring his situation closely.
I hope we get this guy instead of Todibo looks better to me even though the showreel is in Austrian league. Any news on Guido Rodriguez Simon ? If we get that guy on a free from Betis it will be outrageous, different class CDM it will be like the Tevez, Mascherano window if all of these players get over the line…. big if though… Certainly we could have a very different capability, I suspect Lopetegui has said much like Bielsa when he was asked about our squad, that most of them were not good enough. I would suspect JWP, Soucek, Irving, Cornet, Coufal, Zouma, Ings, Antonio will all be on their way…. with the amount of money we are potentially spending unless it is unbelievable accountancy work I suspect one of our big names is going out, Bowen would be the favourite for a £100m plus transfer maybe to Liverpool….
What about his injury record? It has put Stuttgart off.