After the Mohammed Kudus negotiations you’d think that West Ham’s boss David Sullivan and Tottenham Chairman Daniel Levy would like nothing to do with each other for at least another 15 years: Hence the surprise to find a report published tonight suggesting the very opposite, as West Ham are apparently ‘considering a shock move’ for one of Tottenham’s more established players who is approaching the last twelve months of his contract and therefore, quite possibly, available at a decent price.
sportwitness.co.uk’s article confirms that Tottenham’s Mali international Yves Bissouma is the player of interest to West Ham:
“West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur have been involved in one deal so far this summer as Mohammed Kudus joined Thomas Frank’s side in a big money move….There’s now the possibility of the two clubs being involved in another transfer. Gazzetta dello Sport report the player in question is Tottenham’s Yves Bissouma.”
Juventus had apparently been in the mix for Bissouma, which is the reason for the Italian Press interest. “Over the past couple of weeks, the Italian press have reported Bissouma is valued at around €15m to €20m by Tottenham, who are open to a sale.” continues their report.
Bissouma of course moved from Brighton in June 2022 and so worked under Graham Potter. Nevertheless, it does seem a nonsensical story to me, Alvarez and Potts between them are more than capable defensive midfielders – and with Soucek, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse still on the books, do West Ham have space for yet another until they’ve managed to offload players?
You’d think not.
I wonder if Spurs will give us a 40% discount as we did for them with Kudus? I don’t think so somehow