Sky say West Ham are looking at alternative targets after Saint Etienne rejected the club’s £23m offer plus £10m in potential add ons for the 19-year-old centre-back, with the deal structured over six annual instalments worth £3.8m per year.
David Moyes is desperate to add a centre-back in the transfer window having seen three bids turned down by Burnley for James Tarkowski.
Tarkowski now in talks with Leicester over a possible deal worth more than £30m with John Percy from the Telegraph saying the £50m release applies to just three clubs in the form of Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United. He said on Twitter “Burnley have rejected Leicester’s offer of £30m+ for James Tarkowski, Aabid of £35m-40m could be enough, as the £50m release clause only applies to (Manchester) United, Man C and Liverpool.”
Leicester had also been in talks to sign Fofana, who has been vocal on social media of his desire to move on from Ligue 1 to Premier League.
He is 19 untried walk away.most important thing now is keeping Rice from money bags Lampard.
We have quality within the academy at that position. They would probably start for most Ligue clubs.