West Ham are this morning reported to have had a £12 million bid for West Brom defender Craig Dawson turned down.
The Daily Telegraph says Dawson is a target for a number of Premier League clubs and West Ham have seen an opening offer rejected, with Albion understood to be rating the 28-year-old at more than £20 million.
He adds that Burnley have also had bids turned down for Dawson, one of the few consistent Albion players in the club’s relegation season, and West Ham are considering whether to make an improved offer.
Dawson can play at right-back or centre-half and Albion had hoped to persuade him to sign a new contract.
Whether West Ham, who are in the market for a second centre-back has made an official bid is unknown but the notion that Dawson is valued at £20m by the Baggies has been met by bewilderment by West Ham fans on social media.
What is also bewildering if there is anything in this story is that Manuel Pelegrini has turned down the chance of signing Alfie Mawson because he isn’t keen on signing various relegated players.
I still think they want Mawson more than the others. They are doing a lot of posturing with other CBs one of which they might have to settle for, but n time Mawsons price should come down to realistic levels.
Good. We can do better than that.
I was under the impression Pellegrini didn’t want anymore relegated players re: the reason for pulling out of the Mawson deal,he might be playing mind games or Sullivan is working the list from the bottom up.COYI