West Ham are interested in signing Cagliari striker Giovanni Simeone.
The 25-year-old had a mediocre season in Serie A this past year, and he would be nothing more than a squad option for the Hammers. According to Calciomercato, West Ham are offering €1 million to loan the player with the option of signing him permanently. However, the Italian outfit are not keen on the offer.
Initially joining Cagliari on loan from Fiorentina in the summer of 2019, he scored 12 Serie A goals during 2019-20.
Simeone was born in Madrid while his father was playing for Atlético Madrid. His family moved to Italy in 1997, but later returned to Spain in 2003 following his father’s career club changes.
Two years later he moved to Argentina, and joined River Plate’s youth setup in 2008 when his father was appointed coach of the first team. He holds both Argentine and Spanish nationality but represents Argentina internationally.
Simeone scored just six goals for Cagliari last season and one would hope David Moyes is searching for a forward who is more prolific. The manager has been relying on Michail Antonio for goals last season after Seb Haller was sold to Ajax in the winter transfer window.
The Irons will be playing in the Europa League next season from September and need options up front to challenge the defences in the European competition.
Simeone could be a useful signing as an additional squad player for cover but not as the main striker replacement.
This has got Sully special written all over it. Jonathan Calleri comes to mind.
If this is a sign of things to come then we might as well not bother. This guy is truly awful and has nothing to offer us at all. We need proven goalscorers not someone who just takes up a place. For god’s sake why are we such a joke?!!
As the post states Simeone would be no more than a squad player – a back-up. 7 goals this season obviously doesn’t make him prolific – but compared to Yarmolenko who has scored 7 goals across 3 seasons – it stands up. Plus Yarmo earns £115k a week for sitting on the bench. Seems like good house-keeping to me. Yarmo out Simeone in!