Report: Hammers to sign centre back
The report claims West Ham have agreed a £1.2m deal to sign the Silkeborg defender. The 20 year-old has also agreed personal terms and will join the Hammers in the January window.
Yesterday Norwegian journalist Jonas Giæver suggested that the central defender could join West Ham but not until the winter transfer market.
Jonas said ‘Silkeborg announced yesterday that they are negotiating a sale for central defender Fredrik Alves Ibsen with an unnamed club. I’m being informed that club the is West Ham. Alves would not move to London before the January transfer window if it goes through’
The 20-year-old from Denmark with a Brazilian background was spotted by agent and taken to Coritiba Foot Ball Club as 15-year-old.
After two years in Brazil Alves returned to his native Denmark joining Silkeborg IF.
Initially joining the Academy on 1 one year training contract in the summer of 2018 Alves went on to sign a five-year contract in June 2019 contracting him until 2024.