West Ham are watching Brentford’s Ollie Watkins with the view to making a summer bid to bring the striker claims the Sun newspaper.
Watkins has scored 22 goals in 37 appearances for the Championship club. According to the report the Hammers had considered trying to sign the 24-year-old former Exeter forward in the January transfer windows but found the Bees unwilling to do business as they chase for promotion to the Premier League.
West Ham are said to be preparing to go back with a firm attempt to capture his signature over the close season should Brentford’s promotion challenge fall short.
Boss David Moyes has plans to drastically change the make-up of his squad this summer should he prove successful in guiding the club to top-flight safety.
Journalist Duncan Wright says David Moyes is looking at targeting younger players from the Championship who have the potential to step up to flourish in the top flight.
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I’m sure this is just journalist speculation based on the fact, one, we all know moyes loves to have a punt on promising championship players he has a history of it. Some work out, some don’t, but this is how he kept Everton competing at the top of of the prem for many years on very little transfer kitty. And two, Tony Cottee has recently been banging on about this Ollie Watkins and urging West Ham to buy him. So if moyes is not already aware of him, I’m sure he is now, but then so will all the other premier league clubs.
I’ve been saying for a while now that West ham should try and sign this lad. He’d be a perfect fit for the hammers. Young hungry players are the way forward in my opinion.
totally agree Michael