West Ham United are today reported to be upping their interest in signing Sparta Prague striker Adam Hlozek.
He’s the latest front man to be linked with the Irons where already Sparta Prague forward Abdalla Sima has been claimed to be very much on David Moyes’ radar.
Like Sima, he is another teenager at 18 with a growing reputation during a season which has seen him score five goals in 14 gaes this season.
However, he is likely to be seen as a back up striker with Tammy Abraham remaining the strong fancy as the No 1 front man.
The Hammers are worried about that possibility however as they have had no luck in attracting any player from Chelsea in the past notably Michy Batshuayi.
Having topped the Irons’ offer to hijack the player when he first moved to the Premier League he later joined Palace on loan before making the move permanent
The Irons meanwhile have been reported to have scouted Hlozek in recent month, and even considered a bid for him in January.
Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus are also keen on Hlozek, but that playing time stance may give West Ham the upper hand.
Additionally, West Ham already have two Czech stars in Vladimir Coufal and Tomas Soucek, which must give Hlozek confidence that he can follow suit.
Significantly, Soucek and Hlozek allegedly share an agent, so West Ham have real hope of beating some of Europe’s biggest clubs to Hlozek’s signature.
Of all the strikers we’ve been linked with, Hlozek looks the most promising to me. Hope we sign him. We should remind him that when the greedy top six premier clubs mutiny to form their European super league, then West Ham will become the top club in the premier league.
I hope we sign this lad, an incredible talent. Btw I woudl not be talking too much about Abraham because if we are serious about challeging for titles then we should listen to the Chelsea fans on social media with most of them accepting he is not good enough for the Chelsea squad and a number saying he is not a good enough 9 to win trophies with, 100% agree with them – imo not a good signing for the club and shows a lack of ambition. However this young striker from Slavia is the real deal.
I would prefer to sign the Swansea striker Lowe (such a great worker which Abraham is not), the Barnsley striker Dyke or Fulham’s Lookman all ahead of Abraham. The signing of Lingard, Hlozek and a number 9 (anyone bar Abraham) and we will be dreaming, we also need a CH highlighted once again after yesterday especially a CH who can in the middle of a back 3 and of course a CM as Noble a 30 min player at this stage – at the end of the game.
He looks a lot better than Sima from what I’ve seen. Definitely fits this Red Bull model Moyes likes.