Report: West Ham open talks with Honduran attacker

West Ham have started talks to look at the possibility to sign Boavista forward Alberth Elis according to a report from A Bola

He can be added to more than thirty striker names that have already been linked and is allegedly available for just €10 million (£8.6 million).

The 25-year-old attacking player can play as a winger or a centre forward and scored eight goals and made seven assists in 31 league games for Boavista last season.

He first played for the youth team of Real C.D. España in San Pedro Sula. He then moved to Olimpia, where he made his professional debut in 2013.

After 61 games and 25 goals with Olimpia, Elis joined Monterrey in 2016. After only 5 appearances and 0 goals or assists, Monterrey loaned Elis to MLS club Houston Dynamo

In September 2020, Elis was sold to Portuguese Primeira Liga club Boavista The terms of the transfer were undisclosed, but the fee was reportedly around $1 million-plus a future sell-on percentage along with performance-based add-on incentives.

Elis first represented Honduras at the U-17 level in 2013 and has going on to earn 42 caps at a senior level.