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Romano: Hammers Bid For Leeds Wing Wizard

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Fabrizio Romano is reporting that West Ham have sent a proposal to Leeds United for their flying Dutchman, Crysencio Summerville.

Speaking on his social media account, the transfer insider wrote: “West Ham have submitted an initial proposal to Leeds United for Crysencio Summerville. Talks took place also on the player side, but still not close, considered very expensive. AS Roma have also included Summerville in their list but only in case the Soulé deal doesn’t happen.”

While Romano doesn’t get everything correct, he does seem to have the ear of Tim Steidten, so it’s safe to assume he’d have checked the validity of the rumour before posting.

The Italian ITK’s reference to the ‘Soule deal’ was an update on West Ham’s interest in Juventus winger Mathias Soule, who is supposed to be high on the list of Hammers targets.

The search for a left winger/attacking wide-man has become something of a saga in this transfer window. Expect things to be ramped up even further as the Irons continue to be linked with at least six wide-men on a regular basis.

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Kris Gonzo (commonly known to the West Ham community as Gonzo) is the co-founder of Hammers Chat (established 2014) and the lead video content creator and columnist for Claret and Hugh.

With over a decade of professional sports media experience, he is a frequent West Ham United analyst and contributor for Sky Sports News, BBC Football Focus, and BBC Radio 5 Live. He previously served as an official video and content creator for West Ham United FC during the club's tenure at Upton Park and featured in the official documentary commemorating the historic final game at the Boleyn Ground.

A lifelong Hammer since the legendary 10-0 victory over Bury, when he isn't providing daily match analysis on the Hammers Chat YouTube Channel or broadcasting on X (@GONZObignose), he can be found walking his dog and restoring classic pinball machines.

11 comments

  • West Ham Fan No 32 says:

    Hope we sign this guy if we can’t get Jota Silva, he is a class act, a high class version of Benrahma with a lot more speed and end product.

  • Martin storrie says:

    The season is getting very very close, we really need a quality striker & another central defender & a right back at the very least, we have been linked with everybody, players all over the park, but nothing gets over the line, why are our transfers never completed before the season starts so the new players can blend in during the pre season friendlies and tours ?. The board said this was down to Moyes dithering, but nothing has changed, it’s always the same find a target offer peanuts lose them to another club. Come on sort this mess out before the season starts or the new manager walks. Are we the worse run club ?, contracts running out so no fee received, youngsters lost to other clubs, poor purchases costing us millions, un registered players played etc, etc

  • S says:

    Why in God’s name are we trying to sign another winger? Bowen, Kudus, Guillerme, Cornet, Earthy all there already. Signing this guy would just stunt the growth of Guillerme and Earthy. Normally I’d dismiss this as a rumor but Romano tends to be plugged in. We still haven’t signed another defender; starting to feel like we don’t have a plan at all!

  • My left foot says:

    Rather have Jota Silva, 10m euros would get him. He plays both wings and central

  • JimC says:

    I’ve just seen that Ipswich (!!) are in talks to sign Sammie Szmodics. What’s going on? I thought this new regime was going to sort things out early. This is another Ollie Watkins! Also what about spending the midfield money on Matt O’Reily from Celtic rather than an old stager whose best days are behind him. Also what’s the story Tim? Hoping all these blatantly obvious targets are nothing to do with you. I’m looking forward to those undiscovered diamonds we’ve been promised.

  • Gaza123 says:

    Coming from leeds this lad is best player leeds have had worth every penny watched several times was outstanding each times he would be big up grade for the side

    • Ian says:

      I agree with you. He looks an outstanding player. I just get fed up of the stories saying we want a certain player BUT…..

  • Alan says:

    Bang on Ian, every story filled to the brim with caveats.

    Apparently every player is too expensive.

    Seems like fleecing the fans by increasing the cost of season tickets yet again and removing concessionary pricing hasn’t done very much to improve the club’s affordability. Guess we’ll just have to find more prices we can hike.

  • Craig says:

    You sometimes wish that we would do a deal for someone instead of letting names keep cropping up and nothing getting done…and again do we have deals Tim has lined up but then you go back to the Boss and he tries to get it done cheaper putting peoples noses out of joint and suddenly the deal goes south and the roundabout starts spinning again.

  • Ian says:

    ‘Considered very expensive’
    ‘Price too high’
    ‘Wages too high’
    Familiar story

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