Slavia Prague reinforcement unlikely

Reports that West Ham are now in talks to sign Abdallah Sima have been denied by club insiders.

On Tuesday WestHamFans.Org reported: “We have just received news from a GENUINE source that negotiations are at an advanced stage regarding Abdah Sima from the club’s ‘old friends’ Slavia Prague. It seems as if the Irons are not content to have relieved Sparta of Tomas Soucek and Vlad the impaler Coufal, it is understood that Sima, who was the subject of interest early on in the window, has now moved back into the reckoning as a result of Sparta reducing their valuation of the young winger come striker to a more realistic level.”

Last season, he scored 20 goals in 39 games and is, undoubtedly, the first-choice option for Slavia but it appears he is not one of David Moyes targets.

Slavia’s president Jaroslav Tvrdik has previously confirmed that Sima could leave this summer and has made the claim that the Hammers were keen on snapping up the striker this summer.

He said, per Tribal Football: “With the arrival of Ivan Schranz we have acquired an attacking player who can play four positions in our system. Abdallah Sima and [fellow Slavia player] Peter Olayinka could leave, so you have to prepare for that eventuality. We spoke to West Ham and they told us they put Sima very high on the list of their possible reinforcements.”

However, we understand that talks between the two clubs have been denied by those within the London Stadium.

Sima has been impressive during his time at Slavia and played in the Europa League for the club last season, coming up against both Leicester and Arsenal.

At this stage, though, we are not in negotiations to bring him into the London Stadium.

Sima can play as a striker and a winger and we obviously have a very good relationship with Slavia!