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West Ham confident of beating 11pm deadline

Alex Kral

West Ham are now immensely confident that Alex Kral will become the second loan signing of the window before the 11 pm deadline.

The Spartak Moscow midfielder was in the final stages of agreeing on a deal this afternoon and club insiders confirm that confidence is now high he will be the fourth new arrival alongside Nikola Vlasic, Kurt Zouma and goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.

The Hammers had been linked with the defensive midfielder ahead of the Euros after a top season for his club when he made 42 appearances last term. He has made seven so far this year.

He is seen very much as a cover player for Declan and Tomas with the club admitting to us earlier this window they did become interested in him it would be on that basis.

He came cheaper than Ruben Loftus Cheek although we understand that David Moyes was responsible for having one of the late changes of mind! 🙂

It is thought there is an option to buy at the end of the season and as a pal of Tomas and Vladimir, he will immediately feel at home in the dressing room.

He is valued at around £15m and could well become another bargain buy at the end of the season.

 

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4 comments on “West Ham confident of beating 11pm deadline

  1. Just to say to all those GBS out fans …. Where do you stand Now !!!
    New sighning’s and looking good . Time for some support instead of total negativity .
    COYHAMMERS

  2. It’s fantastic business if we get it over the line. We needed cover for Rice / Soucek . . . I guess that will be our lot now with , Zouma, Vlasic , Areola & Kral . Not bad at all ! If there is any icing on the cake a loan striker would be welcome 😀 . Great stuff COYI ⚒ Europe here we come & watch out PL ⚒

  3. All great business. And we will have our Rice replacement in the squad already for when the inevitable happens during one of the next two transfer windows. So then we can spend really big money on a top, top striker.

  4. A big thank you to the owners for their continued commitment to the club. The signing of Areola has improved our Keeper position, the signing of Zouma has improved us at the back, Kral if signed will provide more strength in debt in midfield which could also allow Rice into a back 3 as the pivot for certain games. Vlasic looks a really exciting signing, I have not seen much of him but I am certainly looking forward to seeing him and provide great competition for Bowen, Fornals and Benrahma. The icing on the cake for me wud be a striker or someone who can play as a 9 and we really need to bring in someone. For me if we signed Hlozek I would say that we are a serious team. Thank you to the owners.

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