West Ham could be involved in a sensational transfer switch with Manchester United in an attempt to circumvent player trading rules.
The Old Trafford club initially attempted to buy West Ham defender Jean-Clair Todibo from French club Nice last summer but were thwarted at the last minute. UEFA refused to sanction the transfer of the French defender because Man U shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS group also hold shares in the Ligue 1 club.
As a result, Juventus and West Ham were left to fight it out for the player’s signature, with the Hammers eventually outbidding the Italian giants.
However, breaking reports that West Ham could be looking to offload or ‘flip’ Todibo in the summer when his loan deal expires and he officially becomes a Hammers player make a lot more sense now.
It could be that Manchester United merely parked the 25-year-old in East London to facilitate a later transfer to the Red Devils.
Todibo is currently making his way back to fitness and is expected to be in Graham Potter’s squad for the Premier League game against Brentford tomorrow.
This is a complete load of rubbish. It’s sad that C&H has become a clickbait site
Not really a shock. This theory was doing the rounds before we signed Todibo.
The difference now is that Manchester United have changed manager and DoF and might have changed their opinion about acquiring Jean-Clair.
COYI
Latest news this has been circulating for a few weeks now same as keep repeating themselves with the same story starting paragraphs IE lopetigui an snide wasted money or how much declan was sold for fed up with reading the same 3 paragraphs every page i open
…and now in English, please.
Breaking reports that this could happen are in the imagination of the writer and those that pass it on, not 1 direct quote.
Another old story “bubbles” to the surface. Can we just focus on keeping Todibo at West Ham?