Daniel Cummings, a young striker that West Ham tried to sign in the January transfer window is eligible to sign a pre-contract with any club, as his current contract with Celtic is set to expire in the summer.
The eighteen year old has been in excellent form for the Celtic B team, scoring 23 goals in 22 Lowland league games and 6 goals in 7 UEFA youth champions league games.
Claret and Hugh were led to believe that Mark Noble was in discussions with the player and his representatives CAA Base in February, and having spoken to a senior source, can exclusively confirm that talks are still ongoing.
The player is a boy hood Celtic fan, and will want assurances that he will feature in and around the West Ham first team squad for the forthcoming season. He will face competition from Northern Ireland international, Callum Marshall, two years his senior, who has found his goal scoring boots at Huddersfield with nine goals and three assists.
Cummings will also be all too aware that the Hammers previously pursued FC Lorient striker, Eli Junior Kroupi who ultimately joined Bournemouth.
With Danny Ings set to depart on a free transfer, Evan Ferguson to return to Brighton, and Michail Antonio’s future uncertain, West Ham currently only have Niclas Fullkrug available and he has expressed a desire to move on.
Hopefully, Mark Noble will secure this deal for a player with immense potential.
Thought this was a done deal and he signed a pre contract agreement
I thought the same, this was reported as a done deal?
We have a Brazilian kid who never plays bought for a lot of money.
We have a young Irish player who has only played 90 minutes and if we want to purchase will be a lot of money. Now according to stories from the previous month are in line to sign a young Scot who will probably never play even though we have no striker.
We were told he was signing a month ago what is Sulivan playing hard ball a squabbling over how many luncheon vouchers he should get……….