West Ham United are ready to ditch Kurt Zouma to free up space for a transfer move for Trevoh Chalobah, according to talkSPORT. Ideally the Irons would have already received a bid for last seasons skipper, but interest has been thin on the ground.
The Hammers are keen on bolstering last seasons leaky and believe the Chelsea defender is the ideal candidate to partner Max Kilman at the heart of our defence. Chalobah has only recently entered the clubs thinking as an option following the breakdown of the Jean-Clair Todibo transfer. However, Chelsea’s decision to omit their young central defender from their pre-season squad has alerted the Irons to his availability
Zouma joined West Ham from Chelsea in 2021 and is now surplus to requirements having struggled for form and fitness last season at the London Stadium. The Frenchman has been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia, with Al-Nassr and Al-Ittihad both interested in his services but as yet, there has been no concrete bid.
West Ham’s hopes of raising around £20 million from the sale of Zouma, to help fund a move for Chalobah are fanciful. The best the club can hope for is a nominal fee and the chance to remove his £120k per week wages from the outgoings.
25-year-old Chelsea defender Chalobah is keen to leave Stamford Bridge in search of regular first-team football and West Ham are confident they can meet his wage demands which are significantly less than Zouma’s.
If the Hammers can offload Zouma and sign Chalobah, it would represent a significant upgrade to our defensive options. The Chelsea ace could form a superb partnership with Max Kilman.
You’re having a laugh £20m.
Why don’t we suggest a straight swap for Chalobah?
We sold Dawson for £4m and he was 100 per cent fitter than Zoom(a).
If £28m is not achievable for Aguerd he should stay and cover left back.
Nice picture of Zoom(a) struggling to get off his arse, natural pose, somebody had sense of humour
Zouma sadly is now a disaster. I can not see anyone buying him, paying actual money, I can’t see him passing a medical anywhere and I can not see anyone prepared to pay him even a third of his current wages. I think all West Ham can hope for is to offer him half his last seasons money and hope he takes it rather than seeing out the season on the bench!
I trust in Tim and Julen to bring in the right players, and to move on the deadwood as appropriate. The finances surrounding each deal is really none of our concern…. just let ’em get in with it.
transfers have gone abit cold & apparently Kudus is more likely to leave than Zouma as it seems there’s no money in the purse as usual can see JLO & Tim leaving before the season starts why are things taking so long think about it hammers everywhere it’s cos Moyes stayed too long with 1 of the oldest squads in the league so whose had the last laugh 😃
Chalobah is as big a crock as Zouma, we don’t want these useless players, that weren’t good enough, hope Reiss Nelson to Leicester news is true also. We should have signed Milenkovic and Bruno is still on the market we could still get him.
I dont see us selling Zouma. I’m not aware of any clubs in the market looking for a slow, awkward liability.
I think Augerd is the only significant saleable asset in defence. Get £30m for him.
Then get Chalobah in to support Kilman.
Zouma, Mavropanos and Casey are the back-up.
Let’s hope other clubs scouts are not reading these comments or we will never get rid of him, so here goes! 20mil is a bargain!!, glides across the ground like a cat on a tiled floor, good in the air, um.. he’s tall. That will fool them.
Nice one Del Boy! 😂
If he was worth £20m at his age and with his injury record we’d just keep him and play him
Would be amazed if he could pass anyone else’s medical sadly
We hardly need talkSPORT to tell us that West Ham are ready to ditch Zouma! It is, as they say, bleedin’ obvious. However I can’t see us getting more than £10mill for him. After all, he really can’t play 90 minutes anymore.
20m for Zoma? Be lucky to get 20 quid!
Zouma is f***ed slow, gangly, over paid, clumsy & captain
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Maybe a job with RSPCA might be fitting.
Get rid at any cost.
It’s a big IF though, getting Zouma off the books. And as your ‘story’ says, there’s no interest.