Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20134578" data-attributes="member: 158020">West Ham make €30m Lacazette bid as Hammers search for marquee striker <img src="http://static.goal.com/3153900/3153962_heroa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> West Ham have made a €30 million (£23.7m) bid for Lyon forward Alexandre Lacazette as they attempt to sign a marquee striker this summer, Goal understands.  The Hammers tabled their offer for the France international earlier this week, and it is currently being considered by the French giants, for whom Lacazette has scored 92 goals in 229 games. Slaven Bilic is keen to recruit a proven frontman this summer as he prepares to lead his side into the Olympic Stadium next season, and Lacazette has been identified as the priority acquisition. Bilic has informed the club's hierarchy that he would like to sign a striker who can score 20 goals a season and, as such, an offer has been launched for Lacazette. It was previously understood that the 24-year-old - who has netted 23 goals in all competitions this term - would only leave Lyon to join a Champions League club, amid interest from Tottenham and Liverpool, but the Hammers are hopeful his stance has since softened and are optimistic a deal can be struck.Lyon are open to allowing Lacazette to leave the club, and Wissam Ben Yedder, of Toulouse, has been earmarked as a potential replacement. West Ham are casting their net far and wide as they attempt to recruit a striker this summer, and have also opened negotiations with Marseille over a potential €40m deal for Michy Batshuayi, while there is also interest in Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy. Vardy has scored 24 goals in 35 games in Leicester's incredible title-winning season and the Hammers have attempted to gauge his interest in a possible move. Sources, however, insist that the move remains a "20-1 shot", with Lacazette the club's primary target.</blockquote>

Verification: Dahaya deken beduwama keeyada?

Top Bottom