When it comes to transfers, few clubs are as ambitious as West Ham, who always reach for the moon, hoping to convince players to join them with promises of Premier League football and a competitive squad.
That’s what the owners have been trying to sell to potential new recruits for some time, spending heavily on the likes of Pablo Fornals, Sébastien Haller and Felipe Anderson in recent years.
The last transfer window was a bit different, plundering Slavia Prague for Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal, all the while securing Saïd Benrahma on loan from Brentford with a view to buy him next summer.
However, Corriere dello Sport state the Hammers had big ambitions for their midfield over the past few months, claiming they were interested in Milan’s Franck Kessié.
It’s stated in their Friday edition, amid chatter the Ivorian could renew at San Siro, ‘there was no lack of flirting from foreign clubs, such as Monaco and West Ham’.
Despite these clubs trying to lure him away from Italy, Corriere explain the player ‘has always preferred to stay’ even during difficult times.
Once the more urgent cases of Gianluigi Donnarumma, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Hakan Çalhanoglu are sorted, Milan will turn their attention to Kessié.
