While Tuttosport cannot seem to let go of their apparent obsession with sending Inter Milan’s Andrea Ranocchia to Tottenham, Gazzetta dello Sport have other plans for the centre-back.
Looking at who the Serie A side could buy at full-back, the Italian newspaper also list the players likely to exit the San Siro in the coming weeks, and Ranocchia is part of them.
Having rejected Hull City, the 28-year-old could end up at the London Stadium, but there’s a big problem with this, and it’s called José Fonte.
Clearly keen to sign a new centre-back this January to plug a leaky defence, Slaven Bilic appears to have thrown all his eggs in the Southampton defender’s basket, and an £8m transfer is close to being completed, according to the English press, after Claude Puel’s defender requested a transfer this January.
With a new forward also a priority, we can’t really see the Hammers signing another defender on top of the Southampton man, meaning there is only a small chance of Andrea Ranocchia signings for West Ham this January.
And we’re being generous here.
