West Ham expected to ‘quickly make offer’ for striker – In ‘direct contact’ with club

Earlier on Monday, we covered a claim that West Ham United were one of the clubs still very interested in signing Hugo Ekitike.

Well, L’Equipe back that up on Monday afternoon, as they state the Hammers are in ‘direct contact’ with Paris Saint-Germain to bring the striker to London Stadium.

It’s revealed that West Ham are expected to ‘quickly make an offer’ of a loan with an option to buy at around €35m.

Regarding the option to buy, it’s believed that the requirements to trigger it are ‘very easily attainable’, meaning that unless something extremely wrong happens, he should make the move to London permanent.

Having sold Gianluca Scamacca to Atalanta a year after buying him from Sassuolo, it became clear very quickly that West Ham would need a replacement.

Someone more experienced might have been expected, but it seems David Moyes has confidence in the young Paris Saint-Germain forward, who came close to signing for Newcastle back when he was at Stade de Reims.

The 21-year-old has featured once from a possible two games this season, but has only played for eight minutes.