West Ham United have expressed interest in Sporting Club de Portugal defender Ousmane Diomande, having watched him recently play for his country.
That’s according to Record, who say interest is building in the 19-year-old defender and West Ham are one of those who are keen.
The newspaper explains that Sporting are sure Diomande will be a major sale from the club at some point soon after impressing since his arrival from Midtjylland in the January transfer window.
They’ve already turned down a bid from Arsenal for him but they’re not the only suitors and West Ham’s scouts were recently asking questions about him at the end of the Ivory Coast’s clash with Lesotho.
They too, are in no rush to sell him and are actually planning to offer him a new and improved deal to add a year to his current contract, which runs until 2027.
The hope is to further cement him at the club and the €80m release clause in his contract, which they don’t intend to change but see as a starting point for any future negotiations.
That’s where West Ham will need to go if they want him, then, which they’re seemingly yet to do as their interest is just at the asking questions stage. It is, though, there, nonetheless.
