Coming very close to signing for West Ham in the summer, Nikola Milenkovic eventually stayed at Fiorentina and signed a one-year contract extension.
The Hammers then signed Kurt Zouma from Chelsea, bolstering their centre-back position in the process, but the recent severe injury sustained by Angelo Ogbonna has changed their plans considerably.
The Italian is expected to be out for a lengthy period of time, and since he was instrumental to their great form in the league, a replacement is likely to be sought out.
This is because Fiorentina currently consider him ‘untransferable’, meaning the Hammers are most likely going to have to look elsewhere.
Perhaps some Premier League money could change all of this, but considering their strong stance over Vlahovic in the summer, if Rocco Commisso doesn’t want to sell someone, he doesn’t sell him.
