Despite signing Gianluca Scamacca, West Ham United are still trying to bolster their attack, and their squad in general, which is something Newcastle United are also keen on doing.
We mention the two Premier League clubs because both the Hammers and the Magpies are looking at a potential late deal for a French forward.
That’s Gaëtan Laborde, who was one of the stars at Rennes last season, scoring 20 goals and assisting another eight in 47 appearances, which clearly caught the eye of West Ham and Newcastle.
The now 28-year-old has been a target for English clubs for quite some time, dating back to his Bordeaux days, but it’s really his performances over the past couple of years that have put him on the map.
TuttoMercatoWeb are the ones bringing the latest on the player’s future at Rennes, claiming there could be ‘new incomings in the coming days [at the French club], but work is also being done for exits’.
That’s where Laborde and Martin Terrier come in, with it said one of the two ‘could pack his bags’, with it then further explained that the former has ‘many requests’.
West Ham and Newcastle are mentioned as clubs ‘on his trail’, but would face competition from Lille in France, recently beat 7-1 by Paris Saint-Germain, and ‘especially Sevilla’.
Something to keep an eye on as we approach the final stretch of the transfer window.
