According to The Mirror, West Ham have agreed a fee of £17 million with Juventus for midfield target Denis Zakaria.
According to the Mirrow recently,while the agreement has been reached, the team is still hoping to add two more midfielders, James Ward-Prowse and Conor Gallagher.Zakaria has long been a target for the Hammers in their pursuit of a replacement for Declan Rice, with further signings anticipated after Gianluca Scamacca completes his £24 million move to Inter Milan.
West Ham fans will be ecstatic merely to see a signing come through the door this summer.Declan Rice’s transfer to Arsenal seems like a lifetime ago, yet none of the £105 million gained from his sale has been reinvested since then.Fans of the Hammers can now get excited about a very exciting prospect for them and someone who will look to fill some of the vacuum left by Rice. He will not be the only midfield target, as Ward-Proowse appears to be the most likely to transfer from Southampton to the London Stadium after David Moyes pressured the board to complete the deal [Daily Record].
Their European success has helped to hide their poor league play, but big changes are required if West Ham are to avoid relegation this season.The signing of Zakaria is a fantastic first step in this direction. While his loan period at Chelsea was not a tremendous success, he established himself in his few chances and impressed the Hammers enough for them to take a chance on him.According to the source, once a deal for Scamacca is done, there will be further movement in West Ham’s transfer window, and Gallagher and Ward-Prowse might be the next additions through the door.
However, additional additions are required, and they must be made shortly. With the start of the new Premier League season less than two weeks away, the Hammers still have a long way to go if they hope to have a successful transfer window.In other West Ham United news, a contract update suggests that the club may miss out on a full-back target.
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