Frustrating times, waiting for buyers to come along. Without the wherewithal to buy new players until sales have been arranged, West Ham sit like a seller at a car boot sale, all of their (many) wares exhibited, everybody having had due notice of exactly who is for sale – yet there are no buyers. A few ‘lookers’, a couple of ‘hagglers’, but nobody with wads of twenties or mounds of euros.
Until now. It seems that West Ham’s transfer window is about to take off- if not actually blast into orbit. One of the Hammers’ priority sales – a key player who the club need to sell in order to bring in replacements – is attracting interest from multiple sources and, overnight, news of an offer. From Italian journalist (and Skysports Italy presenter) Gianluca Di Marzio comes news via his twitter/x feed”
“Not just Juventus: Roma is also interested in ‘Aguerd’: Ghislofi [AS Roma Sporting Director] had presented an offer to the English club”.
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The terms, as of yet, aren’t public: What is good news for West Ham is that yesterday the club were in discussions with only Juventus – who were engaged in a player swop discussion involving the 30 year old Daniel Rugani: Now it would seem Roma have joined the negotiations.
News of this alone will strengthen West Ham’s hand in negotiations and hopefully land them cash for Aguerd, rather than a ‘part exchange’ proposal involving a player they don’t really need.
And cash which will be the first part of the budget to use on player acquisitions plus, of course, Aguerd’s salary fully off the books.
Small steps…