The curious tale of West Ham’s goal keeper quest takes another twist today, according to news out of South America. Despite claims yesterday that Dane Mads Hermansen had accepted personal terms – as we covered- the news from Brazilian insiders suggests an alternative outcome regarding the 29 year old Botofago ‘keeper John Victor.
From sportwitness.co.uk today comes “Green light on move to West Ham – Offer in, player wants transfer, looking good for Hammers”, detailing the exact state of play: “Botafogo had already turned down an €8m bid from the Hammers this week, but there’s now a second offer on the table. According to CNN Brasil, that new bid is worth €10m, and the club are not expected to stand in the way of the transfer.”
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In West Ham’s current financial stretch you’d still put money on a €10 million spend rather than the €30 million it’ll take to get a Leicester agreement to sell Hermansen. Club sources hide behind the ‘we don’t talk about active negotiations’ response which is fair enough: So other than remaining alert to what our transfer sources tell us we’ll have to consider the sport witness report the more reliable and the likelihood being that ‘Victor’ will be heading across the Atlantic seeming the more likely outcome next week. “Probably”.