Gerard Deulofeu keen on West Ham summer move – ExWHUemployee
Former Everton and Watford attacker Gerard Deulofeu is reportedly keen on moving to West Ham in the summer transfer window.
The Spaniard is understood to be admired by David Moyes and ExWHUemployee claims that he is on good terms with Pablo Fornals as well.
The Hammers are interested in signing an attacker this summer and the 28-year-old Udinese attacker is on their shortlist.
Ex said on the West Ham Way podcast, “He’s also supposedly good friends with Fornals. He’s keen on him coming.
“He could also play up front as well so he could be another winger that Moyes converts into a striker.
“Apparently Deuloefeu is keen on a move as well.”
Ideal?
At 28, the Spaniard may be at his peak and is unlikely to get any better in the coming years.
Playing and scoring in Italy is comparatively easier than the Premier League so that is a point worth considering.
He may be having an “exceptional” season in the Serie A for Udinese, but his record in the English top flight has been far from spectacular.
In 127 Premier League appearances, he’s managed to score just 24 goals and provided another 20 assists.
15 of his G+A came in one season where he underwent a purple patch at Watford.
There are better players out there who are out-and-out strikers and those are the talents the Hammers must target, not Deulofeu.
In other West Ham news, the Hammers have scouted a £20m-rated ‘Dangerous’ British striker and want to seal a permanent move this summer.
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