Report: Felipe Anderson pushing to join EL club, negotiations over transfer fee continue
Felipe Anderson is reportedly waiting on West Ham and Lazio to agree on a transfer fee as he has his heart set on a return.
The Brazilian attacker has decided to leave the London Stadium this summer and is pushing for a move to Lazio, per Italian outlet La Lazio Siamo Noi.
It’s reported that Lazio are only willing to offer a fee in the region of £4million while West Ham appear to be holding out for £8million.
The clubs are currently 100 percent apart in their respective valuations of the player and the Italian publication believes that a deal could be struck at £6million, although none of the clubs are willing to accept it as of now.
Unnecessary delays
It’s clear that Moyes doesn’t want Anderson to stay and the Brazilian is more than happy to oblige and enjoy a reunion with his former club.
New manager Maurizio Sarri is understood to be keen on bringing the attacker back to the Europa League outfit, which is good news for us as he’ll get off our payroll and we’ll get something from his sale.
It obviously hasn’t gone down the way the club had thought it would, given they made him our club-record signing.
His talent was there for all to see but he seldom executed it and different injuries over the course of his West Ham career stopped him from getting to the level many thought he was capable of reaching.
This entire ordeal of shipping him off is taking way too much time and we must come to a conclusion as soon as possible. Our club’s known to be notoriously slow in terms of transfer dealings and we shouldn’t look to leave things right until the end.
We’ve got to sort out the Jesse Lingard transfer, rope in a striker, add to our defensive depth and hopefully get in another midfielder too.
All these things require time and we can’t be wasting it by haggling over a petty transfer fee for a player we’ve anyway taken a huge loss on.
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