West Ham line up £20m swoop for Lille midfielder Amadou Onana
West Ham are reportedly lining up a £20million move for Lille midfielder Amadou Onana who has been tipped for greatness.
According to The Sun, David Moyes scouted the 20-year-old during their game against Chelsea in the Champions League.
Lille have set their price tag for the Belgian midfielder and Moyes is believed to have the cash ready to shell out on the Ligue 1 wonderkid.
Worth looking into
Journalist Alan Nixon, who has broken the story of the Hammers’ interest, has labelled the midfielder as “powerful”.
West Ham are keen on snapping up his services before his price skyrockets in the future.
If Moyes has scouted him and is confident that he could be a good fit, then, by all means, the club should back him.
They made a glaring error by not backing him in the January window and the consequences of that are getting more obvious with each passing game.
While a midfielder is not what the Hammers need right now, they could be in the market for one if Declan Rice leaves.
Also, Tomas Soucek has not been playing at the top of his game and the added competition would certainly help push him to the next level and hopefully, drive the rest of the players to improve as well.
In other West Ham news, the club want to sign a ‘Brilliant’ Chelsea player who will tick a major box for David Moyes.
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