West Ham United signing Gianluca Scamacca as second-fiddle striker is luxury business
West Ham risk making an expensive mistake if they attempt to sign Gianluca Scamacca as a back-up foward.
The Hammers have been in the market to sign a striker as David Moyes is eager to freshen up his attacking options and wants competition for Michael Antonio next season.
The Athletic have reported that the Irons are monitoring the situation around the Italian, but face competition from Arsenal, Newcastle and Paris Saint-Germain.
The 23-year-old has been linked with a move away from Sassuolo in the summer transfer window after attracting significant interest.
It is not clear what sort of fee will be acceptable to his current club for a player who values at around £27 million by Transfermarkt.
Expensive buy
West Ham scored 62 goals in the Premier League during the 2021-22 season but that was not enough for them to secure a top-six finish.
One of the primary reasons was the lack of attacking options at the disposal of Moyes, with Antonio missing some crucial games because of injuries.
Since the Irons are playing in European competition again next season, they cannot afford to be in four competitions during a season with only one recognised striker.
As Antonio has become more injury-prone of late, there is a clear need for another striker to help ease the burden on the Jamaica international
However, signing Scamacca as a second-fiddle striker will be a rather expensive business, considering that he has no experience of playing in the Premier League which is entirely different from playing in the Serie A.
That was evident from the case of Romelu Lukaku who found it extremely tough to deliver anything similar for Chelsea compared to the heroics he delivered on the pitch for Inter Milan in the previous two campaigns.
In other West Ham news, the Hammers are keeping a close eye on a Bayern Munich midfielder.
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