West Ham United want to sign Ipswich Town starlet Tawanda Chirewa
West Ham United are competing with Arsenal to sign Ipswich Town’s exciting teenager starlet Tawanda Chirewa this summer, according to TWTD.
The 18-year-old became the Tractor Boys’ second-youngest player in history back in 2019 when he played in the EFL Trophy and he has continued his impressive form in the Under-23s with 12 goals this season in a league-winning campaign.
The Zimbabwe-born youngster was due to be out of contract this summer but Ipswich opted to extend his deal at Portman Road for another year and would like to make that stay even longer.
But the presence of West Ham and Arsenal might make that a difficult task for the League One club and TWTD also report that other clubs are keen although none are named.
Potential
Chirewa won’t be a player we see in the Irons first team for a good couple of years, if he even joins us, but we’re not attempting to buy him for right now anyway.
He would slot straight into our academy, probably floating between Under-18s and Under-23s football, to begin with as he looks to develop in the Academy of Football.
David Moyes clearly takes an interest in what he’s seen of him so far and the West Ham scouts will be closely watching his performances for the Tractor Boys’ youth sides before making a proper move but they can’t wait around too long with Arsenal lurking as well.
Chirewa though is probably best heading out on loan if he joins us or the Gunners but he’d be even smarter to stay in Suffolk and fight his way into the Ipsiwhc senior side before dreaming of the bright lights of the Premier League.
In other West Ham news, there was a major backroom exit on Monday (23 May) that will shake things up at Rush Green.
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