West Ham United can now sign Alex Scott with 20% discount as Bristol City exit update emerges
Bristol City have lowered their asking price for West Ham target Alex Scott to £20million, according to the Sun.
The teenage midfielder, once described by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola as “unbelievable“, has been on the Hammers’ radar throughout the summer.
Originally, the Championship side were asking for £25m for a player tipped to play for England in the future.
However, the Sun (13 July) wrote that the Hammers, as well as Wolves and Bournemouth, have baulked at that price tag.
As such, City may now be willing to do business at a lower fee for the 19-year-old.
Strike while you can
West Ham may be growing frustrated at Arsenal’s failure to wrap up the £105m transfer of captain Declan Rice but once that deal goes through the Hammers will have a very handsome war chest to play with.
Finding a like-for-like replacement for Rice is going to be nigh on impossible due to the money involved it would take to land a target of such a calibre, but instead they can use the cash to strengthen on the whole.
And Scott is a player they simply must not let slip through the net. The prodigious midfielder won the Championship Young Player of the Year award and is surely headed for bigger things.
If West Ham act fast they can secure the signature of one of English football’s brightest prospects, but if they are caught dawdling then it is only a matter of time before other clubs swoop in. They need to strike while they can.
In other West Ham news, Kalvin Phillips has made his decision over a transfer to the Hammers and informed Pep Guardiola.