West Ham hold ace card over Liverpool in race to sign ‘incredible’ Perr Schuurs for £34 million – opinion

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West Ham United are reportedly ready to open dialogue with Torino about signing Liverpool target Perr Schuurs this summer.

According to a report from Gianluca Di Marzio, Torino defender Perr Schuurs is firmly on the West Ham radar in the summer transfer window, but we face competition from Liverpool and Napoli for his signature.

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A recent report suggested that Liverpool will be a problem for the East London outfit in the race to sign the 23-year-old centre-back this summer.

Hammers boss David Moyes desperately needs to strengthen his back-line with Craig Dawson having recently departed and Angelo Ogbonna and Kurt Zouma always seeming to struggle with injury problems.

So news of Liverpool’s interest in Schuurs was undoubtedly a blow for West Ham. However, I think we have a big advantage…

West Ham hold ace card over Liverpool in race to sign ‘incredible’ Perr Schuurs for £34 million

Transfer news coming out of Italy suggests that the Hammers are ready to go all out for the Dutch defender’s signature this summer.

Gianluca Di Marzio reckons West Ham will have to pay €40 million (£34 million) for Schuurs. He’ll be well worth that kind of money in my opinion, and Moyes holds an ace card up his sleeve.

Torino are desperately trying to sign Nikola Vlasic from West Ham at a discounted rate, with David Sullivan refusing to budge on the price.

The Hammers want around £11 million for the 25-year-old whilst the Serie A side are currently offering just under £8 million.

So surely we should just offer £20 million or so for Schuurs and include Vlasic in the deal. With Torino so keen to sign the Croatian permanently, I think this could be a deal that would suit them.

Voetbal Primeur have labelled the Torino centre-back as ‘incredible’, and I think he would be a really strong signing for West Ham this summer.

He is perfectly suited to the Premier League. And with Vlasic serving as our secret weapon, West Ham should be able to beat Liverpool to the signing of Perr Schuurs this summer.

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