Ambitious Fulham are set to beat West Ham United to the sensational £35m Tim Steidten transfer target Andre Trindade.
German technical director Tim Steidten is already something of a cult hero at West Ham after overseeing one of the club’s best transfer windows for years in the summer.
And it’s no wonder after he helped lure Mohammed Kudus and Edson Alvarez to the London Stadium for just over half the price of Declan Rice.
But Steidten may have tasted defeat to West Ham’s London rivals Fulham over a player he has been scouting.
The Cottagers did not do too badly themselves in the summer window. They even managed to resist multiple big money bids from West Ham for star player Joao Palhinha.
Ask any Hammers fan and they’ll tell you when Steidten gets on his jet he rarely comes back empty handed.
So there was excitement when we reported on Hammers News about claims from one of our sister sites in Brazil, Vamo Fluminense, that West Ham had identified Fluminense midfield ace Andre Trindade as a January signing.
The Hammers had a representative – believed to have been Steidten or one of his scouts – at the Maracana back in November to watch Andre help the Brazilian side to their first ever Copa Libertadores triumph over Boca Juniors.
So too did several other Premier League clubs including Liverpool and Fulham.
Speculation over the tussle between West Ham, Fulham and the Reds over Andre had died a death. Until now.
Because ambitious Fulham have beaten West Ham to sensational £35m Steidten target Andre.
That’s according to a breaking exclusive from CBS journalist Ben Jacobs.
Taking to X, Jacobs made the revelation – saying Fulham have made an offer to Fluminense and have already agreed terms with Andre.
“Exclusive: Fulham have made a £30m+£5m offer to Fluminense for midfielder Andre,” Jacobs said.
“Fulham CEO Alistair Mackintosh already agreed terms with Andre last year having travelled for the Copa Libertadores Final.”
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