David Moyes raves about West Ham target Alex Kral as speculation grows over move

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David Moyes has raved about reported West Ham United target Alex Kral as speculation grows about a potential move.

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A host of sources, including Sky Sports and The Express have recently claimed that Moyes is close to bringing Kral to West Ham.

West Ham fans have been excited by the prospect of signing the Czech Republic international after growing talk that the Hammers will be offering him a five-year deal.

Hammers continue to be linked with a move for Czech star Kral

Moyes has good experiences thus far of signing Czech players following the amazing success of bargain buys Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal at West Ham.

Kral will line up alongside the West Ham duo for the Czechs at this summer’s European Championships.

The transfer window opens this week and Moyes needs to beef up his squad in several key areas, including central midfield.

So it will interest West Ham fans that the Scot has raved about Kral in a piece with The Times.

Moyes confirms he is a huge admirer of Hammers target

The Hammers boss says Kral is one to watch at the Euros as he confirmed he is a huge admirer of the 23-year-old midfield ace.

“Kral, who has just turned 23, is a young midfielder, developed at Slavia Prague, who moved to Spartak Moscow,” Moyes told The Times.

“He is likely to start in the Czech midfield alongside Tomas Soucek and is similar in stature to Tomas, though plays in a slightly different style.

“He is good on the ball and looks to protect his defence and appears to have, like Tomas and (fellow Czech West Ham star) Vladimir Coufal, great mentality and bags of energy.”

Easy to see why Moyes wants a new Czech mate for Super Tom and Coufi

It is easy to see why Moyes wants Kral.

He has a superb average match rating over just under 7/10 (WhoScored).

In 29 league outings for Spartak Moscow last season, the Czech Republic international registered five assists and has averaged 1.5 tackles, 1.8 interceptions, 0.8 clearances and 0.8 dribbles per game.

During those appearances, he has made 56 passes per match on average with a completion rate of 81%.

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