Disaster for Julen Lopetegui with Newcastle primed to hijack West Ham’s key £21m January window deal

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Newcastle United could be set to cause West Ham United a very big problem in the January transfer window.

The January window is now open for business, and Newcastle and West Ham both need to make some big moves.

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Julen Lopetegui is, for want of a better phrase, hanging on to the West Ham job by a thread right now, so he may not even be in charge by the time any new players arrive at the London Stadium.

Considering how much money he spent in the summer, and how poor his team have performed, he should have been sacked months ago in my opinion.

Alas, he’s still here, annoyingly.

And if the Hammers miraculously manage to get good results against Manchester City and Aston Villa, he may well be given funds to strengthen his squad this month.

If Lopetegui is still in the job, there is one man out there he would love to have at the London Stadium.

Newcastle could be set to gazump the Hammers though.

Newcastle primed to hijack West Ham’s January window deal

Eddie Howe could be set to cause the Hammers a major transfer problem in January.

That’s because one of Lopetegui’s key transfer targets could well be St James’ Park bound.

According to a report from Gazzetta dello Sport, Newcastle could be set to beat us to the signing of AC Milan defender Fikayo Tomori this winter.

Newcastle have already been linked with a move to sign Tomori.

He’s said to be available for just £21 million.

However, it now seems like they are favourites to land the former Chelsea star’s signature in the January window.

Missing out on the 27-year-old would really hurt West Ham – he would improve us instantly as a defensive unit.

Tomori has everything we lack at the back right now with his calmness in possession of the football, impressive pace and strength in the tackle and in the air.

The former Chelsea man has extensive experience of playing at the very highest level, and he is known for not making big mistakes.

Newcastle beating West Ham to the signing of Fikayo Tomori in the January transfer window would really hurt us.

We need the former Chelsea defender badly, but it seems like he could be Tyneside bound.