A German football expert has made a bold claim about West Ham United’s move for Filip Kostic while live on Sky Sports News.
A host of sources have been claiming West Ham are closing in on agreeing a deal and terms with Eintracht Frankfurt star Kostic.
The likes of Fabrizio Romano claim the Hammers are pushing hard to get the move done.
The Hammers know all about the Serbian assist king’s talents having faced Kostic in the Europa League semi-finals.
Kostic is represented by Italian agent Alessandro Lucci, the same man who looks after imminent West Ham striker signing Gianluca Scamacca.
Yesterday sources close to Lucci claimed there was a ‘real possibility’ Kostic will join West Ham.
But there was bad news for West Ham fans tuning into Sky Sports News’ interview with Uli Koehler (pictured above) on Monday lunchtime.
The German football expert has made a bold claim about the West Ham move for Kostic live on Sky Sports News.
Koehler states West Ham have very little chance of signing the 29-year-old because he wants to win trophies and play in the Champions League.
German football expert makes bold claim about West Ham move for Filip Kostic live on Sky Sports
But the German football expert does leave a glimmer of hope for David Moyes by saying money may be a deciding factor in the end.
“This Kostic case is for a long time now, since months (ago), everybody says Kostic will leave Eintracht,” Koehler told Sky Sports News live on air at 12.13pm.
“But at the moment I think Kostic will not go to West Ham because Eintracht plays next year in the Champions League which West Ham is not doing.
“OK money is one thing but on the other hand he wants to win trophies – for a long time he had a relation to Inter Milan, they wanted to sign him, it didn’t work out pretty well.
“So I think the chances are not very high (for West Ham to sign Kostic) but you know in the business at the end money counts and if West Ham has enough money then maybe there is a chance, even for Filip Kostic.
“But Eintracht is working hard to keep him. He is a key player.”
Please not another long, drawn out saga.
The claims from Koehler do, unfortunately, tally with comments a West Ham insider has made to Claret and Hugh this afternoon.
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