Exciting winger Jaden Philogene has changed agents and is being tipped to leave Ipswich just days after being linked with a move to West Ham.
With West Ham expecting to sell Crysencio Summerville this summer, Nuno Espirito Santo is on the hunt for a new winger.
And it seems Jaden Philogene is back on West Ham’s radar having been linked with the club on several occasions in the past.
Philogene changes agents amid West Ham links
The Hammers were heavily linked with Philogene before he re-joined Aston Villa and then moved on to Ipswich.
West Ham insider ExWHUemployee says the tricky winger is a target for Nuno this summer.
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Although he stated that the club cannot afford to use too much of their budget on signing the former Puskas Award nominee.
Fabrizio Romano says the Hammersmith born 24-year-old looks set to leave the Tractor Boys despite scoring 13 goals in 37 games of their promotion-winning campaign last season as they replaced West Ham in the Premier League.
Now the Hammers fancy Philogene to help them do the same.
And it will not be lost on the Hammers that Philogene has changed agents days after being linked with a move to east London.
Philogene has joined Team Raiola who say there are ‘big things to come from the English forward’.
In a video post announcing that he has signed with the agency on Instagram, Philogene says he is ‘very excited to join the Raiola family’.
Romano says Hammers target Philogene likely to move on
Hammers News reported on West Ham’s interest in Philogene back in 2024, when he was being dubbed the new Wilfried Zaha.
It is easy to see why he earned comparisons to Zaha because Philogene is ridiculously skilful, fast and brilliant at dribbling with the ball.
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Football data experts WhoScored also list his finishing, tackling and defensive contribution as his major strengths.
Villa had a buy-back clause in Philogene’s contract at Hull and activated it to put paid to West Ham’s interest two years ago.
A move should be more straightforward this time as the Hammers would be dealing directly with Ipswich and Philogene’s new agents.
But it remains to be seen whether the club commit the kind of money the Tractor Boys will want to get him out of Portman Road.
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