West Ham United could be beaten by Liverpool twice in as many days, this time in the transfer market.
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West Ham were totally outclassed by Liverpool’s reserve side in a 3-1 defeat at the London Stadium on Sunday.
It proved a game too far for West Ham after a brilliant run which has pushed the Hammers up to fifth.
Liverpool could now rub salt in West Ham’s wound too.
Liverpool to beat West Ham twice in as many days?
Liverpool set to beat West Ham to defensive target Duje Caleta-Car?
That’s after reports emerged from France last night that Marseille defender Caleta-Car could be set for a deadline day move to Anfield (Get French Football News).
West Ham fans will know the name well. Croatian Caleta-Car was one of David Moyes’s prime targets in thes summer window.
And West Ham even had a bid accepted by cash-strapped and crisis-torn Marseille for the centre-back.
The 24-year-old admitted West Ham made him a lucrative offer. But he snubbed the Hammers to play Champions League football with Marseille – which lasted all of six group games before L’OM crashed out in embarrassing style.
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Speaking to TUTTONAPOLI.net last week, La Provence journalist Fabrice Lamperti revealed the details of the previous ‘offer from West Ham‘ for Caleta-Car. And we went on to suggest the Hammers could get a second chance to sign the defender, claiming the Ligue 1 side ‘will listen‘ to future offers.
And it seems he was right. Except the club now making the offer is Liverpool (Daily Mail).
With the Ligue 1 club in crisis and fans carrying out violent protests, Liverpool could take advantage to sign Caleta-Car amid their defensive crisus.
The Mail confirms West Ham came close to signing Caleta-Car for around £22million in the summer.
Moyes has more pressing areas of the team to strengthen, if he does so at all
But now Reds boss Jurgen Klopp wants to steal a march on West Ham. And Liverpool could get a deal done before tonight’s 11pm deadline.
If West Ham were to do any business on deadline day, Moyes’s priorities would be elsewhere.
West Ham are in desperate need of another striker and also look worryingly short in central midfield.
Caleta-Car was seen a a long-term centre-back solution for West Ham with Angelo Ogbonna turning 34 next season and both Craig Dawson and Fabian Balbuena also into their 30s by then.
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