Nice have blown West Ham out of the water for striker Terem Moffi and don’t say we didn’t warn you as major news emerges from France.
West Ham’s pursuit of Moffi looks all but dead in the water with 36 hours until the January window closes.
Hammers News brought you bang up to date with the latest twists and turns in the saga last night.
And there has now been a huge development across The Channel and it is bad news for the Hammers.
Lorient’s preference has always been to sell to West Ham rather than rivals Nice.
But the player’s preference – it is reported – has always been to join Nice.
Lorient have all their ducks in a row after suddenly announcing the signing of former West Ham target Bamba Dieng at the weekend.
The good news for West Ham in the Moffi saga was that they already had a deal in place with Lorient for the 23-year-old Nigerian for £20m plus and Nice were struggling to get close to it.
The bad news was that word in France has been Moffi still only wants Nice.
Hammers News reported at the weekend that West Ham should be concerned after Nice offloaded striker Andy Delort to Nantes as it raised guaranteed funds and indicated they are expecting to sign a replacement before the deadline.
Now Nice have blown West Ham out of the water for striker Moffi and don’t say we didn’t warn you as major news emerges from France.
According to breaking news from Foot Mercato on Monday lunchtime, Nice have now submitted a SEVENTH bid to Lorient for Moffi worth over £26m plus add-ons.
The report claims that there are “still details to be settled” but that Nice have now taken charge in the battle with West Ham.
“OGC Nice have made a new offer, possibly the last, for Terem Moffi at Lorient,” Foot Mercato reports.
“It seems to be getting closer to President Féry’s demands. Final details are currently being discussed…
“The final details are currently being played out. And this concerns the different percentages and bonuses. Percentage on resale, more or less accessible bonuses, this is what is currently being discussed between the two parties.”
This was always likely to be the case as soon as news emerged that Nice had shipped out Delort – ironically an alleged former West Ham target himself.
It is looking increasingly likely that West Ham boss David Moyes will be going into the relegation run-in with what he has.
And that is an enormous risk based on what the Hammers have produced during a woeful Premier League campaign so far.
Especially as all of their seven relegation rivals bar Everton have been active in the January window while West Ham have only brought in Danny Ings.
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