KV Mechelen goalkeeper Gaetan Coucke allegedly wants to join West Ham United in the summer transfer window.
That’s according to a report from Het Nieuwsblad who claims that the Hammers are eyeing up a bargain deal to sign the 23-year-old stopper.
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West Ham manager David Moyes will be a busy man in the summer transfer window.
The Scot needs to bring at least four or five top, top signings to the London Stadium at the end of the season, if we are to continue our recent development and progress.
The additions of a new striker, centre-back, left-back and central midfielder will all be required this summer.
Moyes needs to sort out his goalkeeping department as well. Lukasz Fabianski has just extended his deal by one year but he will most likely leave the London Stadium in the summer of 2023.
Darren Randolph will probably be sold at the end of this season (Claret and Hugh) and it remains to be seen whether West Ham take up our option to buy Alphonse Areola from Paris Saint-Germain.
We really hope that Moyes does make the Areola transfer a permanent one. Even if he does though, the addition of a younger goalkeeper as well might not be the worst idea in the world…
Gaëtan Coucke wants to join West Ham in the summer
The Hammers want to bring the 23-year-old to East London according to a report from Het Nieuwsblad.
Standing at just under 6ft 2in tall, Coucke isn’t the tallest of goalkeepers and he certainly isn’t very physically imposing.
The 23-year-old is very good with the ball at his feet though and is very much a modern-day goalkeeper.
He hasn’t enjoyed the best campaign from an individual perspective this season.
Coucke has conceded 47 goals in 27 games and has kept just five clean sheets in the process (Transfermarkt).
The Belgian stopper is available for around £750,000 this summer according to Het Nieuwsblad, as long as he doesn’t sign a new contract with KV Mechelen.
We just think that this would be a very much needless signing by West Ham.
As much as Gaetan Coucke wants to join West Ham, much will depend on whether Moyes is just as keen to bring the goalkeeper to East London.
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