Report: Club to open negotiations with West Ham about signing £4 million Hammer in the January transfer window

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Bayer Leverkusen are allegedly keen to sign West Ham United right-back Vladimir Coufal in the January transfer window.

That’s according to a report from Sky Deutschland who claim that Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso wants to bring Coufal, 30, to Germany this winter.

Alonso is allegedly not convinced by Timothy Fosu-Mensah, and as a result wants to bring in the Czech Republic international.

Coufal was brought to the Hammers for around £4 million in October 2020 (The Sun).

Initially, he made such promising start to life at West Ham and looked like an incredibly good value for money signing.

Coufal has regressed badly over the past year or so though, and the Hammers were absolutely right not to offer him a new deal at the end of last season.

And it seems as though his days under David Moyes at the London Stadium could be coming to an end…

Leverkusen to open negotiations with West Ham about signing Coufal in January transfer window

Sky Deutschland claims that Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso is very keen to bring Coufal to the Bundesliga in January.

If the German side offer the Hammers owners anywhere near the £4 million that they paid for Coufal, they have to move him on without a second thought.

He has been really bad for at least the last 12 months now.

Coufal suffered a groin injury playing for West Ham against Manchester United in the Carabao Cup in September 2021, but kept playing through the pain for quite some time.

He was then forced to spend an extensive period on the sidelines because of the injury and in truth, he never really returned as the same player.

A lot of players struggle to get back to their very best after serious injuries. Most of those players have gone through things like leg breaks of ACL injuries though.

Coufal’s injury was only a groin strain in fairness.

Now, the fact that he’s 30 clearly hasn’t helped. He will be on the downturn physically anyway, regardless of injuries.

Gone is the player who absolutely dominated attackers like Jack Grealish and Heung-Min Son last season.

The 30-year-old right-back is a shadow of his former self…at both ends of the pitch I might add.

David Moyes definitely needs to improve his right-back ranks at West Ham in the January transfer window.

And moving on Coufal would be a big step in the right direction.

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