Report makes Hans Vanaken claim as West Ham transfer business goes into overdrive

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West Ham United are allegedly set to table a third offer for experienced Club Brugge attacking midfielder Hans Vanaken.

That’s according to a report from The Daily Mail (print edition August 27th, page 112) who claim that the Hammers have already had two bids for the 21-capped Belgium international rejected.

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The last bid submitted by West Ham was believed to be worth around £11 million.

Hammers boss David Moyes has already been incredibly busy in the transfer window this summer, signing seven new players.

A deal to make Lucas Paqueta West Ham’s eighth major signing this summer appears to be close as well (The Guardian).

But Moyes is far from finished in the market by all accounts…

West Ham to make third Hans Vanaken offer

According to The Daily Mail (print edition August 27th, page 112), the Hammers are set to go in with a third offer for the 30-year-old.

Club Brugge are believed to want around £17 million for Vanaken, according to 90 Min.

So it remains to be seen whether West Ham’s next bid comes anywhere close to that.

We’ve repeatedly insisted that the Belgian midfielder is far from our first choice. That’s not to say that he isn’t a good player though.

The Belgian bagged 16 goals and seven assists in 45 games in the 2020/21 season and racked up 15 goals and 12 assists in 50 outings last term (Transfermarkt).

Standing at 6ft 5in tall, Vanaken is a real unit and has the kind of physicality needed to succeed in the Premier League.

There is one problem as far as we’re concerned though. The Club Brugge midfielder is 30 now. That obviously doesn’t correlate with the Red Bull Model that David Moyes supposedly wants to implement at the London Stadium.

Moving to the Premier League from the Belgian league and succeeding is a tough ask for anybody. Let alone someone who is 30.

Let’s just hope that West Ham sign Lucas Paqueta instead of Hans Vanaken.

If Moyes really wants to bring Hans Vanaken to West Ham as well as Paqueta though, we’ll have no problem with that.

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