A sensational Chelsea move for 416-goal star Neymar will help clear a path for a West Ham deal to sign striker Armando Broja.
By now the world and its wife knows West Ham boss David Moyes wants to bring Chelsea academy graduate Broja to the London Stadium.
The Hammers were first linked with a move for the striker earlier this season after he seriously caught the eye on loan at Southampton (Football Insider).
And speculation has swirled ever since with Sky Sports stating that the Chelsea youngster is Moyes’ prime forward target and the Scot is ready and waiting with a £30m bid.
Jamie Redknapp said back in May that he had been told West Ham were looking to sign Broja, who he has known personally since the striker was 14.
Newcastle have, somewhat predictably, emerged as rivals to West Ham for Broja’s signature as well as Everton.
Both the Magpies and Toffees are comfortable with a loan deal which may be preferable to Chelsea IF Thomas Tuchel does not land a host of new forwards he is targeting following the departure of Romelu Lukaku.
With new owners at Stamford Bridge, there is no longer a bottomless pit of money for Chelsea.
So if they do make striker signings, they will be forced to cut their cloth accordingly. And that’s when West Ham’s hopes of signing Broja on a permanent basis will start to take shape.
The Hammers were boosted yesterday when Sky Sports reported Chelsea are closing in on the signing of Raheem Sterling.
Sensational Chelsea move for 416-goal star Neymar will clear path for West Ham deal to sign striker Armando Broja
Then The Athletic claimed in an exclusive that Tuchel is also eyeing wantaway Man United striker Ronaldo.
And the Blues are still hoping to sign Raphinha from Leeds.
Now a sensational Chelsea move for 416-goal star Neymar will help clear a path for a West Ham deal to sign striker Broja.
According to Sky Sports and The Evening Standard Tuchel is set to launch a move for Neymar with PSG desperate to offload the Brazilian.
Neymar has scored 416 career goals for club and country and it is said to be Tuchel’s ‘dream’ for a reunion with the striker at Chelsea having worked with him at PSG.
If Chelsea manage to land even two of those four targets then Broja’s already remote chances of game time will be non-existent.
And that would only be good news for West Ham in their hopes of signing the Slough-born Albanian international.
Tuchel, under pressure to close the gap on Man City and Liverpool, is not going to throw Broja in at the deep end off the back of six Premier League goals for Southampton in his breakout season.
Perhaps Moyes and the Hammers know they have a clear run at Broja as soon as Chelsea get their own deals done.
That would explain West Ham’s apparent reluctance to turn attentions to other forward targets.
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