A Sky Sports reporter has confirmed West Ham target Djed Spence is set for a Spurs D-day loan move away.
A report last week reiterated the potential of a rare transfer agreement between West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur for Spence in the last week of the window.
Well now we are into the last day of the window and a move away from Tottenham for outcast Spence is still on the cards it seems.
One area that was a priority to strengthen for both West Ham and Tottenham in the summer was at right-back.
Spurs beat the Hammers to the signing of reported David Moyes target Spence in the summer and West Ham never solved the issue, which has been costing them dear all season long.
Spence lit up the Championship with Forest last season and was being courted by multiple clubs, including West Ham.
He opted to join Spurs but Antonio Conte admitted it was not his decision to sign the swashbuckling right-back (Daily Mail).
And it has showed. Spence has played just five minutes for Tottenham in the Premier League this season (WhoScored).
Conte’s refusal to use him is a clear indication he has no future at Spurs under him, especially considering the largely below par performances of Emerson Royal and Matt Doherty.
Tottenham meanwhile remain hopeful of a £39m deal for Sporting CP over wing-back Pedro Porro.
The Hammers are yet to make any signings other than Danny Ings despite selling Craig Dawson and Darren Randolph with young right-back Harrison Ashby also set to sign for Newcastle imminently.
So will Moyes make a late move to bring Spence to the London Stadium?
Well a Sky Sports reporter has confirmed West Ham target Spence is set for a Spurs D-day loan move away.
And a number of Premier League clubs are interested in a D-day deal.
“I expect him to go out on loan tomorrow (deadline day),” Sky Sports reporter Michael Bridge told The Transfer Show.
“A number of Premier League clubs are interested in taking him and I understand clubs in Europe are monitoring him as well.
“That leaves them with Emerson Royal and Matt Doherty if he does leave and of course everyone will be looking at Tottenham Hotspur tomorrow if they can bring in Pedro Porro. And for those asking if there’ll be any more (for Spurs), my understanding is that will be unlikely.”
Whether Tottenham chief Daniel Levy is willing to do business with West Ham remains to be seen.
There have been frosty relations between the West Ham and Spurs boardrooms which has seen an unofficial transfer embargo between the two rivals for over a decade.
West Ham must try to thaw relations and ask the question over Spence, though. Because the London boy is exactly what Moyes needs – a modern, pacy right-back who can help get in behind and support attacks.