West Ham United are actively working to sell five players in a bid to sign three in the January window claims a new report.
West Ham must offload players to create space in the squad and raise funds in the January transfer window.
That -was exclusively revealed to Hammers News by the top source inside West Ham twice in the last month.
As frequently reported here and elsewhere West Ham are searching for a striker and new full-backs.
As detailed in our report this week, West Ham could comfortably raise £60m in a fire sale without losing a single key player next month.
West Ham working to sell five to sign three
And work is already underway on that front it seems.
Because West Ham are actively working to sell five players in bid to sign three claims a new report.
That’s according to 90Min, which states Michail Antonio, Ben Johnson, Aaron Cresswell, Thilo Kehrer and Pablo Fornals are all up for sale.
And the report reiterates what Hammers News has been telling you for some time, the club is pushing to sign a new striker and two full-backs.
The Hammers recently exercised the one-year option on Fornals’ contract.
But it was only in order to get a half decent fee for him and has not even been officially announced by the club.
“Sources have told 90min the Europa Conference League holders are looking to cash in on Fornals in January and are hopeful of earning back some of the £24m transfer fee they paid Villarreal in 2019,” the report states.
‘We understand the player’s preference’
“Saudi Pro League clubs were interested in signing Fornals over the summer, though West Ham were unwilling to sell at the time, and 90min understands that the player’s preference would be a return to Spain…
“In addition to selling Fornals, 90min understands West Ham want to sign two new full-backs in January and also add another striker to the their ranks.”
The identity of one of the full-backs West Ham allegedly want to sign was revealed overnight.
The report goes on to state Antonio, Cresswell, Johnson and Kehrer are all available for transfer too.
It’s news that won’t surprise anyone.
Antonio had previous interest from Palace, Everton and Saudi while Johnson is also of interest to Everton and Southampton.
Cresswell could reignite a move to Wolves while Villa and Frankfurt want West Ham outcast Kehrer.
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