This is the West Ham transfer latest on deadline day eve as a 3 in and 3 out scenario becomes clear for David Moyes.
With West Ham in action against Bournemouth on the night of the January transfer window deadline, today takes on huge significance for any activity.
David Moyes will be very much focused on West Ham’s Premier League game against the Cherries on Thursday evening.
So there will undoubtedly be a concerted push to get any deals in place today.
The Hammers have been linked with a plethora of players throughout the window.
But the club’s target list seems to have narrowed to three specific players in the final days of January.
West Ham transfer latest on deadline day eve
This is the West Ham transfer latest on deadline day eve as a 3 in and 3 out scenario becomes clear.
Overnight West Ham have agreed a rather disappointing loan deal with Lyon to ship out Said Benrahma.
According to reports in France, Lyon will pay West Ham a £4.5m loan fee. But there is no obligation to buy, only an option set at £8.5m.
That move looks like being announced imminently along with another departure.
Pablo Fornals is also set to leave the Hammers for a reunion with Manuel Pellegrini at Real Betis. The Chilean was the man who brought Fornals to West Ham.
And the Spaniard is set to return to his homeland today or tomorrow with details of the fee yet to be reported.
3 in and 3 out scenario becomes clear
A third departure is on the cards too in the shape of Maxwel Cornet. The £17.5m flop is wanted on loan by Nottingham Forest. But that will only be sanctioned if West Ham get their signings in the door.
That brings us on to arrivals.
So far West Ham have only signed Kalvin Phillips on loan from Man City in what has been a deathly quiet window across Europe.
But the Hammers are trying to bring in three players – two on loan with options to buy and one in a permanent deal.
West Ham’s transfer chiefs Tim Steidten and majority owner David Sullivan are trying to get a permanent deal done with Nordsjælland for exciting winger Ibrahim Osman.
Osman, Jota and Chalobah targeted
The fee remains a sticking point with the Danes demanding as much as £20m for the 19-year-old who is unproven at the top level.
Super agent Jorge Mendes is working to try and get a deal done with West Ham for Portuguese winger Jota to join. The big obstacle on that move is tax for the player on his big Saudi wages after just a year in the highly paid footballing backwater.
If resolved, Jota is expected to sign an 18-month loan deal with an option or obligation to buy.
Should he and Osman sign then Cornet will be allowed to leave West Ham.
Finally comes Trevoh Chalobah. West Ham want the homegrown Chelsea defender on loan with an option.
But the Blues are apparently insisting on an obligation. Should a middleground be found then the versatile defender could make his way from west to east London before the window shuts at 11pm on Thursday night.
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