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‘Yes Yes Yes’ ‘Good Player, Injury Prone’ Fans React As Romano Confirms That West Ham Are Pursuing Ex Chelsea Star

‘Yes Yes Yes’ ‘Good Player, Injury Prone’ Fans React As Romano Confirms That West Ham Are Pursuing Ex Chelsea Star

David Tully Jun 22nd 2023

West Ham are interested in signing Juventus midfielder Denis Zakaria, according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano.

There had been reports in Italy that the Hammers had already tabled an €18m (£15.5m) bid for the Swiss international but Romano says David Moyes’s side have only made an enquiry, along with a number of other teams:

Supporters on Twitter would be open to Zakaria making the switch to the London Stadium but some are concerned about the former Chelsea loanee’s fitness record:

Juve are set to sell Zakaria this summer

Chelsea did have an option to sign the midfielder on a permanent basis for €33m but the Blues opted against keeping the player. With his parent club clearly not interested in keeping him, he is very much on the market.

Juventus are expected to offload Zakaria for less than Chelsea’s purchase clause but it remains to be seen how much they are prepared to let him go for.

West Ham do have other midfield targets

Zakaria is by no means the only midfielder that the London club are pursuing. Valencia’s Yunus Musah, Fulham’s Joao Palhinha and Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher have also been heavily linked.

Out of the players being looked at, though, it seems that Zakaria would be among the cheapest, due to Juve’s keenness to get rid of him.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.

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