West Ham wonderkid could be the club's trump card in the race to sign Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes.
The Irons face competition from Arsenal for the Portuguese playmaker's signature - but they have an ace up their sleeve in the form of 18-year-old Domingos Quina.
Quina, an exciting winger signed from the Chelsea academy in 2016, has been on the Catalan giants' radar for some time, reports football.london.
And according to Mundo Deportivo , Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini could offer the Portuguese youngster - who previously spent time in Benfica's academy - as a makeweight in a deal for Gomes.
I wonder if Pelle is genuinely looking to field this side regularly at home, with a more 4-3-3 for the tougher fixtures? Could we actually pull that side off without letting in a load of goals?
now we know why we have London on the badge.... transfer planning...
Perez' agent: "West Ham want him and they have made an offer. It is an option. Lucas wants to play regularly and West Ham is an option. There are other clubs but West Ham would allow him to continue in London and Lucas wants to continue in London."
So Palace and Everton pulled off coups with free transfers for meyer and Bernard respeictively
Id love to know how much they got for a singing on fee and what they are making each week (given both put off bigger teams apparantly with their wage demands)
Their demands have been mentioned regularly (Meyer in an article on BBC website a while back I think and Bernards wage demands have accompanied every rumour about him). I'm happy we didn't get either of them if it means we struggled FFP wise.
If we get Perez for 4M I'd be happy. She was great as a dance on Soul Train too ;wink
Perez is a shrewd bit of business & the sort of signing we've missed out on in the past. Hungry to play, still determined to prove himself in the PL, plays as a wide forward to a striker. Would be happy with that signing for the rumoured £4m-£10m range. He'll give us another wide option (assuming one of Antonio or Snodgrass will depart before Thursday, hopefully the latter) & also provide cover for Arnie & Hernandez, or possibly partner one of them in a two. He did flop at Arsenal (was only giving 11 appearances to prove himself & most of those were sub cameos) but his record everywhere else is good, including last season where he started to find his scoring boots again.
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The mirror reports
Andre Gomes transfer: West Ham wonderkid key to beating Arsenal in race for £48m Barcelona midfielder
The Portuguese playmaker, 25, looks certain to leave the Camp Nou two years after joining from Valencia in a deal worth up to £48m
The Irons face competition from Arsenal for the Portuguese playmaker's signature - but they have an ace up their sleeve in the form of 18-year-old Domingos Quina.
Quina, an exciting winger signed from the Chelsea academy in 2016, has been on the Catalan giants' radar for some time, reports football.london.
And according to Mundo Deportivo , Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini could offer the Portuguese youngster - who previously spent time in Benfica's academy - as a makeweight in a deal for Gomes.
Can't believe we were even considering it, TBH.
-Bring in a quality CM/DM and we will look the business.
Hopefully the Maia deal comes off.
LB - Byram / Fredericks / Zabaleta
CB - Balbuena / Diop / Ogbonna /
ReidRB - Cresswell / Masuaku
CM / DM - Obiang / Wilshire / Noble
LM + RM - Snodgrass / Antonio / Anderson / Yarmalenko
AM -
LanziniStriker - Arnautovic / Hernandez / Hugill /
CarrollRice - DM or CB (not sure which position Pellegrini sees him yet)
Well the headline suggests that then the article says "according to reports"
https://www.football.london/west-ham-united-fc/transfer-news/lucas-perez-to-west-ham-14996070
Does that mean Antonio may still be out the door, or is he coming in to cover for up front
No view to buy though which hints he may have a future here which i like
Fabianski
Fredericks - Diop - Ogbonna - Masuaku
Noble - Wilshere
Yarmolenko - Arnautovic - Anderson
Hernandez
Adrian, Balbuena, Cresswell, Rice, Obiang, Antonio, Perez
Adrian better me thinks
Perez' agent: "West Ham want him and they have made an offer. It is an option. Lucas wants to play regularly and West Ham is an option. There are other clubs but West Ham would allow him to continue in London and Lucas wants to continue in London."
Apologises to all, I should have kept my feelings to myself. ;doh
Id love to know how much they got for a singing on fee and what they are making each week (given both put off bigger teams apparantly with their wage demands)
If we get Perez for 4M I'd be happy. She was great as a dance on Soul Train too ;wink
IMHO he is below average at best.