In response to Soccer Insider, West Ham are anticipated to push exhausting to signal free agent Joel Matip.
Having misplaced each Kurt Zouma and Nayef Aguerd this summer time, the Hammers are clearly quick on choices within the coronary heart of the defence. They’ve Jean-Clair Todibo, Max Kilman and Konstantinos Mavropanos as senior centre-backs, but when any harm issues happen, they’ll be pressured to begin counting on 19-year-old Kaelan Casey, who has only one Premier League look to his title in his profession thus far.
Supervisor Julen Lopetegui is understandably eager to deal with the state of affairs as quickly as doable, fairly than await the January switch window to open, which implies solely signing a free agent is a risk.
That is the place Matip is available in. The 33-year-old Cameroonian definitely boasts loads of expertise, having gained the Premier League, the Champions League, in addition to each English cups, throughout his time with Liverpool. The Hammers think about him a participant that ticks loads of bins, although they’ve some issues about his harm file.
