West Ham are hoping to strengthen their frontline with the signing of Hugo Etikite from PSG. The 21-year-old rose to stardom at Reims in 2020 and turned down the chance to join Newcastle in January 2022 as the club faced a relegation battle.
The French youngster has struggled to establish himself as a first team regular in Paris since joining last summer and West Ham could table a bid for the player in the coming days. According to sources close to Tim Steidten any deal proposed by the Irons would be a loan to buy deal, similar to the deal the club had with PSG for Alphonse Areola, or maybe even a stright purchase as was the case with Thilo Kherer.
The fact that PSG and West Ham have already successfully conducted the Areola and Kherer deals puts Hammers in good stead for a deal for Etikite, if the clubs can reach a mutually convenient deal then there is a real chance of the French starlet arriving in East London.
The Hammers current back line already has Areola, Zouma, and Aguerd who are French speakers, as are Said Benrahma, Lucas Paqueta, Emerson and Thilo Kehrer, so the new arrival would feel relatively at home.
If Ze German can pull this one off the club can realistically look forward to competing on all levels, it remains to be seen if Hammers can head off interest from Everton among many suitors, but in the Steidtman we can trust! - Ed
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but can you compare him to
this is for you 65 as you admit to being a youtuber now
https://youtu.be/A6pdGc2VKI0
Lol
Made my day,that is hilarious thanks for putting that up HG think I needed that at the moment...xx
brilliant
hope you don't mind but i gate crashed your you tube thing. I don't know where that came from HG but it is funny well done :-)
Of course i don't mind you gate crashing Elt
Just bring a bottle next time:-)
as you say Nev
rather like buses our new arrivals come in a bunch .but better late than never