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The Hammers have stepped up their interest in Dylan Lawler from Cardiff City who’s a central defender. He has many strong skills to his game but one that stands out is his confidence. For Cardiff, there have been numerous occasions where he’s been able to go for a last-ditch challenge or he’s been able to pick up the ball and drive it forward.

It is thought that Dylan Lawler would be one of the two central defenders that the Hammers aim to bring in this window, with the other being more experienced, specifically Axel Disasi, who the club are still holding out for.

However, whilst West Ham are interested, Lawler has received interest from more than 10+ clubs, one of which is Bayern Munich, therefore making the deal rather complicated, especially since Cardiff are hoping for a bidding war to commence rather than merely accepting West Ham’s current offer on the table which hasn’t yet been rejected.

West Ham have also offered Konstantinos Mavropanos a new contract in the hope of convincing the Greek to stay during the Championship, and fend off the current interest from Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen.

Max Kilman is set to stay at West Ham, despite the club’s efforts to get rid of the Englishman by placing him on the market for a move away permanently or on loan - nobody has registered interest.

With two senior defenders at the club currently, West Ham want to add two more, but the clocks ticking, offers are in but will they come up short?

The Hammers have been looking to retain the majority of players, but we’re accepting that certain departures were inevitable, one of which being Crysencio Summerville.

Amongst all the interest, West Ham set a price tag of £50m on him and Kretinsky has stuck to his named price, without a budget in sight.

Whilst Manchester United were interested in the Dutchman, they would have to sell Marcus Rashford before pursuing a deal, leading to complications, leaving just Aston Villa and Roma to compete for Jimmy.

Aston Villa have received an enormous pay cheque after selling Morgan Rogers to Chelsea for an astronomical £117m, meaning they’re now weighing up their options before inevitably smashing any club out of the water.

Roma are continuously putting bids towards West Ham, but they’re short of our asking price and the club are beginning to be frustrated. Summerville is open to the move to Roma and personal terms aren’t expected to be an issue, but at this moment in time, the Italian side, with their minimal money, are only conjuring up €45m (£39m) which is still around £10m off the asking price.

Roma are attempting to pinpoint and pressure West Ham into accepting a lower price by insinuating that if the club maintain their price, they’ll switch over to target Garnacho of Chelsea, however, the Hammers don’t appear moved by their Italian tactics.

Italian sides are known to often pay higher fees in a ludicrous amount of instalments which isn’t going to incentivise West Ham, it’s a problem all clubs face when selling a player of a higher fee to Italy, it’s always the same!

Summerville is very likely to leave West Ham this Summer, but another thing that is for certain is West Ham won’t accept less than £50m, and if they do, it’s got a very incentivising payment schedule.

Today the club have officially announced that Jarrod Bowen will be staying at West Ham United and has signed a revised contract upon his agreement to stay.

West Ham released a video over two minutes long and confirmed that Jarrod Bowen was staying at West Ham next season despite all the inevitable rumours.

Jarrod discusses how his goals are to get West Ham back to the Premier League and also about how he likes the club. He also mentioned that he met with Daniel Kretinsky in Prague and after speaking to him was impressed by the vision for the club and was looking forward to the future.

After the meeting, he said “It didn’t take a lot for me [to stay], because this Club means a lot to me.”

Jarrod staying doesn’t obviously just bolster our hopes of returning back to the Premier League, but it’s also a huge incentive for other players to join, encouraging them to join a side that might not be at the pinnacle of English Football at the moment, but could be in just a year's time.

It’s a massive moment for fans and a massive statement by West Ham. Jarrod Bowen has kept his word that many believed he wouldn’t uphold and now it’s on the club to deliver on the promises behind the scenes.

Amongst all the inevitable departures, seemingly the next departure on the list is Wan-Bissaka, who has made it known to the West Ham hierarchy that he doesn’t want to be in the Championship and would like to move away ahead of the upcoming campaign.

West Ham have set a price tag of £25m on the Congolese international - yes, you are reading that correctly, but that is what happens when a club won’t give in and actually sticks to their guns, nice for a change!

Two clubs have made their interest known to West Ham at the moment, those two being Arsenal and Everton. David Moyes attempted to sign the former Manchester United man previously but failed; however, whilst he now may have the opportunity, he is said not to be too keen on him and is currently opting for other targets.

Arsenal, on the other hand, are interested in Wan-Bissaka and believe he could be a good backup to Ben White. Despite winning the league, a right back was a position Arsenal needed to strengthen the team, so it’s a true possibility, but at the moment it’s been nothing more than loose talk with nothing concrete on the table.

Whether it’s a move to Arsenal, Everton or neither, Spider-Wan wants to web his way out of West Ham.

Fortunately, Nuno appeared not to be the most keen on Aaron Wan-Bissaka towards the back end of the season, opting for Walker-Peters instead, who has also indicated to the hierarchy he would be happy to stay at West Ham in the Championship next season.

Presuming Wan-Bissaka would be sold, West Ham United would look to sign another right-back.