West Ham United have made Fulham midfielder Joao Palhinha their top target as they seek a replacement for Declan Rice, according to the Daily Mail.
The Hammers are ‘confident’ they can land the Portuguese international for around £40m after lifting the Europa Conference League in Prague this week. There are no further details in the brief Mail report – and this seems optimistic in the extreme from the West Ham sources who have briefed Mail journalists Kieran Gill and Tum Balogun.
Palhinha, who enjoyed an outstanding first season in the English top flight after being reunited with Marco Silva at Craven Cottage following a £17m move from Sporting, said as recently as last weekend that he was very happy at Fulham, who have him under contract for a further four years with another twelve-month option. The 27 year-old led the Premier League in tackles last term and the Hammers would probably have to pay closer to the £100m they have been demanding for their departing captain to tempt Fulham into a sale.
i laughed when i read this
why on earth would we sell to a team thats going to be below us again next year
i sat next to a west ham supporter when they came to the cottage , He said at least 6 of the fulham team would get in the west ham team
so why on earth Paulinha would even entertain this is laughable
Fake news
West Ham try to get Fulham players every season
Doesn’t happen matrovic Robinson Carney
Adrobayio
Fulham won’t sell palhinia otherwise silva will leave
Living up to its old nickname ‘The Daily Liar’.
Palhinha is absolutely crap at handball so he will no fit in their team .
Why would Palinha go back to school when he already at University Also if we do sell TC and Reeeam is not selected give the Big Man the Captains armband
Reed is a shoe in for captain. He is a great team player, works hard and is first to congratulate goal scores (ours that is).
Good post Chloe yes Palinha is worth that £100 m if Rice is valued at around that figure by West Ham Basketball Club.Anyone watching both players at the Cottage could not fail to see how much better Palinha was that day .
We need to build on this year and keep our best players and get a few more good players in.COYW