{"id":372125,"date":"2025-12-26T02:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T02:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/372125\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T02:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T02:38:22","slug":"sassuolo-make-transfer-fee-clear-as-west-ham-launch-move-to-sign-forward-armand-lauriente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/372125\/","title":{"rendered":"Sassuolo make transfer fee clear as West Ham launch move to sign forward Armand Lauriente"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>West Ham are understood to be keen on securing the services of Sassuolo forward Armand Lauriente in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/nuno-espirito-santo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nuno Espirito Santo<\/a> desperately wants to bring in a new striker as his side are currently on course to get relegated from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>          This is shocking! \ud83d\ude30 Relegation is going to be dire for West Ham\u2026 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">What would YOU do to avoid this mess?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Sullivan-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"West Ham owner David Sullivan\" class=\"wp-image-289681\" \/>     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/transfer-news\/west-ham-united-striker-niclas-fullkrug-spotted-in-another-country-as-transfer-talk-goes-into-overdrive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Niclas Fullkrug is AC Milan-bound<\/a>, leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham<\/a> short on a number nine, especially with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/callum-wilson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Callum Wilson<\/a> not viewed as a regular starter by Nuno.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.areanapoli.it\/calciomercato\/napoli-idea-lauriente-del-sassuolo-per-gennaio-il-west-ham-e-alla-finestra_616502.html#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Area Napoli<\/a>, the Hammers have made it known that they want to sign Lauriente in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Via intermediaries, West Ham have expressed interest in the French striker and have made contact with the Serie A side over the next steps.<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland previously made an effort to sign the 27-year-old, but he failed to agree on a deal to move to the Stadium of Light.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Black Cats now find themselves in a promising position in the Premier League, while the Hammers are in a relegation battle.<\/p>\n<p>Napoli are also admirers of Lauriente but cannot guarantee him a starting berth, which will not be the case at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250332139-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"US Sassuolo Calcio v ACF Fiorentina - Serie A\" \/>Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty ImagesSassuolo value Lauriente at \u00a322million <\/p>\n<p>Sassuolo are willing to part ways with their forward for a \u00a322million fee in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Even if it is an initial loan, they want that amount to be included as an obligation at the end of the loan deal.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen where he is on the Hammers\u2019 wishlist, as they have been linked with a host of strikers.<\/p>\n<p>          Strand Larsen will be the best striker West Ham have signed in years. He will save them from relegation\u2026 \ud83d\ude0d <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">What do YOU make of this transfer?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shearer-Strand-Larsen-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Shearer Strand Larsen\" class=\"wp-image-290310\" \/>Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Troy Parrott is high on West Ham\u2019s radar and the club are also considering Wolves forward Jorgen Strand Larsen.<\/p>\n<p>Lauriente is unlikely to take precedence over them, but this could be a deal the Irons decide to revisit closer to the end of the window if they fail to land their desired targets.<\/p>\n<p>Money is there to be spent, but it remains to be seen how much they can generate from player sales before splashing out funds on new signings.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best West Ham content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Ham are understood to be keen on securing the services of Sassuolo forward Armand Lauriente in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[201267,64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-372125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-armand-lauriente","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}