Despite the Premier League winner\u2019s medal which now shines brightly amongst his personal collection of prizes, Elliott is keen to leave Liverpool in favour of more regular minutes. Having started only twice in the top-flight last season, his role in Arne Slot\u2019s title triumph was, therefore, akin to that of an extra cast into the shadows of an Oscar-winning picture.<\/p>\n
A source close to the London Stadium boardroom informed Hammers News that West Ham have a \u2018small chance\u2019 of landing Harvey Elliott<\/a> before the September deadline. <\/p>\n A small chance is still a chance, of course.<\/p>\n When it comes to another midfielder tired of waiting for opportunities which looked destined never to arrive \u2013 Tyler Morton is stuck behind Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Wataru Endo and Curtis Jones \u2013 it appears that a bid of \u00a315 million will do the trick. <\/p>\n According to the Daily Mail<\/a>, West Ham \u2018would love\u2019 to sign both Harvey Elliott<\/a> and Tyler Morton.<\/p>\n But, while the Hammers realistically need to raise more funds via sales before they can meet Elliott\u2019s \u00a340 million price-tag, the more affordable Morton is opting for a completely new challenge outside of English borders.<\/p>\n \u201cOlympique Lyon [are] closing in on Tyler Morton deal with Liverpool for \u00a315m transfer fee,\u201d Fabrizio Romano wrote on his official X account on Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n \u201cNegotiations at final stages.\u201d<\/p>\n According to reports, Morton agreed personal terms with Lyon earlier in the week. <\/p>\n Les Gones, who will be playing Ligue 1 football again next season after their relegation for financial reasons was overturned, shifted their focus to Morton after failing to agree a fee with Nice for Pierre Lees-Melou.<\/p>\n A 22-year-old with thirteen appearances for England at Under-21 level, Morton impressed during loan spells at Hull City and Blackburn Rovers. He did not make even a single appearance in the Premier League under Arne Slot, however.<\/p>\n While top target Raphael Onyedika is in no rush to leave Club Brugge<\/a>, and while Morton is on his way to France, West Ham still have plenty of other options in mind.<\/p>\n Hammers News understands that Aston Villa want \u00a350 million-plus for Jacob Ramsey<\/a>, however. One EFL expert thinks Southampton will command a similarly huge fee for Shea Charles<\/a> a year or two down the line, too.<\/p>\n Former Manchester City kid Charles, alongside Saints teammate Mateus Fernandes, is another athletic, ball-carrying midfielder on Potter\u2019s radar.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he\u2019ll be the standout central midfielder in the Championship this season,\u201d Football League pundit Ali Maxwell said on the Not The Top 20 podcast.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m actually so bullish on Shea Charles that, without wanting to over exaggerate, I would say he\u2019s one, maybe two seasons away from being considered a \u00a350 \u2013 \u00a360 million player.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is a player with so few weaknesses. When it comes to interceptions, key passes, tackles\u2026 He covers so much ground. He\u2019s physically impeccable for a 21-year-old. And, on the ball as well, just divine.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, as you can tell, I am pretty up for seeing Shea Charles play for Southampton!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A report last week claimed that West Ham United were \u2018a long way off\u2019 finalising a deal for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,15146,29204,1417,574,561,82,29205],"class_list":{"0":"post-40706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fabrizio-romano","11":"tag-harvey-elliott","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-soccer","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-tyler-morton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Fabrizio](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2189377432-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty ImagesWest Ham United miss out as Lyon near Liverpool\u2019s Tyler Morton<\/p>\n![\"Tyler](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2196711323-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Rene Nijhuis\/MB Media\/Getty ImagesShea Charles tipped for stardom as Hammers eye Southampton wonderkid<\/p>\n