West Ham look to have finalised their first signing of the January transfer window before the new year begins.
Nuno Espirito Santo is desperate for transfers this winter as his side are four points adrift of safety in the Premier League.
West Ham are expected to be busy as signing attackers as well as defenders is the priority for the London Stadium outfit.
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Adama Traore set to join West Ham
According to AS, Adama Traore will be leaving Fulham in January and join the Hammers.
The Spaniard’s contract at Craven Cottage runs out at the end of the season, so they want to cash in on him this winter.
Nuno shared a good working relationship with the 29-year-old during their time at Wolves and is now keen on a reunion.
Traore’s signing is a special request from the Portuguese to the Hammers hierarchy, and he’s set to join immediately.
The West Ham manager wanted Premier League experience, and in the Fulham forward, he is getting someone who’s made 259 appearances in the English top flight.
Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesWill West Ham sign another attacker?
Signing an attacker, specifically a striker, was the main demand of Nuno in the January transfer window.
Traore’s arrival could signal plans to move Jarrod Bowen to a central striker role permanently, but that does not seem to be the case.
The pursuit of the Fulham winger is indepent to that of an out-and-out number nine.
West Ham want Jorgen Strand Larsen from Wolves and are even ready to make a bid for him.
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So, a striker signing is very much on the cards, even if Traore is to become the first arrival of the January transfer window.
It remains to be seen if that striker is Larsen, as Wolves are demanding quite a lot of money for the Norway international.
Apart from a striker, the Hammers are also keen on bringing in a new centre-back before the window closes.
Charlie Cresswell has admirers at the London Stadium, and a Toulouse exit could be on the cards for him in the coming weeks.
There are other options being considered too, but Nathan Ake surely will not be joining.
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