West Ham Transfer News: Crunch talks set as club seek £19.2m double deal

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West Ham must wait for Juventus to conclude their transfer dealings before landing Simone Zaza, it has emerged.

The Hammers are keen to secure Zaza to a £2.2million loan deal before transfer deadline day, with an £11m additional fee agreed if the club want to make the move permanent.

But they will only secure the 24-year-old if Juve retain fellow forward Fernando Llorente for the season, claims Gazzetta dello Sport.

Spaniard Llorente has caught the eye of Liga side Sevilla, who are ready to bid for the forward.

And, should the 30-year-old quit Serie A, Juventus are unlikely to permit Zaza's exit to the Premier League.

 

Another forward the club are interested in is Galatasaray ace Burak Yilmaz.

That is according to the London Evening Standard, who claim a £6m bid is in the making.

The Hammers have already had an offer reportedly rejected by the Turkish giants.

But Bilic is said to be keen on pursuing the 30-year-old.

 

West Ham will hold crunch talks with Enner Valencia after he hit out at the club medical department, while the Hammers continue their pursuit of a striker.

Valencia suffered a knee injury during a Europa League qualifier last month and will remained sidelined for some time.

And West Ham have moved to fill the space of their Ecuadorian striker, with Zaza their number one target alongside Yilmaz.

“West Ham seem to have forgotten that I’m injured. But they don’t let me speak to another doctor. I don’t understand why West Ham doctors are doing this to me,” Valencia told Ecuadorian radio station La Deportiva.

 

“The truth is that West Ham have not been supporting me. I have tried to ask an external doctor but the doctor of West Ham doesn’t want me to ask another doctor. It’s my health we are talking about here.

“I have been injured for a month and I still don’t know what the name of my injury is. I think I will have to ask a doctor to see me behind their backs. I have been thinking about going to an airport and getting out of London.”

The Daily Mirror claim his outburst will see him called in to Upton Park for a chat with club officials.