Arsenal jump ahead of West Ham for a striker Tim Steidten flew to sign after a new claim about Marcos Leonardo.
West Ham fans know to their benefit that when technical director Tim Steidten gets on his jet it usually means only one thing.
Steidten was widely regarded to have overseen one of the best transfer windows in the Premier League
As he spent the Declan Rice money from Arsenal very wisely indeed.
But West Ham, like Arsenal, have been criticised for failing to bring in the striker fans and pundits feel they both need.
The Hammers did try.
Arsenal leading the race to sign striker
There were reported moves for the likes of Hugo Ekitike and even Arsenal’s Folarin Balogun before he joined Monaco.
When Steidten jumped on a plane to Brazil to sign a striker before the summer window deadline,
West Ham fans fully expected him to return with Santos wonderkid Marcos Leonardo.
Steidten did hold talks with Santos to sign Leonardo. But in the end the move did not happen. And that, it seems, has left the door open for the Gunners.
90 Min recently claimed the 20-year-old star is still firmly on West Ham’s radar ahead of the January transfer window.
But now Arsenal have jumped ahead of West Ham for the striker Steidten flew to sign after a new Leonardo claim.
It’s difficult to know what to believe when it comes to transfer rumours.
But they say there’s no smoke without fire. And that’s bad news for West Ham because it seems Arsenal are very serious indeed about Leonardo.
Calciomercato in Italy, Goal in Brazil Football Transfers here in England are all independently claiming the Gunners have started talks to get a deal done for the striker,
Who scored 21 goals in 49 games across all competitions this term.
But it was not enough to save Santos from a relegation
Which means he is now reportedly available for just £12m.
West Ham’s big hope of beating Arsenal would be the offer of more guaranteed game time.
