Denis Zakaria to West Ham is a transfer rumour that has been bubbling for quite some time now. It is progressing well for both parties according to rumours.
Indeed, the Swiss midfielder has been linked with the Hammers for a number of weeks now. But, by the sounds of it, this isn’t the most straightforward transfer of all time.
According to Dean Jones, speaking on the Ranks FC Ultras Podcast, there is a bit of an issue. That is in that Juventus want to sell Zakaria permanently, while West Ham only want to loan him.
Luckily, Jones can see a compromise being reached here. And reckons that a loan with an obligation to buy that is based on appearances could be negotiated.
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Jones shared what he knows about the £6m man.
“Denis Zakaria is interesting because Juventus want to sell him and West Ham want to loan him, Juventus are saying ok you can loan him, but at the end of it you have to buy him. West Ham have said no they don’t Chelsea didn’t have to do it so why should they do that? That didn’t work out for anyone, and if they want to loan him they have to buy him. West Ham are like ‘we will see, we will come back to you because we don’t really want to do that.’ What I think is being proposed now is a loan deal if he plays a set number of games for West Ham that sets the obligation into play, that’s a path I can see being explored.” Jones said.
