West Ham fans finally brought in a striker who they believed could end their woes with frontmen in the form of Sebastien Haller, who came into the club for £45m over the summer from Eintracht Frankfurt after helping the German side to the Europa League semi-finals (BBC).
Now, though, the Hammers are being linked with another striker, although this is one that the club simply have to avoid, seeing as the supporters have already had plenty of flops brought in and they really don’t need another one.
The player we’re talking about is Mario Mandzukic. The World Cup finalist is a name who has been around the top level of European football for a very long time, having scored in two different Champions League finals for Bayern Munich and Juventus, as well as in the 2018 World Cup final.
Unfortunately, though, Juventus are now not giving the player his chance at the moment, considering the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala are all ahead of him in the pecking order at the Turin club and at the age of 33-years-old his powers are waning.
That’s where these links to the Premier League have come from. Calcio Mercato report that Mandzukic could be set to sign for Manchester United, yet two London clubs in Tottenham and West ham are interested. The fee is only supposedly meant to be around 10-15m euros, but even that is a lot.
Have the board invested enough in the last few seasons?
Yes
No
At 33-years-old and with zero minutes of Seri A action to his name this season (Transfermarkt), it’s clear that the Croat is not in the plans of Maurizio Sarri, and that he’s not the player he once was, so West Ham simply have to avoid taking the hit, as they’ve already got a much younger and more capable target man in the form of Haller.
