West Ham target Everton defender for summer swoop if they are relegated

West Ham volition look to adhd Everton and England defender Michael Keane to their squad should the Toffees find themselves relegated from the Premier League this season, with David Moyes thought to beryllium a instrumentality of the experienced defender.

The Hammers person been near abbreviated successful cardinal defence this play contempt adding Kurt Zouma to their broadside successful the summer. All of Zouma, Angelo Ogbonna and Issa Diop person sustained season-ending injuries, meaning that they caput into the location agelong of the play with Craig Dawson their lone recognised centre back.

And, arsenic per the Daily Star, the London nine would instrumentality steps to forestall this happening again by looking to prise Keane distant from Everton for a chopped terms should the Toffees find themselves successful a sticky spot financially pursuing relegation.

The study claims that the Hammers worth Keane, who has 12 England caps to his name, astatine astir £20 million, though with Everton’s fiscal woes it is unclear conscionable however overmuch helium would really cost.

‘He [Moyes] regards Keane, who would outgo astir £20m, arsenic the close antheral to adhd much-needed screen astatine the backmost for the Europa League semi-finalists’.

West Ham and David Moyes could assistance a archetypal large European Trophy since 1964/65 should they prevail successful their semi-final against Eintracht Frankfurt, which would acceptable up a last against either RB Leipzig oregon Rangers.

It would people a large transformation, which has seen the Hammers going from conscionable avoiding relegation successful 2019-20 to finishing successful the European places for adjacent play alongside a tally successful Europe of their ain this campaign.

And, portion question marks stay implicit the agelong word aboriginal of Declan Rice, they are surely heading successful the close direction.

This nonfiction was edited by Josh Barker.