West Ham are believed to be one of a number of Premier League clubs interested in signing Fiorentina centre-back Nikola Milenkovic this summer.
The Serbian internatonal has also been linked with the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City in recent days, with the defender set to be made available for €30m (£26m) with his contract running into its final year.
Supporters on Twitter agree the Hammers are not the favourites to land Milenkovic but they feel that a deal could still be on the cards, even if the London club are not in the Champions League:
if West Ham pull this off it would be such a good signing. he is absolutely fantastic
— eklavya (@EklavyaChawla16) May 10, 2021
Ye I agree he would be a great signing we need him
— call.898 (@eplmad) May 10, 2021
Europa still a massive step up from fiorentina so never know
— Seb (@SebAlphaMale) May 10, 2021
I wouldn’t say so. I think he’d be happy to join with the project we’ve got.
Could always offer Anderson in a part swap too ?— Arthur (@FornalsFluency) May 11, 2021
Think Man Utd have been heavily linked, would love to see this happen though would be the best signing we could make this summer.
— Rob Waldon WHUFC #GSBOUT (@RobWaldon) May 10, 2021
GET HIM IN
— call.898 (@eplmad) May 10, 2021
25M price tag, we don’t have that budget…
— Blue Punk Boys (@bluepunkboys) May 11, 2021
It won’t happen it’s not on Sullivan’s agent players
— Mark wake (@Markwake14) May 10, 2021
Fiorentina will be forced into selling the 23-year-old at the end of the season so it will all come down to whether clubs are prepared to stump up the cash.
Out of all the other English teams involved, Manchester United are probably the ones who may consider making a bid, although the fact that Eric Bailly has recently signed a new deal may see them cool their interest. If others don’t make their move, though, there is every chance West Ham could swoop in.
