West Ham will reply to transfer offer for player in next few days – Could arrive as early as this weekend

With Torino still hopeful of keeping Nikola Vlasic from West Ham United following his loan spell, it seems they’re now making their effort for the signing.

La Stampa, relayed by TuttoMercatoWeb, says club director Davide Vagnati already place the new effort for the 25-year-old, as was reported on Wednesday.

The report claims West Ham’s reply could arrive ‘within the weekend’, or, at most, by the start of the next week.

It isn’t exactly said how much Torino are putting on the table, or even how much the Hammers would like to accept the sale.

Vlasic was loaned by West Ham to Torino throughout the 2022/23 season, and with five goals and eight assists in 37 appearances, he left a very good impression there.

The Turin side have always expressed their wish to keep him, but seem to struggle a little to make a convincing offer for the Premier League side to sell.

The Croatian player is currently valued by Transfermarkt at €17m, although it’s a little unlikely that Torino will reach that amount.

He’s well protected by the Hammers with a contract running until 2026.

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West Ham United want to sign Joel Pohjanpalo as Michail Antonio replacement, four new signings mooted

West Ham are in the hunt to sign Venezia striker Joel Pohjanpalo as a replacement for exit-linked Michail Antonio, according to The Mirror.

The newspaper reported online on Wednesday (2 August) that Antonio, 33, wants to quit the London Stadium this summer “to explore pastures new”.

It is understood that 28-year-old Finland international Pohjanpalo is a potential replacement with West Ham confident they’ll be able to sign four new players before the transfer window closes on 1 September.

Pohjanpalo’s name isn’t exactly one that rolls of the tongue but those who have been keeping an eye on Italian football over the last 12 months will have seen the Helsinki-born striker scoring bags of goals for Venezia.

Last season, the former Bayer Leverkusen striker scored 19 goals and supplied seven assists in 38 appearances across all competitions for Venezia.

Unfortunately for him and for his club, Venezia missed out on promotion to Serie A due to a Serie B play-off loss to Cagliari, in which Pohjanpalo wore the captain’s armband.

The 63-times Finland international is a tall, powerful forward who loves to score headers and poachers’ finishes.

“Joel is a goalscorer. He fits our requirements perfectly, is physically robust and has proven his nose for goal in the past,” said Union Berlin sporting director Oliver Ruhnert, via the Bundesliga website, two years ago.

Pohjanpalo is, unfortunately, a bit of a journeyman.

Venezia are the ninth club of his professional career, including loan spells. He’s previously represented the likes of HJK Helsinki, Fortuna Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Union Berlin and Caykur Rizespor before joining Venezia last year.

He’s been impressive in Italy’s second tier but can this physical forward replicate those performances as a replacement for Antonio in the Premier League?

It seems unlikely.

In other West Ham United news, Dharmesh Sheth has issued an update on a “compromise” between Southampton and the Irons for James Ward-Prowse.