West Ham United to sell two strikers for Jhon Duran deal after Niclas Fullkrug confirmed

West Ham may end their pursuit of Jhon Duran after confirming the signing of Niclas Fullkrug.

The former Six Foot Two editor reported via his X account on 5 August that sources at the club claim multiple currenet strikers would have to leave in order for the Irons to bring in the Aston Villa man.

Tim Steidten and Julen Lopetegui pushed for the Colombian during the transfer window after identifying him as the top centre-forward target.

West Ham pursuit of Aston Villa forward may be over
Since Villa have been holding out for £40m for Duran [James Nursey, 22 July] it is probably no shock that he is going to be out of reach without significant departures.

Although neither of Fullkrug or Crysencio Summerville [Plettenberg, 3 August] have come in for outrageous fees they to represent approximately £50m in spending, on top of £40m for Max Kilman and another £25m for Luis Guilherme.

It seemed that the budget wasn’t stretching as it was after the latter two before Steidten came up with an excellent push to get the former duo over the line, with free agent Guido Rodriguez also imminent.