Does Newcastle’s and West Ham’s Choupo-Moting interest reflect lack of ambition?

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Stoke City’s impending Premier League relegation has both Newcastle United and West Ham planning a swoop for Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting.

Fans of both Newcastle United and West Ham want to see some ambition in the transfer market from their under-fire owners this summer.

But the latest player linked with a move to St James’ Park and the London Stadium does not exactly suggest that either Mike Ashley nor Davids Gold and Sullivan are ready to go all out to take their respective clubs to the next level.

According to the Gambling Times, Stoke City are set to lose a number of their key players with relegation from the Premier League looking more and more like an inevitability.

And it is understood that Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting is a man in demand with Newcastle and West Ham joining Everton, Leicester and Watford in the race for a player who joined from Schalke on a free transfer last summer.

Choupo-Moting might have been one of Stoke’s more impressive players this season but, in reality, that is not really saying much.

Five goals and five assists is a decent tally but, if Newcastle and West Ham are to push on from respective mid-table finishes and target Europe next season, they really should be looking at more exciting targets than a 29-year-old whose debut Premier League season is likely to end in relegation.

Newcastle and West Ham fans would surely rather see the likes of Alassane Plea, the £15 million Nice forward who is in red-hot form in Ligue 1, arrive this summer.

Choupo-Moting, however, would be a very underwhelming addition on paper.