West Ham United reportedly want to bring Sebastian Haller to the Premier League after a fantastic Bundesliga season with Eintracht Frankfurt.
Sebastien Haller is ‘not particularly interested’ in swapping Eintracht Frankfurt for West Ham United this summer, according to L’Equipe.
The Hammers have spent pretty much all of the summer trying to sign a marquee centre-forward. Yet that has clearly been easier said than done.
Salomon Rondon is still at West Brom, the Maxi Gomez saga continues to run and run while Aleksandar Mitrovic has surprisingly committed his future to recently-relegated Fulham.
And Haller is another who could be about to leave West Ham disappointed. Because L’Equipe claims that the giant Frenchman is unlikely to be tempted to leave the Bundesliga if the London Stadium is going to be his destination.
A striker who made his name in the Eredivisie with Utrecht, Haller has taken his game to a whole new level since moving to Germany in 2017. He produced 15 goals and nine assists for Frankfurt last season, his acrobatic finishing and fearsome leap leaving opposition defenders quaking in their studded boots.
Comparisons with Chelsea targetman Olivier Giroud, another man-mountain Frenchman who’s touch is as impressive as his jump, are certainly not wide of the mark.
But, for whatever reason, L’Equipe reports that Haller is likely to turn down a chance to move to the Premier League with West Ham. The search goes on.
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