FC Porto have reportedly decided to let Moussa Marega go to the Premier League with Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United linked.
West Ham cannot celebrate yet. Because Moussa Marega is still a Porto player and they are not the only Premier League club interested in signing the striker with CM Jornal claiming that Wolverhampton Wanderers are in the mix.
Reports from A Bola on Thursday suggested that Marega was all-but certain to become West Ham’s first signing of the summer transfer window.
Porto’s president Pinto da Costa had apparently finalised the details ahead of what would be a £34 million move to the London Stadium for the club’s Malian international talisman.
But it is not over till the fat lady sings – or until David Gold posts a picture on Twitter of Marega wearing the famous claret and blue kit.
According to CM Jornal, Wolves have joined West Ham in the ‘front line’ to sign the 28-year-old this summer. Wolves’ interest should hardly come as a surprise given that Raul Jimenez is the only real centre-forward available to Nuno Espirito Santo.
Porto have already decided that they will sell their 21-goal top scorer Marega to any club willing to trigger his £34 million release clause – a fee that would make him Wolves’ record signing.
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