Everton’s interest in Willian Jose is bad news for West Ham.
Real Sociedad’s Willian Jose
Everton are taking a close interest in Brazilian attacker Willian Jose, report The Sun.
The forward has struck 11 goals in 24 games for Real Sociedad this season, and is reported to be valued at around £25 million.
The 25-year-old was last month claimed by Calcio Mercato to be on West Ham’s radar, with the East London club continually looking for reinforcements in attack.
Everton’s interest in the forward could be significantly damaging to West Ham’s own aspirations of landing the goalscorer.
The Toffees for one are higher placed in the Premier League this season, and better set to convince Willian Jose that he would be joining a club on the up, compared to West Ham who have gone backwards on their seventh placed finish of last season and face a fight to finish in the top 10, currently sitting 12th.
Everton investor Farhad Moshiri and chairman Bill Kenwright in the stands
Everton are also better equipped financially to splash the cash, thanks to the investment of Iranian mogul Farhad Moshiri.
Recent comments from Romelu Lukaku urging him to do so make it likely the Toffees will invest heavily this summer, and they could potentially blow West Ham out of the water. Should they sell Lukaku, they will have even more funds available.
If Lukaku stays, Everton could argue than playing alongside the Belgian would be more tempting to Willian Jose than the prospect of partnering Andy Carroll at West Ham.
A deal for West Ham is not impossible if they make more of an effort, and try to go the extra mile to show the La Liga ace that he is wanted by them more than at Everton, potentially even being able to offer a clearer shot of first team football.
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