West Ham United are reportedly keen on Lazio’s Felipe Anderson.
West Ham United are in the market for new signings this summer, and the links to Lazio ace Felipe Anderson have certainly caught the eyes of supporters.
The Hammers are set for a big summer having landed ex-Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini as their new manager, succeeding David Moyes in the London Stadium hot seat, and the Chilean needs backing with signings.
A whole host of players continue to be linked with moves to East London, and one recent rumour has suggested that West Ham have major money to spend this summer, and are looking to land exciting talents.
The Daily Mail report that West Ham want to land Lazio winger Felipe Anderson, and are willing to offer a huge £35million deal to bring the Brazilian to the London Stadium this summer.
Once one of Europe’s top young talents having impressed following a 2013 move from Santos to Lazio, Anderson has somewhat stalled in recent years, but did enjoy a decent campaign this past season.
The 25-year-old notched eight goals and 10 assists for Lazio in the 2017-18 campaign, but with just 15 starts in all competitions, West Ham are now looking to pounce by offering him first-team football.
Now, former West Ham ace Don Hutchison has offered his view on Anderson, taking to Twitter to suggest that the Brazilian has ‘so much ability’ but despite commentating on his games a number of times, he’s seen very few good performances from the West Ham target.
Hutchison added that Anderson needs to work ‘so much harder’ and is ‘very lazy’, but if West Ham can get him focused and firing, he could be very good – a description which sounds somewhat similar to Dimitri Payet’s billing when West Ham landed the Frenchman from Marseille in 2015.
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