West Ham signing Joao Mario from Inter Milan is a massive coup when only a few weeks ago Manchester United and PSG were interested.
Joao Mario of FC Internazionale in action during the Serie A match against SSC Napoli.
Mario would become David Moyes’ first signing since becoming Hammers manager in November and could add the creativity to his squad that the Scot so desperately wants.
West Ham United manager David Moyes awaits kick off in the English Premier League football match against Bournemouth.
It could also come at a crucial time with both Marko Arnautovic and Manuel Lanzini sidelined with injuries and the Portugal international would arrive at the London Stadium with quite the reputation having cost Inter £35m when he was signed from Sporting Lisbon in the summer of 2016.
In fact as recently as January 3 Mario was being linked with two of the biggest clubs in European football in Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain – as outlined by talkSPORT.
Jose Mourinho, manager of Manchester United, looks on ahead of the Premier League match against Burnley.
The 25-year-old was tipped to be involved in a swap deal involving Henrikh Mkhitaryan if he were to join the Red Devils – although the Armenian has since gone to Arsenal in a similar transfer that saw Alexis Sanchez come the other way – while PSG were also thought to be keen.
Therefore the fact that Moyes has won the race to bring Mario to West Ham is quite the coup and could just be the latest success in what has been a positive turnaround at the club under the guidance of the 54-year-old.
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