West Ham are chasing Genoa full-back.
West Ham have failed with their opening offer for Genoa’s Diego Laxalt, report Tuttomercatoweb.
The Uruguay international impressed at the World Cup and Genoa face a fight to hold onto him.
West Ham’s bid is reportedly 12 million Euros (£10.6 million) and this has been rejected by the Serie A side.
Genoa are reportedly looking for closer to £16 million and negotiations are said to be continuing.
Laxalt can play at left-back or as a wing-back and has been with Genoa since 2016.
He signed with Inter Milan three years earlier but failed to establish himself as a first team player for the club.
At Genoa he has been a regular, racking up over 70 appearances for the club in two seasons.
West Ham have signed two South Americans already this summer, adding Felipe Anderson and Fabian Balbuena.
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