West Ham United are keen to snap up Southampton defender Jose Fonte.
According to a report in The Sun, West Ham United have submitted a £4 million offer for Southampton defender Jose Fonte.
Fonte has submitted a transfer request at St. Mary’s, with the Saints willing to listen to offers for the centre-back.
Southampton boss Claude Puel has admitted that Fonte could leave Southampton in the January transfer window, with a number of clubs circling.
Everton are thought to be keen to snap up the experienced Euro 2016 winner, but West Ham have attempted to jump to the front of the queue by making a bid.
The Hammers’ reported offer of £4 million is some way short of Southampton’s valuation of the centre-back, which has been reported as £12 million (Daily Mirror).
West Ham have been on the hunt for bargains since the transfer window opened, with similarly small bids being lodged for Sunderland’s Jermain Defoe and Hull City’s Robert Snodgrass.
If Fonte was to move to West Ham, he would be in competition with the likes of Winston Reid, James Collins and Reece Oxford for a place in Slaven Bilic’s first-team.
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