West Ham United reportedly want to sign Antonio Valencia of Manchester United.
According to The Sun, West Ham are interested in signing Valencia in the summer of 2019.
It has been reported by the British tabloid that West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini will make a move for the 33-year-old – who can operate as a right-back or as a right-winger – if Pablo Zabaleta leaves at the end of the season.
According to The Sun, Valencia is out of contract at United at the end of the season, and no new deal is in place.
The Ecuador international, who has been on the books of the Red Devils since 2009, has made just five appearances in the Premier League and only three in the Champions League for United so far this season, according to WhoScored.
Former Celtic and Chelsea striker Cascarino, who now works as a pundit for talkSPORT, has given his take on West Ham’s reported interest in Valencia.
Cascarino said about Valencia on the Weekend Sports Breakfast show on talkSPORT this past Sunday (9:38am, February 17, 2019): “Interestingly, Antonio Valencia has been brilliant in every year for United really up until this season when he has been a bit hit and miss really, injuries, Jose left him out at times.
“He was club captain as well. Certainly a player that has done brilliantly well, probably the first time that he had dip in his career since he left from Wigan to Man United. So yeah, I could see why they would have interest.”
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