Journalist says West Ham are already now 'in talks' to sign 'amazing' forward - report

West Ham United are in talks to sign forward Jesse Lingard on a Bosman deal and already have a plan in place for after the ‘deal is completed’, according to reports.

As reliably reported elsewhere, Lingard remains a priority target for Moyes and the Hammers following their previous attempts to bring him back to the London Stadium.

The 29-year-old dazzled on loan at West Ham for the second half of the 2020/2021 Premier League season, scoring nine goals and assisting four others in 16 starts.

Rio Ferdinand was quick to praise the ‘amazing‘ Lingard during this spell but he couldn’t quite fight his way into the United starting eleven over 21/22.

Moyes is apparently pushing to seal Lingard on a permanent deal this window with a Turkish reporter now sharing what he knows on the situation.

According to the journalist who works for Italian news outlet Calcio In Pillole, West Ham are indeed ‘in talks’ to sign Lingard.

As well as this, Moyes and co apparently have a plan for ‘when the deal is completed’ – and that is to ‘seek offers’ for winger Said Benrahma (Twitter).

It appears the Irons boss wants to replace Benrahma with Lingard this summer as he aims to upgrade and rotate his squad, coming as a fair few decisions are made behind-the-scenes.

As West Ham set their sights on transfer targets, the east Londoners are seemingly willing to let many current first teamers depart in their stead – including the likes of Tomas Soucek according to recent reports.

This could be a really interesting summer for GSB and one which may well define their 2022/2023 season and beyond.

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