West Ham could bring 'extremely fast' £26m star to the London Stadium

West Ham could look to bring in David Raum from the Bundesliga this summer to put pressure on Aaron Cresswell for his place in the team, according to transfer insider Dean Jones.

Cresswell has been a largely reliable player for West Ham since joining the club in 2014, but he has made some costly errors lately.

The 32-year-old has racked up 291 appearances for the Irons over the last eight years, and has been the side’s first-choice left-back for most of this period. He has also proven his versatility by filling in as a centre-back from time to time.

However, things have gone wrong for him in recent weeks in the Europa League.

In West Ham’s quarter-final first leg match against Lyon, Cresswell was shown a straight red card for a last-man challenge that prevented a goalscoring opportunity. David Moyes’ men managed to still go on to win that tie, but Cresswell then repeated his mistake in the semi-finals.

This time, it was in the second leg against Eintracht Frankfurt, and the east London club were unable to recover from his early sending-off, meaning that they exited the competition at the last-four stage.

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Jones thinks West Ham will target bringing in a new left-back in the off-season to provide competition for Cresswell.

According to SportBILD via Sport Witness, West Ham are interested in Hoffenheim’s Raum, and Jones believes he would be a “realistic” option for the Hammers.

Speaking about the left-back role at West Ham, Jones told GIVEMESPORT: “It’s a really important position because they need back-up, and Cresswell has been on rocky ground for the last week or so. It just underlines the fact that you need to bring in support in that area of the