West Ham United have reportedly received a £15million bid for Issa Diop from Premier League rivals Fulham.
The defender, who has just a year left on his contract at the London Stadium, is said to have been the subject of a £15m bid from the Cottagers who won the Championship title last season and will be back in the Premier League this season under Marco Silva.
Diop is expected to be behind Kurt Zouma, Craig Dawson, £30m summer signing Nayef Aguerd and Angelo Ogbonna in the Hammers' centre-back pecking order, while right-back Ben Johnson can also play in that position.
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The Athletic are reporting that Silva’s side, who have already signed Andreas Pereira and Kevin Mbabu from Manchester United and Wolfsburg respectively this summer, have launched a £15m bid to sign Diop, which is claimed to be £3m higher than an original bid they made for him.
The French defender has scored eight goals in 121 appearances for the Hammers since his arrival from hometown club Toulouse four years ago, featuring seven times in their run to the semi-finals of the Europa League last summer.
David Moyes’ side have already spent north of £80m this summer to sign Aguerd, Alphonse Areola, Flynn Downes and Gianluca Scamacca, as well as having interest in Eintracht Frankfurt’s Filip Kostic, Burnley’s Maxwel Cornet and Lille’s Amadou Onana.
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