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West Ham to fight host of Premier League clubs for Dutch under-21 star

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West Ham are amongst a string of Premier League clubs believed to be interested in signing Feyenoord prodigy Tonny Vilhena this summer, The Express report.

The livewire attacker is adjudged as a rising star of the Dutch game and has impressed for the Rotterdam outfit over recent seasons.

Vilhena’s performances for the Eredivisie outfit have seen him as a regular feature for the Netherlands under-21 side over the last three years.

The latest report suggests that Southampton and Leicester are ready to battle for the winger, but that the Hammers also have an interested in him.

Vilhena has scored five league goals this season in 17 Eredivisie starts and is also being touted as a target for the likes of Swansea, Bournemouth, Sunderland and West Brom.

The Feyenoord youth product has made it clear that he wants to leave his boyhood club and looks destined for a move to England at the end of the current campaign.

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