West Ham United are closing in on the signing of Gokhan Tore from Besiktas and Carlos Bacca of AC Milan.
Tore is expected to join Slaven Bilic’s side on Monday as he closes in on a loan move with a view to a permanent transfer at the end of the season. West Ham have relentlessly pursued Tore since the beginning of the year and it looks as if the board have negotiated a suitable financial deal for the winger. Besiktas president Fikret Orman has already confirmed the winger’s imminent arrival:
“We have loaned Gokhan Tore to West Ham, they made an offer and it appealed to us.” he stated.
The Turkish international will become the second winger to join the club this summer, with Valencia’s Sofiane Feghouli also joining Slaven Bilic’s side for free.
There have been a number of reports confirming that West Ham’s bid for AC Milan striker Carlos Bacca has been accepted. The Irons are willing to pay around £26 million for the Colombian international, who has scored 13 international goals in 33 appearances for his country.
The club will now focus on negotiating personal terms with the 29-year-old striker. According to ExWHUemployee, Bacca wants £120,000 a week but the Hammers feel as if this is an extortionate demand considering the fact that the striker has never played in England.
Bacca is now the overwhelming favourite to join West Ham and he is the club’s number one striker target after attempts to sign Michy Batshuayi and Alexandre Lacazette fell through. Bacca’s goalscoring pedigree is certainly impressive, the forward bagged 20 goals for Milan in all competitions last season despite their poor season.
