Germany’s Bundesliga is a division which has gone under-exploited by West Ham’s scouting team in recent years, with Havard Nordtveit the only obvious exception to the rule.
But there exists a plethora of defensive talent in Germany and perhaps more importantly, sale prices aren’t as extreme as they are in the English leagues.
West Ham have been linked with Tottenham’s Kieran Trippier but the former Burnley right-back is likely to come with a hefty price tag given Daniel Levy’s historic reluctance to deal with the club.
With Slaven Bilic reportedly desperate to land a right-back by the beginning of West Ham’s 2017/18 campaign next term, he could do far worse than to look to the Bundesliga for a solution to the Hammers’ right-back woes.
The Bundesliga is a highly technical, intense league which constantly produces the kind of composed, ball-playing defenders that have become so intensely prized in England in recent times.
Here are two right-backs from the Bundesliga we think would improve the Hammers defence…
