West Ham United make contact with Bournemouth for striker Dominic Solanke as Gianluca Scamacca deal agreed

West Ham United have made contact with Bournemouth about signing Dominic Solanke to replace Gianluca Scamacca, according to The Mirror.

Writing in their live transfer blog (5 August, 11:31) the newspaper report that the Hammers asked the Cherries bout the 24-yer-old

striker’s availability as they look to replace the outgoing Scamacca who is on his way to Atalanta for a medical.

But Bournemouth want to keep Solanke, meaning West Ham will have to look elsewhere if they want to add to their attacking options

this summer.

“West Ham have asked Bournemouth about Dominic Solanke as they look to replace Gianluca Scamacca,” they wrote.

“However, the Hammers look set to be disappointed with the Cherries keen to hang on to 24-year-old striker.”

Shame

It’s going to be very difficult at this stage of the transfer window to convince any teams to part ways with their first-choice striker,

nevermind a Premier League rival.

Solanke hit six Premier League goals last season as he helped the Cherries to survival against all the odds, and his skillset is similar to

that of Scamacca.

He’s tall, quick and a decent finisher with either foot but it’s his link up play and physical attributes that really stand out.

With Danny Ings struggling since his move and Michail Antonio’s future at t he club up in the air, the 24-year-old would be a sensible

option to come in as he covers the position for several years and knows the league well already too.

So it’s a shame that the club have stalled long enough for the deal to not really be an option at this stage, and we’l have to be more

creative with our targets.

Moises Caicedo to Chelsea transfer takes shock twist as crucial £40m decision awaits Todd Boehly

Chelsea transfer news: The Blues are facing two crucial decisions in their pursuit of Moises Caicedo with a major impact on

Mohammed Kudus

Chelsea may have to pay Brighton’s asking price if they want to sign Moises Caicedo this summer – but there is a crucial decision to

make first before accepting Brighton’s demands. Four bids have been lodged from Stamford Bridge thus far with Brighton rejecting all

of them and continuing to insist that they will only accept package deals worth £100million.

Declan Rice’s triple-figure transfer from West Ham to Arsenal certainly didn’t help matters, while Chelsea doing the same for Enzo

Fernandez earlier in the year set the precedent. football.london understands Caicedo and the Blues have reached an agreement on

personal terms, but the problems arise when attempting to agree an appropriate fee with the Seagulls.

A meeting with Caicedo’s entourage and Brighton’s hierarchy took place towards the latter end of the club’s USA pre-season tour.

However, no significant progress was made on a potential transfer with Brighton refusing to budge on their £100milion stance.

The transfer saga then appeared to take a major twist with The Athletic reporting an “unidentified” club lodged an offer for Caicedo

earlier this week. Varying speculation has seen Premier League clubs named as the unknown bidder while a Saudi Arabian side have

also been suggested, however it looks unlikely to affect Chelsea.