West Ham face competition from Liverpool and Arsenal for the signing of highly-rated Walsall defender Rico Henry.
It was claimed yesterday that the Hammers were the latestside to show an interest in the young defender, who has also been attracting the interest of some of England’s biggest sides.
After breaking into the Walsall first-team during the 2014/15 season, Henry became a regular starter for the Saddlers this past season, making 44 appearances in all competitions, scoring his first professional goal in the process.
Leeds are also interested in making a £1m move for Henry this summer should they sell left-back Charlie Taylor, but they face competition from Burnley, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham for the teenage prodigy.
The Gunners, as well as Liverpool, Leicester, Southampton and Swansea all had scouts watch the 19-year-old England U19 international left-back during the season with a view to making a summer swoop.
West Ham have loaned out Stephen Hendrie to Blackburn Rovers for the season, leaving just Lewis Page as a viable deputy for Aaron Cresswell who has been an ever-present at left-back following his arrival from Ipswich two years ago.
Rico Henry would be a talented back-up for Cresswell going forward and could offer some rest-bite for the former Tranmere star in the domestic cup competitions as well as in the Europa League.
