West Ham are lining up a move to sign former Arsenal midfielder Oguzhan Ozyakup from Besiktas, according to The Mirror.
The Turkish international was signed by Arsenal as a youngster, but he never made the grade and was sold to Besiktas for a fee of €500,000 (roughly £300,000).
Since then, he has developed considerably and is now valued at £10million.
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic knows Ozyakup well, having managed him last season, and is said to be a big fan of his.
Ozyakup represented the Netherlands at U17 & U19 levels but switched his allegiances to Turkey at the U21 level.
In Septemeber this year, he scored his first international goal, ironically against the Netherlands.
The midfielder was linked with a move back to Arsenal earlier in the month, but West Ham look to have entered the fold, and the possibility of working with his former manager could entice him to Upton Park in January.
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