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title: "West Ham sends scouts to watch Portuguese midfielder"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2015/12/02/west-ham-sends-scouts-watch-portuguese-midfielder/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2015-12-02T11:13:52Z"
modified: "2015-12-02T11:13:52Z"
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# West Ham sends scouts to watch Portuguese midfielder

West Ham sent scouts to watch SC Braga midfielder Rafa Silva in recent days.

According to Sport Witness, who quote Portuguese source O Jogo, the Hammers along with some of Europe’s top clubs were in attendance of Braga’s 0-2 defeat at the hands of Benfica on Monday night.

> \#mufc #gunners #whufc #readingfc #psv #fcutrecht #Sampdoria #Atalanta #betis #GranadaCF scouts were at Sporting Braga 0-2 benfica on Mon
>
> — @scoutsattending

22-year-old midfielder Rafa Silva was the main point of interest for West Ham on the night, who are said to be interested in making a January move for the player.

Silva broke through last season, scoring five goals and recording six assists in 43 appearances for Braga, seeing him earn his first international caps for Portugal in the process.

This season he’s stepped up his game again, and is on pace to surpass last season’s efforts with four goals and five assists in just 16 games this season, which would be his best season of his career.

West Ham saw Dimitri Payet go down to injury last month and have yet to win since he’s been in the treatment room, and could do with some depth in the creative department.