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title: "West Ham make £19m bid for Manolo Gabbidini"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2016/07/05/west-ham-make-19m-bid-manolo-gabbidini/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2016-07-05T19:08:44Z"
modified: "2016-07-05T19:08:44Z"
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# West Ham make £19m bid for Manolo Gabbidini

West Ham have made a move to sign Napoli and Italy striker Manolo Gabbiadini this summer.

According to Italian journalist Nicolo Schira of Calciomercato and la Gazzetta dello Sport, the Hammers have bid €23m (£19m) plus bonuses for Gabbiadini this afternoon.

> Twitter: #WestHam is really interested in Manolo #Gabbiadini: Hammers have offered to #Napoli € 23 milion more bonus #transfers #WHUFC (@NicoSchira)

We brought news to you earlier this afternoon of [West Ham’s interest in Gabbiadini](https://readwestham.com/2016/07/05/west-ham-keen-signing-gabbiadini/), but they faced competition from the likes of Stoke and Wolfsburg for his services.

Despite playing second-fiddle to the record-breaking Gonzalo Higuain this season, Gabbiadini still managed to find the net nine times this season and record four assists in 30 appearances.

![Maurizio Lagana/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2016/06/520215442-1024x743.jpg)

The Serie A side will sanction a sale if their €25m asking price is met in full, which is approximately £21m. However, it is believed that they would be willing to do business a little lower, at €22-23m which is roughly £19m – a club-record fee for West Ham.

West Ham’s €23m plus bonuses offer would likely come close to the €25m asking price Napoli set for the Italian international striker who appears set to leave Naples before the start of the season.