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title: "Juventus turn down West Ham loan bid for Mandragora"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2016/07/13/west-ham-make-loan-bid-for-serie-a-star-12939/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ste Hoare"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2016-07-13T18:30:00Z"
modified: "2016-07-13T18:30:00Z"
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# Juventus turn down West Ham loan bid for Mandragora

West Ham have had a loan bid for Juventus star Rolando Mandragora rejected by the Serie A giants, according to a report from [Gazzetta dello Sport](https://www.gazzettaworld.com/news/transfer-market/juventus-reject-west-ham-mandragora-bid/).

The 19-year-old, who signed for the Old Lady from Genoa in January for an initial €6million, spent the second half of last season on loan to Serie B side Pescara and West Ham reportedly asked Juve if they’d be willing to loan him out again.

The Italian U21 international is comfortable playing as either a defensive midfielder or a centre -back, although he was mainly used in midfield last season.

![Dino Panato/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2016/07/487287516.jpg)

According to the report, the Hammers requested to take him for the 2016/17 season but were met by a quick refusal, which could indicate that Massimiliano Allegri is planning to use him in the first-team squad next season.

That Slaven Bilic is looking at a youngster to provide cover in those areas could be a suggestion that Reece Oxford might leave the club this summer, although that is far from confirmed