Torino club president Urbano Cairo has confirmed he rejected several big offers for their star defender Nikola Maksimovic who is wanted by West Ham, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham and Napoli.
The Hammers were first linked with the Serbian defender dubbed ‘the new Nemanja Vidic’ back in January, but were unable to get a deal done with the Serie A side.
A four-year contract offer was put forward to Maksimovic’s representatives but the 24-year-old is tied down to a contract with Torino until the summer of 2020 and they value him at £20m.
Urbano Cairo has confirmed that he rejected bid offers for Maksimovic last year and he can’t afford to lose his first-choice centre back having already sold his defensive partner Kamil Glik to AS Monaco
He has to stay with us, I didn’t sell him last year when I had big offers.
Torino signed the defender for just £2.1m in the summer of 2014 after an impressive loan spell from Serbian side Red Star and he’s gone on to become one of the best centre-backs in Serie A.
West Ham sold James Tomkins to Crystal Palace earlier this summer and could be considered to be short of numbers at the back, but Slaven Bilic is willing to hand first-team opportunities to Reece Burke and Reece Oxford to fill the void.
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