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title: "West Ham interested in Palermo left-back Achraf Lazaar"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2016/08/01/west-ham-interested-palermo-left-back-achraf-lazaar/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Osman"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2016-08-01T21:10:26Z"
modified: "2016-08-01T21:10:26Z"
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# West Ham interested in Palermo left-back Achraf Lazaar

According to recent tweets from Goal and O Jogo journalist Bruno Andrade, West Ham are holding a firm interest in Palermo defender Achraf Lazaar.

> Twitter: Roma e West Ham são os dois novos clubes que disputam a contratação do lateral-esquerdo Lazaar, do Palermo. Sporting está fora da briga (@brunoandrd)

> Twitter: Lyon fez uma proposta de 2 milhões de euros por Lazaar. Palermo quer pelo menos 4 milhões. Roma e West Ham vão tentar oferecer 3 milhões (@brunoandrd)

It will be much to the relief of Hammers fans that Lazaar is indeed a left-back, following the now-apparent need to sign a new left-sided defender in the near future after Aaron Cresswell was ruled out for roughly four months.

The tweets claim that Palermo want a fee as low as €4 million for Lazaar; a price that shouldn’t be too much for West Ham to need to consider.

![Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2016/08/546074380.jpg)

However, Andrade also claims that French side Lyon are looking to sign the defender, as they have submitted a €2 million bid for his services.

The tweets state that Palermo won’t budge on their valuation for Lazaar but West Ham will still look to test the water with a speculative €3 million bid for the left-back.

The 24-year-old Moroccan burst onto the scene with Palermo last season and enjoyed a good campaign on a personal note.