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title: "Asking price set for West Ham target Ryad Boudebouz"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2017/05/11/asking-price-set-west-ham-target-ryad-boudebouz/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2017-05-11T11:28:27Z"
modified: "2017-05-11T11:28:27Z"
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# Asking price set for West Ham target Ryad Boudebouz

West Ham decided not to replace Dimitri Payet in the January transfer window and pocketed the £25m generated by his sale for the summer transfer window.

Slaven Bilic must really attempt to replace the Frenchman in the summer to help build the squad back into a top six contender and he’s got his eyes on another creative midfielder from Ligue 1.

According to [reports in France](https://www.insidefutbol.com/2017/05/10/asking-price-clear-for-algeria-star-as-southampton-west-brom-and-west-ham-listed-as-keen/336507/), the Hammers, along with Southampton and West Brom, are interested in signing Ryad Boudebouz from Montpellier.

Boudebouz is expected to seek a transfer away from Montpellier in the summer and would cost anywhere between €8-10m when the transfer window opens.

Having spent his entire career in French football with Sochaux, Bastia and now Montpellier, the 27-year-old is arguably enjoying his finest season in Ligue 1 to date, contributing 11 goals and eight assists in 31 league games so far this season.

Under contract until the end of the 2018/19 season, Boudebouz could become the second Algerian in the West Ham squad, following Sofiane Feghouli who arrived at the London Stadium last summer.