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title: "West Ham prepare offer for Aston Villa loanee goalkeeper"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2018/03/30/west-ham-prepare-offer-for-aston-villa-loanee-goalkeeper/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Elliott Cuff"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2018-03-30T20:31:51Z"
modified: "2018-03-30T20:33:11Z"
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# West Ham prepare offer for Aston Villa loanee goalkeeper

West Ham are preparing an offer for Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, [according to the Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/west-ham-lining-up-4-12279966).

The 25-year old has impressed on loan with Aston Villa, where he has been since January 2017, and now the Hammers are eyeing up a move.

David Moyes’ side are prepared to offer £4million to snag the United man, while sending city rival owned goalkeeper Joe Hart back to Manchester City.

![Stu Forster/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2018/03/643794948.jpg)

United recently activated a clause to extend Johnstone’s contract to 2019, so the Hammers will need to pay up to secure the deal.

In his time with the club, Johnstone has been somewhat of a journeyman in the lower divisions, playing for a flurry of different clubs over the years on loan.