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title: "Moyes gives green light to Hammers board to sign Gabigol"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2020/01/02/moyes-gives-green-light-to-hammers-board-to-sign-gabigol/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Abdullah Mulla"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2020-01-02T13:00:00Z"
modified: "2020-01-02T13:00:00Z"
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# Moyes gives green light to Hammers board to sign Gabigol

New West Ham United manager David Moyes has approved the club’s plans to make a move for Inter Milan forward Gabriel Barbosa, according to a report on [Inside Futbol](https://www.insidefutbol.com/2020/01/02/david-moyes-approves-west-ham-move-for-target-chelsea-also-keen-enquiry-lodged/447294/).

The striker, more commonly known as Gabigol, has been on loan with Brazilian side Flamengo, where he netted twice in the final to hand them Copa Libertadores title.

![Bruna Prado/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2020/01/1186649857.jpg)

The 23-year-old is a natural goalscorer and the Hammers are keen to bring him to London for around €20m.

West Ham have had a long-term interest in the attacker and Moyes is open to welcoming a player of his pedigree into his squad for the second half of the campaign.

However, London rivals Chelsea are also interested and are keeping an eye on his situation.

### READ WEST HAM VERDICT

The Hammers definitely need to sign a striker. Gabigol has always spoken of his desire to play in the Premier League – this could be his golden chance.

He netted 25 times in 29 Brazilian top-flight matches for Flamengo and has a natural instinct when the ball arrives at him inside the box.

€20m also seems like a bargain price for a player of his capacity. Get this deal done and we could see the Hammers shoot up the table.