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title: "West Ham chasing Villarreal’s €25 million rated Karl Toko-Ekambi"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2020/01/11/west-ham-chasing-villarreals-e25-million-rated-karl-toko-ekambi/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Murray"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2020-01-11T07:00:00Z"
modified: "2020-01-11T07:00:00Z"
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# West Ham chasing Villarreal’s €25 million rated Karl Toko-Ekambi

West Ham are reportedly set to rival Newcastle and Lyon to sign Villarreal forward Karl Toko-Ekambi, according to [Le10sport](https://le10sport.com/football/mercato/exclu-mercato-lol-degaine-14-meur-pour-toko-ekambi-deux-clubs-anglais-debarquent-487749/amp?__twitter_impression=true).

The Hammers are reportedly interested in a switch, according to the French outlet, with Villarreal set to demand over €25 million for the striker.

![Alex Pantling/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2020/01/1070196494.jpg)

Lyon had submitted an offer of €14 million, according to [Le10sport](https://le10sport.com/football/mercato/exclu-mercato-lol-degaine-14-meur-pour-toko-ekambi-deux-clubs-anglais-debarquent-487749/amp?__twitter_impression=true), but the offer was rejected by the Spanish side.

The report states that the Hammers know Villarreal’s demands, alongside Newcastle, and would be very keen on bringing the striker to the Premier League.

### Read West Ham’s verdict

The forward has netted 6 times in 18 appearances for Villarreal this season, as per [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/karl-toko-ekambi/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/315110/wettbewerb/ES1/saison/2019), and also won the [November Player of the Month award](https://www.laliga.com/en-GB/news/ekambi-named-laliga-santander-player-of-the-month-for-october)in La Liga.

West Ham are really lacking in depth up top, with only Sebastian Haller and Alban Ajeti being out and out strikers for the Hammers.

With Haller being regularly inconsistent up top for the Hammers, with only two goals since December, as per [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/sebastien-haller/leistungsdaten/spieler/181375), Ekambi may be seen as a quality option to bring in some more firepower, possessing great finishing and heading abilites, as per [Whoscored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/236504/Show/Karl-Toko-Ekambi).