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title: "West Ham Keeping Tabs on RB Leipzig Talent Matthew Bondswell"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2020-11-30T16:00:26Z"
modified: "2020-11-30T16:00:26Z"
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# West Ham Keeping Tabs on RB Leipzig Talent Matthew Bondswell

[West Ham](https://readwestham.com/2020/11/30/west-ham-predicted-xi-aston-villa/) are believed to be keeping tabs on RB Leipzig youngster Matthew Bondswell, according to a report from [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/11/29/mike-mcgraths-transfer-notebook-chelsea-west-ham-keeping-eye/).

The[England under-18 international](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matthew-bondswell/nationalmannschaft/spieler/565682/verein_id/31269) joined FC Dordrecht in the Dutch second tier in August from his parent club in the Bundesliga and was expected to stay there for the 2020/21 season.

However, the teenager is believed  to be on the radar of both the Hammers and Chelsea, with the London duo interested in striking a deal for the left-back in the near future.

Having come through the ranks at Nottingham Forest, [Bondswell headed to Germany in 2018](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matthew-bondswell/transfers/spieler/565682), becoming one of [several English youngsters](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/british-footballers-in-germany-weekly-update-sancho-kenny-matondo-lookman-11267) to try and make it in the Bundesliga in recent times. Portuguese outfit Sporting Lisbon [are also credited with an interest](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/11/29/mike-mcgraths-transfer-notebook-chelsea-west-ham-keeping-eye/) in the youngster, but a return to his homeland would make more sense.

The full-back has [played six times](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matthew-bondswell/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/565682/saison/2020/wettbewerb/NL2/verein/1455) this season for FC Dordrecht in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.

### READ WEST HAM VERDICT

Having taken the leap to swap England for Germany as a teenager, Bondswell clearly doesn’t seem to lack ambition or confidence.

Making [great strides in his career](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/future-england-star-matthew-bondswell-rb-leipzig-man-united-liverpool-nottingham-forest-509771.jsp) and enjoying competitive senior football, the Hammers are right to at least sit up and take notice of a player who could well develop into a fully-fledged England international.

West Ham already have their own young and flourishing full-back, although[Ben Johnson](https://www.whufc.com/teams/first-team/squad/ben-johnson#Profile) is more accustomed to a right-sided position. The current incumbent of the Irons’ [left-back role is Arthur Masuaku](https://tbrfootball.com/david-moyes-formation-change-may-have-saved-arthur-masuakus-west-ham-career/), albeit the DR Congo man is [naturally an attack-minded player](https://www.sofascore.com/player/arthur-masuaku/174975).

David Moyes has switched to a five-man defence this season, which has seen Aaron Cresswell [move into a central role](https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2020/november/04-november/aaron-cresswell-im-loving-my-new-role-side), potentially freeing up a vacancy for a natural left-sided full-back such as Bondswell.