West Ham winger Felipe Anderson is being considered by Serie A club Fiorentina for a move, according to a report from Gianluca di Marzio.
The Brazilian, who has an enviable record in the Italian top flight from his time with Lazio, is reportedly looking for another solution after a poor start to life with FC Porto, where his loan spell is set to be brought to a premature end.
Very much out of favour with the Hammers, Anderson was due to spend the entire campaign in Portugal, before struggling to break into Sergio Conceicao’s side. The 29-year-old’s Irons future looks to be in serious jeopardy as David Moyes goes in a new direction with his squad.
Despite his dramatic decline in form, the one-time Brazil international, who was once described as a ‘terrific talent’ by former West Ham teammate Robert Snodgrass, still holds a Transfermarkt value of £22.5m.
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This ongoing Anderson saga ultimately looks to be an exercise to try and recoup more of the £36m outlay on the winger from 2018. In his current guise, the Hammers wouldn’t get half of that fee, but a potential resurgence in Italy may see the loss reduced.
Having suffered a major deficit in the market with the sale of Sebastien Haller, the West Ham hierarchy will be desperate not to operate at such a margin for long.
Constantly losing money on players will hamper the recruitment, and we’ve already heard murmurings from David Moyes of the club wanting to avoid mistakes in the market – with Anderson and Haller as prime examples.
