West Ham are reportedly set to reignite their interest in Marseille defender Duje Ćaleta-Car this summer.
Having made a last-ditch attempt to land the Croatian centre-back in October, Caleta-Car was subject to major interest from Liverpool in January – only for the Ligue 1 club to rebuff the approach.
The 24-year-old was believed to be ‘devastated’ at the breakdown in a switch to Anfield, a move that now looks to be off the cards after Jurgen Klopp’s side completed the transfer of Ibrahima Konate on Friday.
Now, according to a fresh report from The Athletic, as cited by West Ham Fan Zone on Twitter, the Hammers could make their interest heard once again.
Twitter: West Ham are set to re-enter the race for Marseille defender Duje Caleta-Car this summer.
(via @TheAthleticUK) https://t.co/yNBu22AF9N (@WHUFCFZ)
This season Caleta-Car scored twice in 39 appearances across all competitions – earning an average Sofascore rating of 6.92 in 33 Ligue 1 outings.
Capped on 12 occasions by Croatia, the £22.5million valued ace was recently named in Zlatko Dalić’s squad for the upcoming Euro 2020 competition.
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The report claims Fabian Balbuena will leave the London Stadium in the coming weeks when the Paraguayan’s contract expires.
This would leave space for at least one additional central defender in David Moyes’ squad – especially should Frederik Alves’ leave on loan as expected.
Caleta-Car has attracted major interest previously and would look to have all the attributes to be a top-class Premier League defender.
