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title: "Virals: West Ham in ‘advanced talks’ for Alex Kral transfer"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2021-06-03T09:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-06-03T09:00:00Z"
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# Virals: West Ham in ‘advanced talks’ for Alex Kral transfer

[West Ham](https://readwestham.com/2021/06/03/after-90-declan-rice-catches-up-with-marko-arnautovic/) could be about to land their first summer signing as [David Moyes](https://readwestham.com/2021/05/27/virals-alan-irvine-set-to-leave-west-ham-this-summer/) goes in search of additional squad options to cope with the additional demands.

The Hammers finished [sixth in the Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) after punching above their weight for much of the 2020/21 campaign.

That 22-year high placing [secured Europa League football](https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2021/may/23-may/west-ham-united-qualify-uefa-europa-league-final-day-win-over#:~:text=Match%20Report-,West%20Ham%20United%20qualify%20for%20UEFA%20Europa,final%2Dday%20win%20over%20Southampton&text=A%20first%2Dhalf%20brace%20from,for%20the%20UEFA%20Europa%20League.) for next season – thus imparting greater demands on the options at the London Stadium.

However, according to reports from [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-west-ham-offer-kral-double-your-money-deal-as-talks-advance/) and as cited by [West Ham Central](https://twitter.com/WestHam_Central/status/1400024731148066816) on Twitter, the Irons could be set to name their first arrival in the coming days.

> Twitter: West Ham are in advanced talks to sign Spartak Moscow midfielder Alex Kral and are willing to pay up to £20m to get… https://t.co/wh8hIFPiNb (@WestHam\_Central)

Kral, a 23-year-old central midfielder, played 29 times for Spartak Moscow in 2020/21 – registering [five assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-kral/leistungsdaten/spieler/337333) in the Russian Premier League.

Capped [16 times](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-kral/nationalmannschaft/spieler/337333/verein_id/3445) by the Czech Republic, the [£9million valued](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-kral/marktwertverlauf/spieler/337333) ace is an international teammate of Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal.

### READ WEST HAM VERDICT

Signing [reliable cover](https://www.whufc.com/teams/first-team/squad) for Declan Rice and Soucek had to be viewed as a necessity over the summer.

Albeit the duo [performed remarkably well](https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2021/june/01-june/tomas-soucek-and-declan-rice-shortlisted-premier-league-seasonal), for the most part, Rice’s injury late in the season left the Irons short of quality options and ultimately [saw the campaign fizzle out](https://www.whufc.com/fixtures/first-team/fixtures-and-results).

Kral is noted for his [aerial ability and ball interceptions](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/369861/Show/Alex-Kral), two assets that lend themselves perfectly to the holding midfield position in Moyes’ side.