West Ham may have found a potential suitor for out of favour striker Xande Silva late in the window.
The Portuguese forward has been deemed surplus to requirements at the London Stadium following an unsuccessful time in East London.
Reliable club insider ExWHUemployee confirmed that the club are indeed trying to move the 24-year-old on before the transfer deadline.
According to a report from the Nottingham Post, as cited by Paul Taylor on Twitter, Nottingham Forest could be on the scene.
Twitter: Also understand Drager is more likely to be a permanent deal rather than a loan.
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Silva has made just one appearance for the Hammers following a move from Vitoria Guimaraes in 2018.
Since then the versatile forward has spent a temporary spell with Aris Thessaloniki – scoring four and assisting three other goals in 33 appearances.
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Selling Silva to the current Championship basement club would be a major result for the Irons at the end of a productive window.
Unlikely to feature in David Moyes’ plans at any stage of the season, the club would surely jump at any chance to free up a wage from the books.
Whatever happens, it looks as though the deal to bring Silva to the London Stadium will be another in a long line of poor pieces of business.
