- West Ham United’s Crysencio Summerville has been linked to Roma and Tottenham Hotspur
- The Hammers bought Summerville from Leeds United in 2024
- The winger was recently named in the Netherlands World Cup squad
West Ham United’s Crysencio Summerville has been a leading name in the club’s transfer discourse over the past week. The Dutch winger is one of the Hammers’ most valuable assets as they look to ease the financial pressure they’ve come under following their relegation from the Premier League.
Summerville, like many first-team players, posted a social media message following West Ham’s drop to the Championship: “West Ham United is too big, too special, and too powerful to stay down for the long. The comeback starts now,” the 24-year-old ended his five-paragraph statement on Instagram.
Although the post may read as an uncertain acceptance of his personal statement, it is expected that Summerville – who arrived at West Ham from Leeds United in 2024 – will leave the club this summer.
Here are the three likely landing spots for the wanted winger.
AS Roma
Largely regarded as the main suitor for Summerville, a move to the Serie A would be a fascinating one from all parties. For the recently named Dutch international, Roma offers a platform under Gian Piero Gasperini that could help Summerville take his attacking game to the next level in the Italian capital. Gasperini has been at the heart of many forward developments, including Ademola Lookman.
Roma’s increased interest in Summerville clearly stems from the undeniable impact of his countryman Donyell Malen, whose 14 league goals in 18 games powered Gasperini’s side to Champions League qualification. Malen, who joined on loan from Aston Villa before making the move permanent this month, showed that pace and the ability to problem-solve in those spaces go a long way in the modern defensive dogma of Serie A football – something Summerville has in abundance.
Of course, with Roma now back in Europe’s elite club competition, the influx of cash will make a deal more desirable than when it was mooted in January.
Tottenham Hotspur
Whilst Roma may have secured European prestige and the finances that come with it, they will still be unlikely to be able to compete with the financial muscle of the Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur.
Spurs pipped West Ham for the final Premier League survival spot, and are now looking to solidify their top-flight position by backing Roberto De Zerbi in the transfer market.
The Lilywhites’ attack has rarely flowed under De Zerbi and his predecessors, and it will be the Italian’s priority to turn it into a proactive, fast-paced unit that his teams truly emphasise. Summerville’s time at West Ham has made him a more honest player than he was before; the winger has embraced being a more active defender and taking on the onus as the first line of a team’s defence – registering a career-high 7.8 defensive contributions per 90, which will be an appeal to a club that has berated the effort of its attackers in recent years.
If West Ham are looking for the best offer that aids them financially, it will be closer to home than they would like.
Feyenoord
They often say you can’t go wrong with a homecoming. For Summerville, he may view a return to Feyenoord – the club he spent his formative youth carrer at – as the ideal move to further his international prospects, which have already been boosted by a World Cup call-up by Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman.
Feyenoord tick a lot of boxes as a landing spot. It’s got the emotional connection, Champions League football, and title aspirations under a national icon in Robin van Persie. Granted, Van Persie has been under pressure after the club recently finished 19 points behind PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.
The gamble loan signing of Raheem Sterling hasn’t paid off, and the 82-cap English international will likely head back to Chelsea, re-opening a spot on the Feyenoord left-wing, which would have Summerville’s name all over it.
Summerville does not have a relegation release clause, but there is an added wrinkle: the Dutch giants are eligible for a payment of almost £691,000 if the winger leaves for at least £34 million, according to Soccer News, which could make the attraction of executing a club record deal all the more alluring.
