West Ham have exited the race to sign Lille striker Jonathan David after being asked to pay £10 million in agent fees. SunSport reports that while West Ham was prepared to meet Lille’s £30 million asking price for the Canadian international, they balked at the additional agent fees, which amounted to a third of the transfer value.
David, who has scored 84 goals in 183 appearances for Lille and played a key role in Canada’s run to the Copa America semi-finals, is expected to leave Lille this summer with only 12 months left on his contract. New West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui is keen on signing a new striker following the £40 million acquisition of Max Kilman from Wolves.
However, the club’s executives are firm on keeping agent fees low, having paid £13.8 million to intermediaries last season compared to Chelsea’s £75 million. Consequently, West Ham are now prioritizing Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran, available for around £35 million, and are also considering Brentford’s Ivan Toney, whose asking price has dropped to under £50 million.
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Jonathan David
CanadaThis season he played in total 34 times for 2642 minutes for Ligue 1.
Jonathan David scored 19 goals for LOSC Lille. He procured 4 assists. He received 4 yellow cards and no red cards.
His team is currently 3rd in Ligue 1. In the last match LOSC Lille drew 2-2 against Genk.
LOSC Lille performance and stats
It will be LOSC Lille ended the league in the 3rd position with 58 points.
In the last 34 games, it has won 16 times, drawn 11 times, and lost 7 times. In its last match, LOSC Lille drawn 2-2 against Nice.
It has a positive goal difference after scoring 50 goals and conceding 32.
