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title: "Exclusive: Deane confident West Ham signing Odsonne Edouard wouldn’t be a gamble"
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published: "2021-04-25T16:31:51Z"
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# Exclusive: Deane confident West Ham signing Odsonne Edouard wouldn’t be a gamble

**Former West Ham striker Brian Deane has told [The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/) in an exclusive interview that his old club signing Odsonne Edouard this summer would not be a gamble.**

According to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/west-ham-sullivan-agents-edouard/), West Ham co-owner David Sullivan is already working on a deal to bring the Celtic forward to the London Stadium as David Moyes looks to bolster his forward options.

Edouard has a very good goal record in Scotland, hitting the [20](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/odsonne-edouard/leistungsdaten/spieler/344152)-goal mark once again this season, while he has [81 goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/odsonne-edouard/leistungsdaten/spieler/344152) in 165 games in total for the Bhoys. The strength of the Scottish Premiership, however, may have some doubting whether the Frenchman would be as effective in English football’s top flight.

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For Deane, though, as long as West Ham can get Edouard at a good price, it should not be too much of a gamble.

On the 23-year-old potentially joining the Hammers this summer, Deane told **TT**:

*“I don’t think it’s a gamble if you get him for the right money. If you overpay for a player, then, yeah, it’s a gamble.* *Rhian Brewster at 20 years of age costing £20m, that’s a gamble.*

*“If you get Edouard for, let’s say £15m or £12m, for example, but it won’t. It’ll probably be more that they’re asking \[for\]. If you get him at that money, then it’s not so much a gamble.”*

One other person who is also likely to feel that Edouard is a safe bet is Thierry Henry, who once [told former Rangers striker Ally McCoist](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/transfer-news/odsonne-edouard-arsenal-transfer-henry-19952998) that his compatriot could go “right to the top”.