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title: "West Ham: Irons rejoin race to sign Tete"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-west-ham-tete-shakhtar-donetsk-lyon-transfer-update/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Premier League News"
published: "2022-11-20T12:10:28Z"
modified: "2022-11-20T12:10:28Z"
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# West Ham: Irons rejoin race to sign Tete

**[West Ham United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-news/) have rejoined the race to sign Shakhtar Donetsk forward Tete amid his current loan stint at Lyon.**

### The Lowdown: West Ham interested in Tete…

The 22-year-old has previously been in thoughts of West Ham and their head of recruitment Rob Newman, as revealed earlier in 2022.

[Reports](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-news/west-ham-united-tete-transfers-gossip/) claimed that David Moyes’ side had joined the plethora of clubs interested in signing Tete before he re-signed for Lyon on a temporary spell from the Ukrainian top flight.

The [£22m-rated](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tete/profil/spieler/371256) player seems destined to leave parent club Shakhtar on a permanent basis, though, as his deal is currently set to [expire next year](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tete/profil/spieler/371256).

### The Latest: West Ham rejoin Tete race…

As per reports from Italy, it appears that West Ham are back in contention to potentially seal a [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) move for the former Brazil under-23 international.

[Calciomercato](https://www.calciomercato.it/2022/11/18/calciomercato-milan-ziyech-tete-de-zerbi-brighton-shakhtar/) claim that both the Hammers and Leicester City have taken a real interest in Tete ‘in recent months’, with Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi also in the mix.

Alongside the English trio, it appears that Serie A giants AC Milan are also in the frame, and this report claims that the Rossoneri have already made an enquiry.

[West Ham latest news!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/west-ham-latest-news-5/)

### The Verdict: Make the move?

While he is estimated to cost around £22m by [Transfermarkt,](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tete/profil/spieler/371256) Shakhtar could be forced to agree a deal for less than that figure given Tete’s contract situation.

As such, West Ham could secure a relative bargain for a forward with a very positive reputation behind him.

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The South American ace carries the nickname ‘[Hurricane](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-transfers-tete-shaktar-4079632)‘, while Shakhtar CEO Sergei Palkin has even backed him to become a ‘[big star](https://www.futbolgrad.com/tete-shakthars-brazilian-hurricane-introduced/)‘ one day.

While Tete is arguably yet to live up to that tag, with a decent yet unspectacular return of [38 goals in 132](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tete/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/371256) club career games, at 22 there is still plenty of time to make it happen.