West Ham United have been linked to winger Jesus Corona, but face competition from a host of clubs, including fellow Premier League side Everton, as well as Inter Milan, Roma, Sevilla, Valencia and Schalke, according to A Bola.

The report goes on to claim that the FC Porto player has a £43.8 million buy out clause, and the club will accept no less for the player.

So far this season, the 27 year-old, per WhoScored backs this up as he is averaging 1.8 per game in his 24 league outings this season.

These are good statistics, but the current price tag is a big one, and it has also been rumoured that the Hammers will only have around £40 million to spend in the summer, via Sky Sports, according to journalist Kaveh Solhekol so it is hard to see them splashing that cash on one player.

It is probably a good move for the Hammers to not pursue this signing as they have academy prospect Grady Diangana, who plays in the same position as the Mexican, and he looks like he could have the potential to excel in England's top flight.

It has been reported that David Moyes is looking to use him next term after his loan spell at Championship side West Bromwich Albion expires and his offensive statistics highlight why this would be a good idea.

Alongside his five goals and five assists in 21 games this season, including four substitute appearances, the Englishman has averaged 1.5 shots and 2.3 successful dribbles per game, via WhoScored, which is better than Corona, who has only managed 0.7 shots per game 2.2 successful dribbles per game.

The loaned out attacker is also six years younger than the transfer target so has years of growth ahead of him. The confidence he has to take players on and go for goal which are highlighted by his stats could provide West Ham with the spark they need in matches to score more goals, as they have only managed 35 this campaign, per SofaScore.

Therefore, they would be better off saving £40m+ by not buying Corona and instead giving Diangana the chance to shine.

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