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title: "West Ham United: Journalist breaks Sunday morning Leandro Trossard news"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-united-journalist-breaks-sunday-morning-leandro-trossard-news/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2022-01-30T11:48:49Z"
modified: "2022-01-30T11:48:49Z"
---

# West Ham United: Journalist breaks Sunday morning Leandro Trossard news

**Taking to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/SportsPeteO/status/1487745583859314694), journalist Pete O’Rourke has broken a Sunday morning West Ham transfer development involving Brighton forward Leandro Trossard.**

### The Lowdown: West Ham attacker hunt…

Manager David Moyes is on the [look-out for a new forward](https://twitter.com/skysports_sheth/status/1487381580171681798?s=21) as the final hours of January loom, with the Hammers having until 11pm on Monday to finally bring an attacker through the door at Rush Green.

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

They are apparently [in talks for Reims ace Hugo Ekitike](https://twitter.com/skysports_sheth/status/1487381580171681798?s=21) and have been very recently linked with a few others out of France, including Senegal international [Bamba Dieng or Marseille.](https://www.90min.com/posts/west-ham-in-talks-with-marseille-over-double-loan-deal)

However, breaking news this morning, O’Rourke says they’ve now made a ‘shock’ approach.

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### The Latest: West Ham make Trossard approach…

According to his sources, West Ham have ‘[made a shock enquiry](https://twitter.com/SportsPeteO/status/1487745583859314694)‘ for Seagulls attacker Trossard as Moyes and recruitment chief Rob Newman seemingly cast their net of targets wider and wider.

“Understand West Ham have made a shock enquiry for Brighton attacker Leandro Trossard.” he explained on [Twitter.](https://twitter.com/SportsPeteO/status/1487745583859314694)

### The Verdict: Right move?

The Belgium international, currently in the prime of his career, has only scored [14 goals over his 87 Premier League appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leandro-trossard/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/144028) at the Amex since signing from KRC Genk in 2019.

Numbers like these don’t exactly point to a prolific option in the forward positions and we believe other targets, like the much younger Ekitike, should be made a priority over the 27-year-old.

Valued at around [£15.3m by Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leandro-trossard/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/144028), it is very debatable whether West Ham should be matching a figure in and around that amount for Trossard.

***In other news: ExWHUemployee: West Ham working on last-ditch agreement to sign ‘amazing’ £18 million-valued attacker, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-transfer-rumours/west-ham-united-manchester-united-exwhuemployee-jesse-lingard-update-irons-latest-whufc-transfer-news/)***