“?West Ham United’s joint-chairman David Sullivan has revealed to the “?club’s official website that the Hammers are preparing for a busy summer of transfer activity ahead of their move into the Olympic Stadium and their participation in the Europa League.
The East London team have already recruited Norway international Havard Nordtveit and have reportedly made substantial offers for some of Europe’s leading talents.
With the prospect of a considerable increase to their fixture list, courtesy of the Europa League, Sullivan and the board are steadfast in their aim of bolstering manager Slaven Bilic’s squad, having seen his recruits from last year improve the team’s fortunes markedly, including the likes of Dimitri Payet, Angelo Ogbonna, Manuel Lanzini and Michail Antonio.
“We have done well with our signings and we hope we can sign a few more this summer who will do equally as well or better,” Sullivan added.
“We know that we need a top striker which is the hardest thing to sign. We need a 20-goal-a-season striker and that will cost us £25m or £30m. That is where the bulk of the money goes.
“We also need the occasional long shot which is the cheaper player that may come good. We want to sign more players.
“There might be a few fringe players who we will let go and use that to bring in two or three more players.”We have already signed one player for next season and there will be other signings. I would think that four, five or six players will come in this summer depending on how many go and hopefully we do just as well or even better next season.”?
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