West Ham must not miss out on this transfer

With Declan Rice  about to leave for big money, West Ham are likely to have a sizeable transfer budget once again.

But this time the club must ensure they get the next phase of their rebuild right.

Kudos to David Moyes who pledged to assemble a new-look West Ham built around a core of British players with an emphasis on young, quick, agile stars hungry to prove themselves at the top level.

That was apparent when the Irons moved to pick off the cream of Championship talent like Jarrod Bowen and Flynn Downes.

But  now almost certain of Premier League tenure, it means the Hammers can start to target the best players from those being relegated from the top flight.

And they don’t come much better than Harvey Barnes at the seemingly doomed Leicester City. It is being reported that Barnes is uncertain about signing a new deal at Leicester and  that he will be sold this summer.   

If that is the case West Ham must take advantage as he’d be perfect and is not a major wage earner.

Barnes is perhaps one of the most under rated players in the Premier League as he can play across the front line.

Without doubt a move to West Ham would surely prove attractive to the attacker for multiple reasons.

The lure of London, playing in front of the fifth highest attendance in world football every other week, a major increase on his 40k per week wages and hopefully Europa League football.

The prospect of Barnes and Bowen either side a central striker would be a tantalising prospect for West Ham.

If Leicester go down, the Hammers must be ready to pounce.