{"id":564568,"date":"2020-09-03T07:19:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T11:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=564568"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:38:25","slug":"west-ham-target-brentfords-said-benrahma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/03\/west-ham-target-brentfords-said-benrahma\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: West Ham United Target Brentford\u2019s Sa\u00efd Benrahma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/west-ham\/\" target=\"_self\">West Ham United<\/a> have shown an interest in Brentford winger <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/5a04fd92\/Said-Benrahma\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sa\u00efd\u00a0Benrahma<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11698\/12061722\/grady-diangana-west-brom-agree-deal-for-west-ham-forward\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to Sky Sports<\/a>. The Hammers are reportedly set to make a bid once they sell <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/f522d7ec\/Grady-Diangana?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grady Diangana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/02\/west-bromwich-albion-bid-for-grady-diangana\/\" target=\"_self\">who is expected to join<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/west-brom\/\" target=\"_self\">West Brom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Benrahma has sparked interest amongst a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League<\/a> clubs since his Brentford side narrowly missed out on promotion to the top flight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2020\/09\/02\/west-brom-make-12m-bid-west-ham-winger-grady-diangana\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to the Telegraph<\/a>, West Ham are hopeful of signing the Algerian for a \u00a320 million transfer fee. This comes after reports suggested that Brentford valued Benrahma at \u00a330 million.<\/p>\n<h2>West Ham Interested in Bringing Brentford\u2019s Sa\u00efd Benrahma to the London Stadium<\/h2>\n<h3>Impressive 2019\/20 Campaign for Sa\u00efd\u00a0Benrahma<\/h3>\n<p>After Benrahma\u2019s superb second half of the 2018\/19 campaign, the Algerian winger was predicted to have an excellent 2019\/20 season. And that he did. The 25-year-old scored 17 goals and registered nine assists in a season where Brentford deserved promotion to England\u2019s top tier.<\/p>\n<p>Benrahma\u2019s outstanding season was also recognised on a wider scale. He was nominated for both the EFL Player of the year and PFA Fans\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/league-football\/championship\/\" target=\"_self\">Championship<\/a> Player of the Year awards. Had the Bees been promoted, Benrahma would have fancied his chances of picking up both accolades.<\/p>\n<h3>West Ham\u2019s Chase for Benrahma Depends on Diangana Situation<\/h3>\n<p>Despite many West Ham fans expressing their anger with reports that Diangana could leave, he could play a major part in the Hammers&#8217; pursuit of Benrahma. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2020\/sep\/02\/west-brom-bid-grady-diangana-west-ham-transfer-news\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Brom have placed an \u00a318 million bid for the 22-year-old<\/a>, who spent a season on loan at the Hawthorns last year.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected that, when a deal is finalised with Diangana and West Brom, the Hammers will start to negotiate a deal for Benrahma.<\/p>\n<h3>West Ham May Face Competition for Sa\u00efd Benrahma<\/h3>\n<p>West Ham may face competition from other Premier League teams\u00a0for the winger&#8217;s signature. However, there is seemingly no team better placed than West Ham to secure his signature this summer, if reports are to be believed.<\/p>\n<p>Should West Ham secure a deal for Benrahma, it will be heralded as one of the best of the summer as the Premier League campaign approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"ixn3Vb0hSbVAsAP38rFBBw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1256883603\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ixn3Vb0hSbVAsAP38rFBBw',sig:'kIC6-Ft6Lv1Az-mj_pIiVGvEN-aF0_OVoCX5Fa7X4bI=',w:'594px',h:'399px',items:'1256883603',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Ham United have shown an interest in Brentford winger Sa\u00efd\u00a0Benrahma, According to Sky Sports. The Hammers are reportedly set to make a bid once they sell Grady Diangana, who is expected to join West Brom. Benrahma has sparked interest amongst a number of Premier League clubs since his Brentford side narrowly missed out on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3580,"featured_media":564584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,33,32,3,28,26],"tags":[32739,32738,177,1377,547,5037,3578,4094,4482,304,136],"class_list":["post-564568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-ham","category-championship","category-league-football","category-premier-league","category-transfers","category-west-brom","tag-arsenal","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-aston-villa","tag-brentford","tag-crystal-palace","tag-eberechi-eze","tag-efl-awards","tag-grady-diangana","tag-said-benrahma","tag-west-ham-united","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3580"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664385,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564568\/revisions\/664385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}