{"id":615217,"date":"2022-07-24T07:33:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T11:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615217"},"modified":"2022-07-24T07:33:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T11:33:23","slug":"west-ham%e2%80%90united-gianluca-scamacca-sassuolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/24\/west-ham%e2%80%90united-gianluca-scamacca-sassuolo\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham Close In on Signing Italian International Likened to Zlatan Ibrahimovic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/18\/armando-broja-west-ham-united-chelsea\/\" target=\"_self\">West Ham United<\/a> have agreed a deal to sign Italian international striker Gianluca Scamacca, according to <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1551095333807017984\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The deal is structured as a <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">fee of \u00a330.6 million plus \u00a35.1 million add-ons and a 10% sell-on clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The formalities of the deal look set to be concluded soon, with Sassuolo<\/span> CEO Giovanni Carnevali confirming the agreement is in place between the two clubs.<\/p>\n<h2>Gianluca Scamacca: West Ham Agree Fee for Italian International Striker<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sassuolo CEO Carnevali confirms Gianluca Scamacca deal: &quot;There&#39;s an agreement with West Ham for \u20ac36m fee plus \u20ac6m add-ons and 10% sell-on clause&quot;, tells Corriere dello Sport. \ud83d\udea8\u2692\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WHUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WHUFC<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#39;m sure he will do great things, he&#39;s a huge talent and very good guy&quot;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yYyvAY6n6p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/yYyvAY6n6p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1551095333807017984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Italian Striker Close to Joining West Ham<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/18\/armando-broja-west-ham-united-chelsea\/\" target=\"_self\">West Ham<\/a> have enjoyed a tough pre-season on and off the pitch, missing out on some key targets, but the East London club will be delighted to agree a fee for their priority attacking target Scamacca. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Italian international is scheduled to visit the Premier League club to meet David Moyes in the coming days, with a medical set to take place during that time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If West Ham can complete the signing of Scamacca, this would end the club&#8217;s interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/24\/chelsea-close-in-jules-kounde\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> striker\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Armando Broja<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, according to BBC journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sistoney67\/status\/1550759563053658117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1550759563053658117%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-34826022781645210738.ampproject.net%2F2207071723000%2Fframe.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Stone<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Hammers manager has identified the Sassuolo striker as a priority and will be hoping the club can conclude a deal for the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/12655691\/gianluca-scamacca-transfer-west-ham-target-from-sassuolo-likened-to-zlatan-ibrahimovic-has-had-unusual-journey\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new Zlatan<\/a>&#8216; as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/20\/west-ham-complete-signing-rennes-defender\/\" target=\"_self\">West Ham Complete Signing Moroccan Defender<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What Gianluca Scamacca Will Bring to the London Stadium<\/h3>\n<p>Scamacca has enjoyed a meteoric rise to become one of the most talked about strikers in Europe. The 23-year-old scored 16 goals in 36 games last season in Serie A, leading to many clubs expressing a serious interest in the Italian striker, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/17\/paris-saint-germain-qatari-takeover\/\" target=\"_self\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> and West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout last season he showed his qualities in abundance, especially his instinct in front of goal. He also uses his height well and dominates aerially, winning countless flick-ons and scoring headed goals.<\/p>\n<p>He has worked hard on his movement, which showed last season that he is not afraid to run in behind or drift out wide much like a &#8216;young Zlatan&#8217;. He&#8217;s also comfortable playing with his back to goal and bringing teammates into the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Ham United have agreed a deal to sign Italian international striker Gianluca Scamacca, according to Fabrizio Romano. The deal is structured as a fee of \u00a330.6 million plus \u00a35.1 million add-ons and a 10% sell-on clause. The formalities of the deal look set to be concluded soon, with Sassuolo CEO Giovanni Carnevali confirming the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":615228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[27,3,7188,5],"tags":[8551,9320],"class_list":["post-615217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-ham","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-serie-a","tag-gianluca-scamacca","tag-west-ham-united-transfers"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615217","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\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}