{"id":643428,"date":"2024-07-17T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=643428"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:01:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T17:01:01","slug":"aaron-wan-bissaka-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/17\/aaron-wan-bissaka-west-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham to Join Race for &#8216;Exceptional&#8217; One-on-One Defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After reportedly agreeing a deal for Jean-Clair Todibo, West Ham have now entered the race for Aaron Wan-Bissaka of Manchester United. The Hammers are having a particularly active and successful summer transfer window, so far.<\/p>\n<h2>West Ham Making Bold Moves as They Move for Aaron Wan-Bissaka<\/h2>\n<h3>Hammers Amongst Clubs in for Aaron Wan-Bissaka<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2024\/07\/17\/west-ham-transfer-aaron-wan-bissaka-man-utd-todibo\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph<\/a> has reported that West Ham have entered the race for the right-back. They are &#8220;among clubs&#8221; including Fenerbahce and Galatasaray, who are interested in the 26-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United reportedly expect &#8220;serious interest&#8221; from Premier League clubs this transfer window in their last opportunity to cash in; his contract was set to expire this summer, but the club <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5176485\/2024\/01\/03\/aaron-wan-bissaka-manchester-united-contract\/#:~:text=Manchester%20United%20have%20activated%20the,which%20they%20have%20now%20triggered.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">activated<\/a> a 12-month extension.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/01\/ipswich-town-ben-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Versatile\u2019 Ben Johnson Can Help Ipswich Town Survive Relegation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph reports that &#8220;it remains to be seen&#8221; whether the player even wants to leave. It was reported a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/06\/14\/manchester-united-aaron-wan-bissaka-sale-possibile\/\" target=\"_self\">&#8220;not guaranteed&#8221;<\/a> exit by Fabrizio Romano previously.<\/p>\n<h3>West Ham Continue to Strengthen Their Defence<\/h3>\n<p>West Ham have not been afraid to spend this window: they bought <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/06\/03\/west-ham-luis-guilherme\/\" target=\"_self\">Luis Guilherme<\/a> for around \u20ac30 million and are linked with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/17\/reiss-nelson-west-ham-transfer-arsenal\/\" target=\"_self\">Reiss Nelson.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s their defence that they have really strengthened. They spent a hefty \u00a340 million to reunite <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/06\/max-kilman-signs-west-ham-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Max Kilman<\/a> with new manager Julen Lopetegui, and are closing in on Todibo from Nice for around \u00a327 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/17\/mason-greenwood-marseille\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Green Light\u2019: Manchester United Authorise Sale Of \u2018Special Talent\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wan-Bissaka will help this, as he is <a  href=\"https:\/\/sportsview.co.uk\/2024\/07\/west-ham-in-advanced-talks-to-sign-aaron-wan-bissaka#:~:text=Make%20no%20mistake%3A%20Wan%2DBissaka,at%20the%20back%20last%20season.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;especially exceptional in one-on-one defending&#8221;.<\/a> This strengthening of the backline is crucial: they conceded an incredible 74 goals in the league last season, only less than the relegated Sheffield United, Burnley, and Luton Town.<\/p>\n<p>Contrastingly, they scored a respectable 60 goals. It is not surprising to see a heavy focus on the defence in this summer transfer window, as the Hammers look to spend big and push for European football again next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After reportedly agreeing a deal for Jean-Clair Todibo, West Ham have now entered the race for Aaron Wan-Bissaka of Manchester United. The Hammers are having a particularly active and successful summer transfer window, so far. West Ham Making Bold Moves as They Move for Aaron Wan-Bissaka Hammers Amongst Clubs in for Aaron Wan-Bissaka The Telegraph [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4784,"featured_media":640596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[30,18,27],"tags":[2618,36,304],"class_list":["post-643428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-manchester-united","category-west-ham","tag-aaron-wan-bissaka","tag-manchester-united","tag-west-ham-united"],"modified_by":"Henry Chung, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643428","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\/4784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}