Soccer4U has learned today that West Ham will have scouts in attendance for Chelsea’s final league game of the season against Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge.
While this would not ordinarily cause a stir, the attendance of West Ham scouts in West London is clearly not for tactical reasons, given that the season is at an end. However, before excited Hammers fans begin to speculate that it might be to run the rule over Conor Gallagher, it is also understood that scouts were present for Bournemouth’s penultimate Premier League game of the season against Brentford.
Therefore, it doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to deduce that the Hammers are scouting an AFC Bournemouth player ahead of next season. While Dominic Solanke is the obvious candidate, don’t rule out Lloyd Kelly. According to Fabrizio Romano, a deal to take Kelly to Newcastle is “really advanced,” but don’t rule out a late bid by the Hammers.
Of course, it could all be much ado about nothing, but it is interesting to see West Ham scouting so thoroughly just before the start of a transfer window.
