Report: London giants in bid to beat PL rivals to Leeds ace, £15m to seal the deal
Transfers

Report: London giants in bid to beat PL rivals to Leeds ace, £15m to seal the deal

Wayne Veysey
Wayne Veysey

Founder & Managing Director AUTHORITY Former chief correspondent at Evening Standard, Goal and Press Association with nearly three decades in national, regional and digital news and sports journalism. Wayne directs the network’s news strategy and high-level operations. FOCUS Editorial direction for the 11-site network and newsroom management. THE BRIEF Wayne oversees the network’s editorial standards across the network. He provides the final sign-off on all headline scoops, ensuring content across all platforms meets the standards required for a high-velocity newsroom.

Published on: 

By Alex Stevens

West Ham are in hot pursuit of Leeds United striker Chris Wood, according to a report.

Football London claim the Hammers are weighing up a summer swoop for the Championship leading scorer as they aim to strengthen their attacking options in the forthcoming window.

It is said that Everton and Stoke are also keeping close tabs on Wood, whose goalscoring exploits are making the Premier League clubs sit up and take notice.

Football London report that West Ham have one advantage in the race in that the 25-year-old is close to their centre-back Winston Reid.

The pair both hail from New Zealand, with Reid the captain of the country's team and Wood his vice-captain.

Wood has emerged as Leeds' prize asset on the back of a season in which his goalscoring exploits have been key to their against-the-odds promotion charge.

The forward, who joined from Leicester in the summer of 2015, has scored 28 goals in 46 matches in all competitions, 25 of which have come from 42 league games.

Wood has two years remaining on his contract but Leeds could find it difficult to hang on to him as they now face an uphill task to make the play-offs.

Garry Monk's side have fallen to three points outside the play-off spots with two matches of the campaign remaining.

West Ham's status as an established Premier League club and their London destination could be in their favour should they ramp up their Wood pursuit.

In other Leeds United news, it can be exclusively revealed that the club registered a new signing last month.

We’ve launched a << BREAKING NEWS FEED>> exclusively for your club. ‘Like Us’ on Facebook by clicking here if you want 24/7 updates on all Leeds breaking news.

West Ham United
Leeds United
Chris Wood
www.footballinsider247.com