Said Benrahma’s seemingly inevitable switch from West Ham United to Lyon certainly throws a spanner in Everton’s works.
And not just because, as HITC have been informed, The Toffees showed an interest in the Algeria international too before West Ham accepted a £15 million loan-to-buy bid from the Ligue 1 giants one day before the deadline.
HITC Football understands that Everton were also planning to let Arnaut Danjuma go, the Dutchman underwhelming since his summer arrival from Villarreal. Danjuma, who’s departure could have freed up funds for another forward to take his place, had agreed terms with Lyon, only for one of European football’s great underachievers to shift their focus to Benrahma with a few days remaining of the transfer period.
West Ham exit could scupper Everton plans
Danjuma’s agent confirmed to talkSPORT that negotiations had been opened with Lyon shortly after Christmas.
And while Everton boss Sean Dyche has been keen to play down suggestions that the former Bournemouth talisman would be allowed to leave only a few months into his Everton career, HITC understands that The Toffees would not exactly have fought tooth and nail to keep him on Merseyside.
Moyes, meanwhile, was a little more forthcoming than Dyche was when asked about Benrahma’s future. The Hammers, he admits, need to sell before they can buy, with purported deals for the likes of Jota, Armando Broja or Ibrahim Osman either in the balance or facing collapse heading into the final 24 hours of the window.
‘We probably need to sell’
“I do believe Marseille made a loan offer,” Moyes said last Friday, before Lyon overtook their Ligue 1 rivals in pursuit of Benrahma. “As far as I know, it was knocked back anyway.
“We probably need to sell to get some other players in. If that’s the case then we’re probably in a selling mood, rather than a loaning mood.”
The BBC adds that, while Benrahma will join Lyon on loan, they are offering to include a £15 million obligation-to-buy clause in the former Brentford star’s contract.
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