"?West Ham United are leading the race to sign former Valencia winger Sofiane Feghouli,"?ESPN reports. The Algerian International has finished his six-year-stint at Valencia and is now looking towards the Premier League for a new chapter in his career.
Feghouli, 26, has been linked to the Premier League for a long time as Manchester United and Liverpool have tracked him for a while, but West Ham have emerged as leaders of the pack. Slaven Bilic is an admirer of the attacking winger and is keen to add to his options in the final third next season.
West Ham will be hopeful that they can finally get some luck in the transfer market. So far this summer, they've had rejections from Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette and Marseille's Michy Batshuayi.
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West Ham have been busy so far, with reported approaches for Manchester United's Juan Mata and Arsenals Theo Walcott having been made.
If the Hammers are successful in signing Feghouli then this will be their second free transfer of the window after Havard Nordtveit joined on a free from Borussia Monchengladbach.
Bilic is clearly building with the intent of a team looking at the Champions League. With the controversial move to the Olympic Stadium secure, West Ham United are making a statement with the quality of their potential reinforcements and signings.