West Ham in shock £25million transfer bid for Marseille defender Duje Caleta-Car with club willing to pay £150k a week
WEST HAM are making a shock £25million bid for Marseille's Croatian international centre-back Duje Caleta-Car.
Boss David Moyes has picked out the towering defender, 24, as the man to strengthen his back line.
The two clubs are now hammering out a deal, with middle-men in London to sort out terms.
The Hammers are willing to pay huge wages of around £150,000-a-week to get their man.
Marseille are in the Champions League and have drawn Manchester City.
Despite that, they are still expected to sell for the right price.
Caleta-Car has been capped by his country and was a regular at Marseille after they signed him from Red Bull Salzburg.
But the feeling at the Ligue 1 side is that this may be the right time to move him on.
West Ham have been chasing centre-backs at home and abroad this summer.
They have failed in their bid to sign James Tarkowski from Burnley.
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And the Hammers are still waiting to hear back about loan bids for Chelsea's Antonio Rudiger and Arsenal's Rob Holding.
The deal for Caleta-Car will have to be done quickly though, as the international window shuts tomorrow night.
To complicate things further, Caleta-Car will be away on international duty for the Nations League.