West Ham transfer news: Joe Hart will be Irons’ top summer transfer target with £15million bid lined up by Slaven Bilic to replace Adrian
England international is currently out on loan in Italy with Torino but will become available next summer
WEST Ham will go back in with a £15m bid for Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart this summer.
Boss Slaven Bilic wants a new stopper to replace the out-of-favourite Adrian and back-up Darren Randolph.
The Hammers had hoped to off-load one of the pair in January to help make a sensational swoop for Hart.
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But with him currently on loan at Torino, Bilic will now wait until the end of the campaign to make his move.
Hart is understood to demand wages of around £100,000-a-week to join West Ham, which would make him their highest-paid player.
And London Stadium chiefs want to offload Adrian, 30, for £5m in the summer, and give his £40,000-a-week money to the England goalkeeper.
A West Ham source said: “We like Hart and would love to bring him to the club.
“That is now one that will have to wait until the summer window. We had more pressing needs in the January window.
“Darren Randolph has shown form enough that his job is safe until at least the summer when changes will be made.
“The club want to make sure they have enough money in the bank to pay Hart the weekly wages he wants.”
Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic is also on the Hammers list should they fail to land their first-choice in Hart.
Bilic was left fuming on Wednesday night after his flops where smashed 4-0 at home to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
