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Sassuolo have agreed to sell Italy striker Gianluca Scamacca to West Ham, according to the Serie A club’s chief executive Giovanni Carnevali.
The 23-year-old forward has been strongly linked with a move away from Sassuolo throughout the transfer window, with Paris Saint-Germain reportedly among the clubs interested.
Carnevali insisted earlier this month that Sassuolo were in no rush to sell their prized asset, adamant they would only let him leave on their terms.
And despite the apparent interest of PSG, West Ham are seemingly close to securing the striker’s arrival.
Speaking to Corriere dello Sport, Carnevali said: “€36million plus €6m in bonuses and 10 per cent on any resale for Scamacca. A good deal, isn’t it? Also, because West Ham is a selling club.
“Scamacca is the present and future of Italy, a complete striker. He’s improved a lot in the last year, and he still has unexpressed potential.
“He has physical and technical strengths – he has to learn to play more with his team-mates, [but] he’s an exceptional lad, very good.”
Scamacca enjoyed a breakout campaign last season, scoring 16 goals in 36 appearances in Serie A.
His tally was only bettered by five players – Giovanni Simeone, Tammy Abraham (both 17), Lautaro Martinez (21), Dusan Vlahovic (24) and Ciro Immobile (27) – in the Italian top flight.
Meanwhile, Erling Haaland, Vinicius Junior and Vlahovic were the only players younger than Scamacca to score 15 or more goals in Europe’s top five leagues.
Scamacca will expect to play a prominent role at West Ham should the deal go through, as the club lack depth in his position, with Michail Antonio the only recognised striker in their squad following last year’s sale of Sebastien Haller.
