The Italian news outlet shared (7 February) that the Hammers will likely be involved in a tussle with Tottenham and AC Milan to sign the 26-year-old who remains out of contract at Craven Cottage in June.
As per his expiring contract with Fulham, the defender earns around £2.4 million gross per year at £46,000-a-week and has emerged as a cheap option for Milan while Tottenham and West Ham are also eyeing his situation at Craven Cottage.
The Hammers have done brilliantly to convince Phillips to join the Moyes revolution in East London with the Manchester City star certainly adding star power to the squad.
However, there is a case to argue that there are positions in the squad that desperately need addressing rather than midfield and that’s in attack and defence.
With Michail Antonio out injured, Danny Ings is the only senior striker which leaves the club well short of options in the position but the defence may need some telling upgrades soon enough too.
Angelo Ogbonna is on his last legs in East London and cannot be relied upon to feature regularly at the top level while there are also injury concerns regarding Kurt Zouma who can’t play two games in a week any longer.
Also, there’s the issue of Nayef Aguerd’s future to deal with too with the Moroccan heavily linked with an exit for several months now.
Konstantinos Mavropanos has endured his on-and-off spells in a West Ham shirt but still needs time to bed himself at the club given he only joined last summer.
David Moyes will need to refresh the position in the summer and Adarabioyo represents an astute option given his age, profile, current abilities and his relatively low wages in comparison to everyone else on the Hammers’ books.
Not only that, but the Fulham defender has exerted tremendous qualities that are sure to have a number of Europe’s elite clamouring for his signature and West Ham must ensure they are at the front of the queue for his services.
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