West Ham considering making player swap offer for £15m rated Championship defender

PRESTON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: Cameron Archer of Preston North End tangles with the Joe Worrall of Nottingham Forest during the Sky Bet Championship match between Preston North End and Nottingham Forest at Deepdale on February 22, 2022 in Preston, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

According to recent reports, West Ham is willing to offer Emmanuel Longelo to Nottingham Forest one exchange for defender Joe Worrall.

That’s according to a recent report from club insiders Claret and Hugh, who claims the Hammers are deadset on bringing the highly-rated Championship centre-back to the Premier League.

Worrall, 25, has been with Forest his entire career after joining their youth academy when he was a young boy.

After enjoying earlier loan spells with Dagenham and Redbridge and Rangers, the English defender was then promoted to his club’s senior first-team in 2019.

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After becoming a regular in Steve Cooper’s side, Worrall’s continued good form now sees him linked with a massive move to West Ham.

The 25-year-old is valued between £12m – £15m by his employers but in an effort to lower that fee, the Hammers are understood to be prepared to throw 21-year-old left-back Longelo into their offer.

Whether or not Forest accepts remains to be seen, but if David Moyes can get Worrall for less than £10m, there is no doubting the Hammers would have done some shrewd business.