Milenkovic down to details for West Ham

Reports in Italy continue to maintain that West Ham United are within hours of securing Fiorentina defender Nikola Milenkovic.

The terms of the deal should be circa €17m plus performance-related bonuses, although the Hammers are believed to be haggling.

According to Sportitalia transfer expert Alfredo Pedullà, Serbia international Milenkovic has given the all-clear and accepted the personal terms put forward by West Ham.

There had also been interest from Tottenham Hotspur, but it would appear they never made a formal proposal.

Fiorentina needed to sell Milenkovic because his contract is due to expire in June 2022 and the 23-year-old had commanded a transfer fee double that last summer.

Juventus and Sevilla had also been tracking his situation, but again West Ham have made the offer that could stick.

Sportitalia are confident a deal can be done by tomorrow, and the replacement has already been found, as Fiorentina can bring Matija Nastasic back from Schalke 04 for a minimal fee, as his contract is also running down.

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— Alfredo Pedullà (@AlfredoPedulla) August 9, 2021