Felix Agu;West ham dream target has finally rejected club terms and conditions insisted not playing

The full-back department feels ripe for investment at West Ham United, and it appears that those in charge at the Premier League outfit agree.

Vladimir Coufal appears likely to depart the London Stadium after contract talks hit an impasse.

On the other side of the pitch, Aaron Cresswell is not getting any younger. Reports suggest that West Ham are looking to sell Emerson Palmieri too. The former Chelsea man has just one year left on his own deal, while Graham Potter is clearly a fan of young Oliver Scarles.

The beauty of bringing Felix Agu to West Ham United, then, is that the Werder Bremen’s two-footed, two-flanked full-back could provide competition on both the right and the left-hand side.

The Hammers would have to move quick to get Agu through the door, however.

As Sky Sports Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg explains, the release clause in his Werder Bremen contract expires at the end of this month. Until then, Agu will be available for somewhere in the region of £8 million.

Werder Bremen’s Felix Agu reacts after West Ham United interest

A key part of a Werder side still dreaming of European football – they are only two points adrift of Borussia Dortmund in eighth as things stand – Agu is a right-footed full-back who tends to play on the left-hand side.

Eighteen of his 19 Bundesliga appearances this season have seen him start on the left. However, the 25-year-old former Germany Under-21 international has also played plenty of times on the right throughout his rather slow-burning career.

Meaning that, for a reported £8 million, West Ham could bring in a replacement for Vladimir Coufal while also adding further competition on the left. Two birds with one stone, and all that.