Report: West Ham offered chance to sign Napoli and Algeria winger Adam Ounas

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West Ham United have reportedly been offered the chance to sign Napoli winger, Adam Ounas, as the Italian club looks to offload the Algerian this summer.

According to 90Min, Ounas is set to leave the Serie A outfit after falling down the pecking order under Gennaro Gattuso. The report claims that the Italians will seek around £16m for their man, who they signed from Bordeaux three years ago.

Ounas spent part of last season on loan in France with Nice but struggled for consistency after being hampered by an injury midway through his spell with the Ligue 1 outfit.

However, that has not stopped Napoli seeking to get the best deal they can for Ounas. They have apparently touted out a number of teams, with West Ham among the teams in England contacted.

Capped nine times by Algeria, Ounas is of international quality and could interest the Hammers, with Grady Diangana set to complete a move to West Brom in the coming days.

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At £16m, this would be a risky bit of business for a player who hasn’t exactly set the world alight in Italy.

The Hammers are said to be keen on Brentford winger Said Benrahma too and it must be said, they’d surely be better off going for the Bees star ahead of Ounas.

Ounas clearly has the ability and plays with Benrahma at international level. But the Bees star seems ready for a PL move, making him a safer bet – on paper anyway – than Ounas.