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Agent confirms West Ham move will go ahead: La Liga club keen on player
SIMONE ZAZA will have his loan deal at West Ham terminated, his agent has confirmed.
Simone Zaza shows incredible skill at West Ham training
Zaza, on loan from Juventus for the season, is yet to score for the Hammers.
He will trigger a mandatory £16.7million (€20m) permanent deal to West Ham once he plays 14 games.
West Ham appear unwilling to pay that figure and manager Slaven Bilic is already on the lookout for a new striker, with Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge linked.
He could well stay in Turin, given that Juventus might need another striker
And Zaza's agent told Juvenews that the Italian was not wanted anymore at London Stadium.
"Zaza will definitely go back to Juve, because West Ham do not want to keep him," Vincenzo Morabito said.
"He could well stay in Turin, given that Juventus might need another striker.
"If not, there are plenty of other options."
West Ham could offload Simone Zaza onto Valencia
Zaza is yet to score for West Ham
Zaza played against West Ham for Juventus in a friendly this summer
One of those options may be Valencia, who were interested in Zaza in the summer before he completed his loan to West Ham - which carried a £4.2m (€5m) loan free.
Valencia sporting director Jesus Garcia Pitarch confirmed the club are keen on the 25-year-old but would require financial help to get the deal through.
"Basically the biggest challenge is that the salary that he has at West Ham is absolutely huge, but we think that could be negotiated," he told Spanish newspaper Super Deporte.
"I don't know what the manager thinks about this.
"But if we could reduce his wages, he is a player that we can look at."
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