Club convinced West Ham will make formal offer for signing – PL side make ‘concrete progress’ to outline deal with player

On July 11th, Mundo Deportivo reported West Ham United are in advanced negotiations with Real Betis over a deal for Luiz Felipe.

Three days later, Estadio Deportivo stated the defender’s agent has informed the La Liga side about the Hammers’ ‘strong interest’ in him.

Monday’s ABC Sevilla states negotiations between West Ham and Real Betis for 26-year-old, for around €20m, are ‘still alive’.

It’s said there were meetings in London last week with Felipe’s agent and intermediaries, to ‘advance the transfer’ to West Ham.

The report states all parties have ‘made clear progress’ for the future agreement to take Felipe to West Ham, who are now waiting to sort out ‘some internal issues’.

David Moyes’ side are still keen and this was shown by the ‘concrete progress’ made to outline the details of the contract with the player.

Real Betis are waiting for the Premier League side to make a formal offer, but for now they have ‘different priorities’. It’s stated West Ham’s Mark Noble is waiting for Moyes to return from the pre-season tour of Australia to ‘take the next steps’.

West Ham and Real Betis intermediaries will continue talks as the report states all parties are ‘convinced’ there will be progress made on this deal, in the form of a ‘formal written proposal’ from the Hammers.

If this were to happen, it would be followed by further negotiations between the two clubs to sort out the last details of the operation.

Felipe joined the Spanish club for free last summer and his sale would help them reshape their squad for the new season.

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Scott’s departure this summer has been expected for some time but the Ashton Gate faithful can be forgiven for starting to believe that he may stay put after a fairly quiet first month of the transfer window and with Nigel Pearson indicating he’s planning for the 19-year-old to be part of his squad in 2023/2

Over the past week, however, interest from multiple clubs has intensified and it is once again starting to look as though the rising star could be on the move soon.

Here, we’ve rounded up all the latest news concerning the pursuit of Scott…

Wolves set for another offer

Wolves are expected to make another for Scott after seeing a bid of £20 million, plus add-ons, rejected by the Championship club.

That’s according to The Telegraph’s John Percy, who has reiterated that City want £25 million for the midfielder and that the Molineux outfit remain hopeful that a deal can be done – with Julen Lopetegui said to be a big fan of Scott.

Percy has added that other Premier League clubs could still come in for the teenager.

The Daily Mail has since reported that Wolves bid was worth £22 million in total and is their second this summer, having seen an £18 million offer rejected previously.

Inter Milan have also been touted with an interest in that same report.

Among the other top flight sides in the race for Scott are Bournemouth, who reportedly saw an initial bid of £15 million plus add-ons rejected last week.

According to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano, the Cherries are readying another offer for their “top target in midfield” and are aware of the competition they face for his signature.

City have history dealing with the South Coast club – having sold academy products Lloyd Kelly and Antoine Semenyo to the Vitality Stadium outfit in recent years.

West Ham

West Ham United are another of the clubs that have been regularly linked with Scott and last week, Football Insider reported that the Hammers were in a strong position to agree a deal with the 19-year-old.

It is believed West Ham have a concrete interest and would be well-placed to sign him if all parties were keen for the move to progress.

As City have made clear throughout the summer, though, an offer in the region of £25 million will be needed if the player is to move to the London Stadium this summer.

While the transfer talk continues to circle, Scott remains focussed on his preparations for the 2023/24 with City and featured for the Championship squad as they got their pre-season schedule underway this weekend.

He played the second half of the Robins’ 6-2 victory against non-league outfit Torquay United at the Robins High Performance Centre on Saturday – featuring in midfield alongside Matty James and Andi Weimann.

City are back in action against League Two side Swindon Town on Tuesday and there are likely to be fans of multiple clubs keeping an eye on whether Scott is involved.