West Ham Cresswell Bid Claim - Ipswich Town News
West Ham are mentioned in connection with Town left-back Aaron Cresswell by a couple of this morning’s tabloids.
The Sun on Sunday claims that the Hammers are set to offer the Blues £1.5 million for the 24-year-old, while the Sunday People reports manager Sam Allardyce’s "long-term admirer" of the Liverpudlian. TWTD reported that a West Ham scout was keeping tabs on Cresswell back in August.
Town boss Mick McCarthy said earlier this month that he wouldn’t stand in Cresswell’s way if the right offer from a Premier League club came in this summer.
However, a bid of £1.5 million is likely to fall well short of the Blues’ valuation, with Cresswell’s former club Tranmere entitled to 20 per cent of the profit Town make on the tribunal-set compensation of £420,000 they paid for him following his move to Portman Road in the summer of 2011.
Southampton are understood to view Cresswell, who is contracted until the summer of 2017, as a potential replacement for Luke Shaw it he is sold during the close season, while Newcastle and West Brom were also regular visitors to Portman Road during the final weeks of the season.
Tottenham, Crystal Palace, Cardiff, Hull City and Everton have also all been linked at one time or another, while Aston Villa made an enquiry in the summer of 2012.
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