Overview
- Football Talk, citing Football Insider, says West Ham are preparing to act after weeks of tracking the 25-year-old Norwich striker.
- Club scouts were reported to be impressed after a senior observer watched Sargent on 22 November, with monitoring continuing since.
- Nuno Espirito Santo is assessing striker options as concerns grow over Callum Wilson’s fitness and Niclas Fullkrug’s future.
- Sargent has six league goals and three assists this season and is under contract at Norwich until 2028, which could strengthen the Championship club’s negotiating position.
- Norwich’s valuation is understood to be about £15 million, and West Ham are also looking at alternatives such as Troy Parrott, Ivan Toney, Andrea Pinamonti, Santiago Gimenez and Promise David.