West Ham have increased their offer for Lazio’s Felipe Anderson to 40m euros (£35m) plus add-on.Lazio president Claudio Lotito has asked for 50m euros (£44m) for the midfielder but is likely to accept a 40m euro offer with an easily achievable bonus scheme.
West Ham’s new bid will include a bonus arrangement depending on a number of appearances.Talks began earlier this month and will continue in the coming days. A source West Ham are hopeful a deal can be done but claims there is interest in the 25-year-old from other clubs.
Since replacing manager David Moyes at the end of the season, Manuel Pellegrini has already signed Issa Diop, Lukasz Fabianski and Ryan Fredericks for the Hammers this summer.