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Michael Mutch

West Ham 'willing to sell' Vladimir Coufal with price tag set amid Bayer Leverkusen link

West Ham United are reportedly willing to sell defender Vladimir Coufal in January and have set their price tag.

That is according to Football Insider who suggest the Irons will look to sell the Czech Republic full-back to raise cash after a busy summer transfer window. West Ham spent around £160million for eight signings.

Nayef Aguerd, Gianluca Scamacca and Lucas Paqueta were the biggest new arrivals, costing £30million or more to sign from Stade Rennais, Sassuolo and Lyon respectively.

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Coufal has played in seven of West Ham’s eight Europa Conference League games this season and was in the starting XI for the first seven Premier League games.

However, the Czech international has played only two Premier League games since starting against Everton at Goodison Park in September, with summer signing Thilo Kehrer and academy graduate Ben Johnson the preferred choice at right-back since then.

Football Insider’s report suggests that the Hammers will accept bids of around £6million for Coufal. The 30-year-old's contract expires next summer but West Ham have an option to extend his deal by a further two years.

Reports in Germany in early November suggested a move to Bayer Leverkusen could be on the cards, but football.london understands that there is nothing in the links between Coufal and the German Bundesliga side at present.

Sky in Germany touted Coufal as a possible target due to the potential exits of former Celtic defender Jeremie Frimpong, who has transitioned into a right-winger under Xabi Alonso, and former Manchester United youth Timothy Fosu-Mensah in January.

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