Transfer news and rumours today: West Ham announce first signing, Fulham fail with £17m defender bid

West Ham United person confirmed the imperishable signing of winger Keiber Lamadrid from Deportivo La Guaira pursuing his indebtedness spell.

The 22-year-old joined the Irons during the January transportation model but lone made 1 elder quality successful an FA Cup fourth-round triumph implicit Burton Albion.

Lamadrid lone made 3 Premier League matchday squads earlier the Irons' relegation, though helium managed 1 extremity and 1 assistance from 3 Premier League 2 games for the Under-21s.

The Hammers possessed an enactment to marque the Venezuelan's enactment imperishable for astir £1m, and the nine announced connected Saturday that the clause had been triggered.

"West Ham United person exercised the enactment to implicit the imperishable transportation of Keiber Lamadrid from Deportivo La Guaira," a nine connection read. "Everyone astatine West Ham United would similar to congratulate Keiber connected completing his transportation and privation him the champion for his aboriginal vocation successful Claret and Blue."

Lamadrid antecedently scored 14 goals successful 104 appearances for Deportivo La Guaira, and the attacker has won 2 caps for the Venezuelan nationalist team.

Wolves braced for Joao Gomes transportation hijack?

Elsewhere successful the Championship, Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Joao Gomes remains astatine the centre of an aggravated transportation tussle betwixt Atletico Madrid and Galatasaray.

The 25-year-old is expected to depart Molineux this summertime pursuing Wolves' relegation from the Premier League, and helium was formerly linked with a determination to Manchester United.

The Red Devils' pursuit of Atalanta BC's Ederson eliminated immoderate accidental of Gomes moving to Old Trafford, portion besides making Atletico the main contenders for the Wolves antheral aft they missed retired connected Ederson.

However, RTI Esporte claims that Galatasaray could look to hijack Atletico's determination by offering Wolves astir €40m (£34.7m) for Gomes's services.

Nevertheless, Atletico are inactive viewed arsenic the favourites to motion the 25-year-old, and Los Rojiblancos are consenting to put a higher interest - £39m - to pip Galatasaray to the post.

Gomes has scored 8 goals and acceptable up six assists successful 130 appearances for Wolves, who person the Brazilian nether declaration until 2030.

Fulham 'fail' with £17.3m defender bid

Back successful the Premier League, Fulham person supposedly failed with a €20m (£17.3m) connection for Trabzonspor defender Chibuike Nwaiwu.

The 22-year-old lone signed for the Turkish Super Lig broadside from Wolfsberger AC successful January, but his banal rapidly roseate arsenic helium won the Turkish Cup successful his archetypal half-season.

Nwaiwu besides excelled successful the Turkish Super Lig with 3 goals and 1 assistance from 16 appearances, arsenic Trabzonspor finished 3rd successful the array to suffice for the Europa League playoff round.

Fulham precocious tried their luck with a bid for the centre-back, but Fotomac reports that Trabzonspor rejected the Cottages' connection "without hesitation".

The study adds that Fulham are expected to travel guardant with a revised offer, but Trabzonspor volition lone merchantability if the London nine marque him Nwaiwu their astir costly merchantability of each time.

The Turkish club's existent grounds merchantability is goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir, who signed for Galatasaray for £23.8m past year.

Fulham, Sunderland battling for £26m Serie A centre-back

If Fulham cannot twist Trabzonspor's arm, the Cottagers person supposedly already recovered an alternate successful Parma centre-back Mariano Troilo.

The 22-year-old joined the Serie A broadside from Belgrano for a specified £6.9m past twelvemonth and made 23 appearances successful his archetypal season, scoring 1 goal.

Troilo helped Parma unafraid Serie A endurance with a 13th-placed finish, starting 18 top-flight matches, though helium besides received 2 reddish cards successful the apical flight.

Nevertheless, the Argentine's emergence has caught the attraction of Fulham and Sunderland, according to Parmalive, but the brace are 'far' from gathering Parma's asking price.

The Serie A outfit - managed by ex-Arsenal adjunct Carlos Cuesta - reportedly privation €30m (£26m) to sell Troilo, who stands astatine 6ft 4in tall.

The defender is not owed to go a escaped cause until 2030.