West Ham are interested in signing Roma striker Tammy Abraham this summer, according to Caught Offside.
The Englishman is believed to be up for sale ahead of the summer, with Roma reportedly open to listening to offers for a permanent exit from the Stadio Olimpico.
Abraham is currently on loan at Serie A giants AC Milan, where he has bagged eight goals and four assists in all competitions, which is a return that has I Rossoneri also interested in exploring the possibility of expending his stay beyond the current campaign.
Roma had set their asking price for the 27-year-old at £25million last summer and given his form for AC Milan since his loan switch, they could feasibly demand a similar fee as he enters the final two years of his contract.
Aside from potential interest from AC Milan, West Ham may also have to compete with various Premier League clubs who will be in the market for a goalscorer in the summer transfer window.
It is claimed that the likes of Everton, Wolves, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest may also be weighing up a move for the former Chelsea and Aston Villa striker.
Interest from those clubs likely depends on the future of their existing strikers, though, which may intensify the competition for Abraham’s signature.
Wolves’ Matheus Cunha and Newcastle’s Alexander Isak are both heavily linked with moves away from their respective clubs before next season, while Nottingham Forest will be aware that there is no guarantee 33-year-old Chris Wood will be able to replicate the season he’s having now – 18 goals and three assists in the Premier League – and would be wise to search for a younger alternative.
Meanwhile, West Ham are expected to be in the market for a striker once again. Loanee Evan Ferguson is yet to live up to expectations since his January switch from Brighton, while both Michail Antonio and Danny Ings are out of contract at the end of June.
Therefore, we should expect Graham Potter to be in the market for at least two proven goalscorers this season, and Abraham fits the bill perfectly.
The England international, who has won the Champions League with Chelsea and the Conference League with Roma, has 37 goals and 11 assists in 120 first team outings for Roma since his switch from Chelsea in 2021.
Meanwhile, in the Premier League, the striker has 26 goals and five assists in 89 appearances for both Chelsea and Swansea City.
Thirty-one top-flight goal involvements in the Premier League is not to be sniffed at, especially with a ratio of a goal involvement in 2.87 games. To put that in to perspective, that’s not too far off Jarrod Bowen‘s record of a goal or assist every 2.26 games in the Premier League and Antonio’s ratio of 2.65.
So statistically, Abraham certainly fits the bill and would add a regular goal threat in an an attack which is already blessed with exceptional talent.
But while a potential £25m fee almost makes this a no brainer target for Potter, there will no doubt be some concerns over Abraham’s fitness record since his move to Italy almost four years ago.
He has missed 54 games for both Roma and AC Milan, including 40 games missed in 2023/2024 because of an ACL injury. Given West Ham’s history with injured strikers, there simply has to be an element of caution with this signing.
While Abraham appears to have fully recovered from his ACL, missing just five games over the past 18 months with unrelated problems, you just never know with our luck with strikers.
