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Report: West Ham eyeing 20-year-old deemed ‘one of the biggest young talents in Europe’
West Ham United have reportedly joined the race to sign Ozan Kabak this month, according to German outlet .
The 20-year-old is one of the most highly rated young defenders in the game, and as well as the Hammers, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur have also been linked with his signature.
Kabak came through the ranks at Galatasaray before joining Stuttgart – then struggling in the Bundesliga – in January 2019 for a reported £9.9million.
The Turkey international impressed at with the Reds but couldn’t help them survive the drop to the German second tier, with Union Berlin winning their promotion-relegation playoff.
However, Kabak would get a reprieve in terms of Bundesliga football as Schalke snapped him up in the summer on a .
“We’re very happy to have been able to bring one of the biggest young talents in Europe to Schalke 04,” sporting director Jochen Schneider .
Since then, he has shone for the Gelsenkirchen side, clocking up 38 competitive appearances complete with three goals and one assist.
And according to , West Ham will seek to battle AC Milan for the £13.5million-rated centre-back this month.
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Despite Schalke’s struggles in the Bundesliga this season, Kabak has done well, and reported interest from Milan, Tottenham and Liverpool in him shows just how highly rated he is.
In addition, Jurgen Klopp is believed to be a huge fan of the young centre-back,
£13.5million sounds like a bargain for such a player, but it could be argued that another centre-back is not really on David Moyes’ list of priorities this month.