Tottenham star clearly a smokescreen for West Ham to secure stunning £20m deadline day deal

West Ham United are said to be in the hunt to sign Tottenham star Giovani Lo Celso on transfer deadline day.

Giovani Lo Celso is reportedly a deadline day transfer target for West Ham, as hard as that might be to believe.

However, I think our supposed ‘interest’ in the Argentine is nothing more than a smokescreen designed to get another club to lower their demands for one of our targets.

Transfer deadline day is finally upon us, and West Ham have one final shot as turning a 9/10 window into the perfect 10.

Julen Lopetegui has worked wonders at the London Stadium this summer, but the West Ham head coach needs to make at least one more top quality signing, if he is to guide us to success on all fronts this season.

The Hammers fans are buzzing with excitement about what the future holds for us, and Lopetegui has insisted that he’s after even more new signings.

However, the Spaniard will have to get rid of some of the fringe players first, before he can even think about making any new signings.

If that happens, it could be a magical day in East London.

Obvious West Ham deadline day smokescreen

I can’t see a scenario whereby the Hammers sign Lo Celso from Tottenham today.

The two clubs just don’t do business with one another, it really is as simple as that.

The bottom line is that the Hammers are struggling to raise funds to sign Carlos Soler from Paris Saint-Germain.

The 27-year-old is keen to join West Ham, Lopetegui wants him at the club and PSG want to move him on before the transfer window closes.