West Ham succeeded, they will get the stopper that the coach wanted. At least one…After Nice rejected €30,000,000 for Jean-Clair Todibo and Wolverhampton the same amount for captain Max Kilman, today the Hammers upped the ante and completed the deal for the second-mentioned. Wolves were offered £40,000,000 which is around €47,000,000 including bonuses for Kilman and gave the green light.West Ham’s new coach Julen Lopetegui insisted on Kilman’s transfer because he coached him at Wolves and was irreplaceable to him. In general, Kilman was one of the pillars of the Molineux club, having missed only one Premier League game in the previous two seasons. He is ripe enough for a step forward and returns to his home city.##NAJAVA_MECA_8192887##Kilman was born in London where he started playing football in Fulham, but in the rest of his career he had much more success in futsal than in football. While he built his football career in lower leagues such as Gillingham, Welling, Marlow and Maidenhead, he became England’s futsal international at the age of 18 and played for that team for three years.After he played his first real football season in Maidenhead, making 33 appearances in the fifth league caravan (up until then he had hardly played anywhere), Wolves noticed him and brought him to the B team. The coach at the time, Nuno Espirito Santo, felt the potential in him, transferred him to the first team and Kilman little by little became an increasingly important link in the Wolves team. In the 2020/21 season, he established himself, and even the departure of Espirito Santo did not stop the rapid rise of his career. In place of Santo came another Portuguese, Bruno Laz, and with him Kilman became an irreplaceable starter, and last summer he became a captain under Gary O’Neill. Then he signed a new five-year contract, but after another great season, it became impossible for Wolves to keep him.🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Wolves have accepted an offer in the region of £40m for Max Kilman from West Ham.📰 @skysports_sheth | #WWFC pic.twitter.com/mlWlzxJ2oL— Talking Wolves (@TalkingWolves) July 4, 2024 Even Manchester United were mentioned among those interested, but Lopetegui’s arrival on the West Ham bench meant that the Hammers would go all out for Kilman’s signature. After the first offer was rejected, the East London club complied with the coach’s wishes, increased the offer and managed to negotiate a big signing.It is to be expected that West Ham will bring some reinforcements in the defensive line. Angelo Ogbonna left the club as a free agent, and the fate of Nayef Aguerd is uncertain because he has lucrative offers from Saudi Arabia and wants to go to his Arab world.It is possible that a new offer will go to Nice for Todibo, but the name of Irish national team player Jake O’Brien from Lyon is being mentioned more and more often.
