West Bromwich Albion loanee Grady Diangana looks set to stay with West Ham United in the summer despite interest from the Baggies.
According to Claret and Hugh, the English attacker will ‘return’ to the London Stadium after the season has ended and will not move to the Hawthorns permanently.
That is due to the fact that Slaven Bilic’s Championship outfit are unlikely to match the Irons’ asking price for the 22-year-old.
As stated in the report, David Moyes’ side values Diangana at around the £20million mark.
Despite the Championship club currently sitting in an automatic promotion spot (per BBC) and ‘look set to secure promotion‘, the Baggies intend to be ‘prudent‘ in the next transfer window.
Although the 22-year-old has a whopping five years left on his contract with West Ham, his market value currently stands at just £4.05million (per Transfermarkt).
TIF Thoughts…
In the Championship this season, the English attacker has shown an impressive level of ability as he has been the Baggies’ fourth-best performer (per WhoScored).
To earn the respectable standing in Bilic’s squad, Diangana has earned an impressive 7.15/10 average rating.
Should the winger have earned the same average rating for West Ham in the Premier League this season, he would be the Hammers’ second-best performer (per WhoScored).
Should Grady Diangana be given a prolonged first-team opportunity by West Ham next season?Yes, he's a good player
No, not good enough
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While it has been in the league below, the 22-year-old has shown in his offensive statistics that he can be as effective as West Ham’s Felipe Anderson.
This season, Diangana has taken more shots (1.5) and made more key passes (1.3) per league game on average than Anderson, as the Brazilian has taken 1.0 shots and made 1.1 key passes per game.
However, Anderson has performed more dribbles (2.8) than his English counterpart has done (2.3).
The statistics prove, though, that Diangana can be as effective as one of the club’s first-team players, so, West Ham may be best served by giving the youngster a prolonged first-team opportunity next season.