{"id":30993,"date":"2018-03-01T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T17:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=30993"},"modified":"2018-03-04T09:55:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T17:55:25","slug":"west-ham-target-saman-ghoddos-might-have-surprised-scouts-in-arsenal-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2018\/03\/01\/west-ham-target-saman-ghoddos-might-have-surprised-scouts-in-arsenal-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham target Saman Ghoddos might have surprised scouts in Arsenal clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

HITC – GLASGOW, West Ham United were reportedly watching Saman Ghoddos at the Emirates on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arsenal could be seeing a lot more of their Europa League tormentor Saman Ghoddos in the near future.<\/p>\n

Because the Iranian international centre-forward looks very likely to be swapping Sweden for England during the summer transfer window. According to ESPN, five Premier League clubs – West Ham United, West Brom, Southampton, Leicester and Brighton – all sent scouts to watch the Ostersunds forward at the Emirates on Thursday.<\/p>\n

And they might have been surprised by what they witnessed.<\/p>\n

Ghoddos has developed a reputation as one of the most impressive goal-scorers in Scandinavian football, but he showed another side to his game against Arsene Wenger\u2019s bedraggled Gunners.<\/p>\n

He set up both the goals in one of the Europa League\u2019s biggest ever shock wins, rolling a perfectly weighted through ball into the path of Hosam Aiesh for 1-0 before firing a pinpoint diagonal to the feet of Ken Sema, who duly smashed in the second.<\/p>\n

Ghoddos was a threat all game but with his deliveries into the box rather than his own attempts on goal. Clearly, he is not an out-and-out goalscorer, much more than that in fact.<\/p>\n

That suggests the likes of West Ham, Southampton and West Brom, who could all do with a prolific striker, would be signing a multi-faceted centre-forward capable of creating goals as well as putting chances away himself.<\/p>\n

Ostersund chairman Daniel Kind told Fotbol Direkt back in October that Ghoddos would not be leaving for less than \u00a34.6 million and his value has probably increased again since.<\/p>\n

But if West Ham can sign Ghoddos for less than \u00a310 million, they could still have pulled off a bargain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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