Odilon Kossounou

[moore_94]

We are named as a team “on alert”

 

Leverkusen may let him leave on loan towards the end of the window

 

 

[davieG]

West Ham United shocked as defender Odilon Kossounou made available by Bayer Leverkusen
West Ham are on red alert after Odilon Kossounou was made available by Bayer Leverkusen in the final weeks of the summer transfer window, according to Alan Nixon.

Writing via his Patreon account on Sunday morning (14 August), the Sun journalist reported that Leverkusen are ready to sell the 21-year-old Ivory Coast international despite signing him just last summer from Club Brugge for £25million.

Kossounou was a regular for Leverkusen last season but he’s been left out of the starting line-up for both of the German side’s first two Bundesliga matches this term.

It is understood that Fulham, Leicester and West Ham are all in pursuit of Kossounou as they are in the market for a new defender and are “shocked” that a player of his calibre has been made available.

Nixon claims that Leverkusen could send the Ivorian centre-back out on loan and while there are teams in Spain keen on him, a Premier League move is more attractive.

Is he our man?

It’s no secret that David Moyes wants to add to his centre-back options before the transfer window closes later this month.

And it’s no surprise either with full-back Ben Johnson forced to play at the heart of the defence with Kurt Zouma last week in the defeat to Manchester City.

Nayef Aguerd, Craig Dawson and Angelo Ogbonna are all injured and Issa Diop has left the London Stadium to join Fulham.

West Ham
Our defensive situation is by no means ideal so a new face needs to be added to the squad as soon as possible otherwise this season could become a real slog.

Kossounou was a regular for Leverkusen last season, playing 27 times for them in the Bundesliga and making five appearances in the Europa League.

The Ivory Coast international also represented his country at the Africa Cup of Nations but only started one of his nation’s four matches before they lost to eventual runners-up Egypt in the round of 16.

Kossounou can play at centre-back and right-back and looks to be a very promising young defender.

It remains to be seen how much he’s available for as we’d like to see a loan-to-buy deal rather than just a straight-up loan, which would benefit Leverkusen more than us.

[davieG]

https://www.wtfoot.com/player/odilon-kossounou/

 

In this article you will discover everything you want to know about Odilon Kossounou: his current girlfriend or wife, his salary and his tattoos. Read along and find out in what house the Ivorian centre-back lives in and also have a look at his cars!

[Mike Oxlong]

2 minutes ago, davieG said:

https://www.wtfoot.com/player/odilon-kossounou/

 

In this article you will discover everything you want to know about Odilon Kossounou: his current girlfriend or wife, his salary and his tattoos. Read along and find out in what house the Ivorian centre-back lives in and also have a look at his cars!

I’m going to pass on this occasion 

[davieG]

8 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

I’m going to pass on this occasion 

I admit I never read it.

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

In this article you will discover everything you want to know about Odilon Kossounou: his current girlfriend or wife, his salary and his tattoos

Just what we need to know

 

 

[Phenom]

His stats seem pretty good for his age but he’s not good in the air. Only won 53% of his aerial duels last season.

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

Pretty sure we were linked last year weren't we?

 

Can also play right back which is useful.

[PNM]

51 minutes ago, Phenom said:

His stats seem pretty good for his age but he’s not good in the air. Only won 53% of his aerial duels last season.

Perfect

[Danny280995]

9 hours ago, moore_94 said:

We are named as a team “on alert”

 

Leverkusen may let him leave on loan towards the end of the window

 

 

We're not signing anyone Brendan has confirmed that yesterday 

[Dames]

1 minute ago, Danny280995 said:

We're not signing anyone Brendan has confirmed that yesterday 

Ignore him, he's acting like a diva in the media at the minute. 

[FoxinNotts]

This is our man

Get Kolo to use his Ivory Coast links 

Get him through the door first, then rinse Chelsea for 85m of their English pounds.

[Vindaloo FOX]

This will happen now 

[TommyK]

Looks like a perfect Forana replacement 

[lcfc sheff]

On 14/08/2022 at 17:54, Chocolate Teapot said:

Pretty sure we were linked last year weren't we?

 

Can also play right back which is useful.

Just been watching his clips, looks more of a right back and not physically imposing enough for a centreback but maybe the clips are biased. Rapid though!

[Spudulike]

Would there likely be competition for this player if City are genuinely interested? Original post mentions West Ham and Fulham. Not sure if they are likely to pounce. Suppose Everton will be interested, as they always are, and NottsF like to collect players.