West Ham 'offer' £15 million for Rangers and Celtic linked striker
Leeds United striker who Celtic and Rangers have both previously been credited with an interest in now the subject of an offer.
The final few weeks of the Summer transfer window is here with clubs across the country still looking to make new additions to their playing squads.
Celtic and Rangers have both been active these past few months with the Hoops adding four new faces and the Gers bringing in ten since the arrival of Derek McInnes as head coach. Both sets of supporters are hoping their club aren’t done yet with a little of a fortnight remaining to get deals over the line.
However, it now looks like one particular players is unlikely to be heading to either side of Glasgow despite plenty of previous rumoured interest from both. That’s because the individual now appears set for a move to London.
Leeds United reportedly receive £15 million West Ham bid for striker previously linked with Celtic and Rangers
According to Dutch journalist Rik Elfrink, Leeds United have received a £15 million offer from West Ham United for striker Joël Piroe. The Suriname international, who previously represented the Netherlands at youth level up to under 20, could be set to depart Elland Road after three seasons.
Reporting on the bid for the former PSV Eindhove forward, Elfrink wrote on X: “West Ham United has offered 15 million pounds for Joël Piroe, the former PSV striker. His management confirmed this to the ED this morning. He wants to leave Leeds United and that chance seems significant. The parties are in talks. PSV will receive about half a million if it goes through.”
Piroe has long been linked with a move away from the Yorkshire outfit and both Celtic and Rangers have previously been credited with an interest. The Hoops were rumoured to be tracking the now 27-year-old back in January while speculation linking the attacker with Rangers extends back even further.
Piroe has been with Leeds United since 2023 when the Whites spent £10 million to sign him from EFL Championship side Swansea City. He has been a regular goal scorer in the second tier of English football since arriving at the Welsh club back in 2021.
He scored 24 goals in all competitions for the Swans in the 2022/23 season and a further 20 the following season. He then scored two goals in four games at the start of the 2024/25 campaign before Leeds snapped him up.
Piroe netted 14 times in all competitions in his first season at Elland Road and then 19 times in his second as they won promotion back to the Premier League. However, he featured less for United once they were in the top flight and managed just one goal in 21 matches across all competitions which came in the FA Cup.
West Ham, who last week signed midfielder Arne Engels from Celtic for a reported £22 million, clearly see him as someone who can find the back of the next regular in English football’s second tier. That is where the London club find themselves, having been relegated last season, and are looking to return at the first time of asking.