West Ham and Leicester enter the race for Tottenham striker Fernando Llorente
FERNANDO LLORENTE has attracted interest from West Ham and Leicester ahead of his departure from Tottenham.
SunSport revealed earlier this month the Spain striker will leave Spurs despite his heroics getting the club to next week’s Champions League final.
He is set to leave on a free transfer and has Napoli looking to take him back to Italy and also La Liga clubs weighing up a move.
While Barcelona are also reportedly eyeing up a move for Llorente to provide competition for Luis Suarez.
But West Ham and Leicester are ready to offer him the chance to stay in the Premier League after three years with Swansea and Spurs.
Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini is looking to bolster his attacking options with Andy Carroll injured and out of contract.
And Brendan Rodgers wants support for Jamie Vardy in his attack and has lost Shinji Okazai this summer.
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Llorente has played second fiddle to Harry Kane since joining Spurs from Swansea in August 2017 for £12.1million.
But he has impressed when given a rare starting role by Mauricio Pochettino – who often starts Lucas Moura up top ahead of him when Kane is unavailable.
The ex-Juventus forward has chipped in with a respectable eight goals and five assists in 34 games this campaign.