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Manuel Pellegrini will be wanting to add to his squad sooner rather than later as he prepares his West Ham team for the upcoming campaign.

Today's Hammers transfer roundup includes interest in a Bundesliga youngster, Serie A eyes on one of the club's midfielders and news on a Bayer Leverkusen midfielder.

Elmkies wanted

According to The Sun, West Ham are interested in signing Hoffenheim midfielder Ilay Elmkies. The Hammers are not the only Premier League side interested in the 19-year-old however, with Manchester United and Manchester City also after the midfielder.

Bologna after Obiang

Pedro Obiang is attracting interest from Italian side Bologna according to Calcio Mercato. The 27-year-old joined West Ham from Sampdoria in 2015 and has since scored three goals in 116 games for the London outfit.

Hammers looking at Aranguiz

German outlet Bild is reporting that West Ham are interested in Bayer Leverkusen's Chilean midfielder Charles Aranguiz who is capped 70 times by his country. However, Leverkusen do not want to let the player leave despite the Hammers' interest.