West Ham United continue to be linked to Aaron Ramsey this summer...
What's the word?
According to Italian outlet Gazzetta dello Sport, the Irons are among the front-runners to land the 64-cap Welsh international as his time at Juventus seems to be coming to an end.
They are facing competition from Premier League rivals Crystal Palace but a lot will have to be done to get him out of his reported €7m-per-year (£6m) contract at the Allianz Stadium.
It's thought that West Ham have already tested the waters with an approach, so it now lies in the hands of David Moyes and the club's hierarchy.
Biggest name since Payet
You get the feeling that this sort of signing would split opinion at the London Stadium.
On the one hand, it's hard to make a case for a fairly injury-prone 30-year-old who is entering the twilight of his career but adding Ramsey would give the Hammers a player with vast experience of playing in Europe as they embark on a Europa League campaign.
Just this week, the former Arsenal man proved he still had that goalscoring touch from midfield, when latching onto a sublime ball from Gareth Bale to put Wales up against Turkey at Euro 2020.
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It was in North London that Ramsey quickly emerged as one of the Premier League's best advanced playmakers, earning comparisons to the likes of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.
He bagged 65 goals and provided another 65 assists in over 370 matches, in which he recorded a career-best of 13 goals and ten assists during the 2013/14 campaign, via Transfermarkt.
His 76 appearances across both European competitions could provide Moyes with something he's lacking in abundance, too.
This is the sort of presence that the Irons once had in midfield when Dimitri Payet was at the club and Ramsey is, in our opinion, a much bigger name now than Payet was when he first arrived at the club in 2015.
West Ham have signed a lot of players in the last few seasons but none of those were, in the view of FFC, as high profile a player as Ramsey is now.
Once dubbed "complete" by ex-Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, and a "real leader" and "an outstanding technician" by BT Sport pundit Martin Keown, the Hammers must consider landing the Welsh international this summer.
Him playing alongside the likes of Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek would be a mouthwatering prospect in the Europa League.
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