{"id":522966,"date":"2023-08-09T14:58:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T13:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=522966"},"modified":"2023-08-09T14:58:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T13:58:10","slug":"sources-west-ham-agree-james-ward-prowse-deal-despite-steidten-reservations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-west-ham-agree-james-ward-prowse-deal-despite-steidten-reservations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: West Ham agree James Ward-Prowse deal despite Steidten reservations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>James Ward-Prowse is close to agreeing personal terms with West Ham but has yet to finalise the length of contract, <strong>sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hammers have\u00a0agreed a deal with Southampton worth around \u00a330million following a breakthrough in talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Ham have been trying to sign Ward-Prowse for much of the summer but Southampton, who were relegated to the Championship last season, had rejected multiple offers from the Premier League outfit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udea8 IT&#039;S DONE! West Ham have just agreed &quot;unbelievable&quot; deal, big striker signing update - O&#039;Rourke\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_hPj6vApd0E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Southampton are now on the verge of losing their captain, who has been one of the main targets of manager David Moyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is believed the Scot identified Ward-Prowse alongside Man United duo Scott McTominay and Harry Maguire as his top priorities for the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the reservations of new sporting director Tim Steidten, the Southampton captain is the most likely of that trio to make the move to the London Stadium this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is believed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/james-ward-prowse\/profil\/spieler\/181579\"><strong>Ward-Prowse<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0wants to return to the Premier League after being relegated with boyhood club Southampton last term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ward-Prowse played every Premier League game in the 2022-23 campaign and has racked up 343 total top-flight appearances since making his debut in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Ham are the only side interested in the England international\u2019s services and the player himself is keen on the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/06\/JWP1-2-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"West Ham\" class=\"wp-image-426899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/06\/JWP1-2-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/06\/JWP1-2-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/06\/JWP1-2-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/06\/JWP1-2-1140x783.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/06\/JWP1-2-750x515.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2022\/06\/JWP1-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>West Ham are yet to make a summer signing despite selling captain Declan Rice to Arsenal for a British-record fee last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Irons start the 2023-24 campaign against Bournemouth on 12 August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-west-ham-ready-to-accept-80m-lucas-paqueta-offer-from-man-city\/\">West Ham ready to accept \u00a380m+ Lucas Paqueta offer from Man City<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Ward-Prowse is close to agreeing personal terms with West Ham but has yet to finalise the length of contract, sources have told Football Insider. The Hammers have\u00a0agreed a deal with Southampton worth around \u00a330million following a breakthrough in talks. West Ham have been trying to sign Ward-Prowse for much of the summer but Southampton, <em>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":522978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[7,1048],"tags":[117],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522966"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":522989,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522966\/revisions\/522989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}