West Ham close in on £5m Stewart Downing

Liverpool and England winger set for medical after clubs agree fee
Ken Dyer12 August 2013

Stewart Downing was in London today as his £5 million move to West Ham moved a significant step closer.

West Ham have agreed a fee of around £5 million with Liverpool for the 29-year-old Downing who is now due to discuss final personal terms and undergo a medical.

Premier League rivals Newcastle have also been interested in signing the former Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Aston Villa attacker.

Should the deal go through with West Ham however, it would represent a big loss for Liverpool who paid Aston Villa £20 million when they signed him in July 2011.

Since then Downing has made 91 league and cup appearances for the Anfield club, scoring seven goals.

Downing, who has won 34 senior England caps, has played the majority of his career on the left but can operate also on the right flank and will link up again with former Liverpool team-mates Andy Carroll and Joe Cole, should he sign.

Ravel Morrison further enhanced his chances of being involved in West Ham’s opening match of the new season against Cardiff next Saturday when he scored one of the goals in a 2-1 friendly victory over Portuguese side Pacos de Ferreira.

Modibo Maiga, who looks favourite to start up front for West Ham in the continued absence of Carroll, scored West Ham’s other goal.

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