West Ham will sign star Juve striker this summer, says Director of Football

Croatia international striker Mario Mandzukic will be a West Ham United player next season, according to the former Besiktas director of football Onder Ozen.

Ozen was responsible for appointing Slaven Bilic as manager of Besiktas back in 2013.

“Mandzukic will not be here [Juventus] at the end of the season, he will go to West Ham United,” Ozen stated live on Tivibu Spor.

Ozen is understood to be a good friend of Bilic and is regularly in contact with the Croatian tacticain.

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The daily tabloid The Sun recently reported that the Hammers are lining up a move for the Juventus striker. Per the source, the London based club are ‘desperately’ looking for a regular goal scorer this summer.

The Sun goes onto state that Mandzukic has been on West Ham’s transfer shortlist for last 18 months. Juve are prepared to offload their star striker at the end of the season.

Mandzukic played the full 90 minutes during Juve’s 3-0 victory over Barcelona on the UEFA Champions League.

The 30-year-old has provided six assists and scored seven goals in 38 apperances for Juventus this season. West Ham take on Sunderland in the Premier League this weekend.