Besiktas want over £12m for West Ham target Gokhan Tore

Gokhan Tore

Besiktas want over £12 million for West Ham target Gokhan Tore according to Sky Sports.

The report states that West Ham and Besiktas are in talks over the transfer of the 23-year-old winger as the two club continue to negotiate a mutually agreeable transfer fee.

Besiktas president Fikret Orman revealed that West Ham had made a loan bid with a future buyout clause option which the club rejected in his press conference earlier today.

Orman did however, underlined that the club would sell Tore for the right price.

“We received a loan offer with a buyout clause option which we rejected,” Orman stated in his press-conference.

“We have not transfer listed Gokhan Tore he is a very important player but if he wants to leave we will sell him for the right price,” he added.

The East London based club are reported to have already agreed personal terms with Tore who wants to make the move a source close to the club told Turkish-football.com.

Tore missed Euro 2016 for Turkey due to being suspended for the first two games but he did have an impressive season for Super Lig champions Besiktas.

Slaven Bilic is no stranger to Tore having coached the explosive winger for two seasons prior to his move to West Ham.