Reds and Hammers in race for Opare

01 June 2010 10:40
iverpool and West Ham are believed to be among a host of European clubs tracking Real Madrid's Ghana starlet Daniel Opare.[LNB] Opare is regarded as one of Africa's brightest talents and was spotted by Real early on as he moved to the Spanish capital in 2007.[LNB]The Ghana youngster was tipped to make the breakthrough from their Castilla side last term, but injury hampered his progress.[LNB]Now fully fit, the versatile full-back, who can also play anywhere in midfield, is now set to be allowed to move on loan next season.[LNB]This has alerted a string of clubs from across Europe, with England very much a potential destination with both Liverpool and West Ham understood to be keen on taking him.[LNB]Also keen to snap him up are the likes of Lyon, PSV Eindhoven, Club Brugge, Buraspor and Steve McClaren's Wolfsburg.[LNB]The player's representative Chris Nathaniel has confirmedn that interest in Opare was significant.[LNB]"Daniel is fully fit again now and is ready to play next season," he told skysports.com. "Of course his injury means he will not be considered for Real's first-team but he hopes a spell on loan somewhere could help him come to the attention of Jose Mourinho.[LNB]"With that in mind, Daniel is now considering his options carefully as he has a number of options and he is already looking forward to pre-season training - wherever that may be."

Source: Team_Talk