Source: Daily_Mail
West Ham's Valon Behrami close to Fiorentina move
Under-fire Avram Grant may not be the only man heading for the Upton Park exit door this week with West Ham midfielder Valon Behrami set to return to Italy. [LNB]The versatile Swiss international could join Serie A side Fiorentina within the next 48 hours, according to Italian daily Corriere dello Sport, with the two clubs set to reach an agreement.[LNB] The Hammers rejected an opening £3.1million offer from the Italian outfit last week for the 25-year-old, standing firm on their £4.5m asking price. [LNB] Is this the way to Italy? Valon Behrami is said to be joining Fiorentina[LNB]But with unsettled Behrami desperate to head back to the country he left in 2008 to join the Hammers - he signed from Lazio for £5m - the clubs are close to reaching a compromise. [LNB]'We are hopeful,' Fiorentina club administrator Sandro Mencucci told Italian TV station Rai 3 last week. 'But until he [Behrami] is in Florence and he has signed, we cannot be sure.' [LNB]Behrami's pending departure would release vital funds for West Ham as they look to bring in fresh blood to boost their top-flight survival chances. [LNB] Allardyce coy on replacing Grant in West Ham hotseat as axe hovers over beleaguered boss West Ham 0 Arsenal 3: Gunners pour salt on Avram's woundsDefiant Grant insists he has not been sacked by West Ham despite defeatWEST HAM UNITED FC
