West Ham 'set to increase interest' in QPR's Rob Green
Wednesday 19 August 2015 08:27, UK
West Ham are expected to increase their interest in re-signing Rob Green from QPR, according to Sky sources, after Adrian's red card appeal was turned down on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old Adrian was sent off for a high boot to the chest of Jamie Vardy late on in Leicester's 2-1 Premier League victory at Upton Park on Saturday and will serve a three-match ban.
West Ham have been on the lookout for another goalkeeper to rival Adrian for the No 1 shirt and Sky sources understand they will push to bring Green back to east London, where he spent six years with West Ham before moving to QPR in 2012.
It is believed, however, that Rangers will not part with the England international until they have signed a replacement, and sources in West London understand Huddersfield keeper Alex Smithies has undergone the first part of a medical at Loftus Road.
Sky sources have reported that a £1.2m fee has been agreed between the Championship clubs and he is expected to complete his move before the weekend.
That could then pave the way for Green, 35, to return to the Hammers, for whom he played 241 times after joining from Norwich in 2006.
