West Ham United are facing the possibility of being without Manuel Lanzini for a large part of next season, with the attacker suffering a serious knee injury before the 2018 World Cup.New West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini has already signed defensive reinforcements this summer, but the Chilean also wants to improve his options in the final third of the field.And a player who has come to the attention of the West Ham fans is Colombia attacker Juan Quintero.The 25-year-old was on the scoresheet in Colombia’s 2-1 defeat to Japan in their World Cup opener last week, before playing a key role in his nation’s 3-0 success over Poland on Sunday night.[brid autoplay=”true” video=”257647″ player=”12034″ title=”Three reasons we love to hate… Brazil and Argentina”]Quintero is still contracted to Porto, but has most recently been out on loan at River Plate, and it does appear that he could be available for transfer in this summer’s window.If Quintero continues to impress in Russia then the interest will surely rise, and the West Ham supporters have called on their club to sign him up as Lanzini’s replacement as soon as possible.A selection of the Twitter reaction can be seen below:
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