West Ham linked with 'the new Suker'

  • by Staff Writer
  • Tuesday, 14th October 2014

West Ham are one of a series of clubs to be linked with a move for Croatian Andrej Kramaric.

The 23-year-old striker is yet to play outside of his come country but could be set for a money-spinning move to one of Europe's top leagues this winter after impressing for his current club Rijeka, with West Ham just one of a number of clubs monitoring his situation.

Kramaric, who spent 15 years with Dinamo Zagreb before moving to the Riječki bijeli last year scored more than 450 goals as a youth player for the club he initially joined as a six-year-old.

Having made his Croatian league debut in 2009, Kramaric spent the 2012/13 season on loan at Lokomotiva for whom he scored 20 goals in 44 appearances. It is form that he had retained at his new club for whom he scored 30 times last season in 41 games.

This season, the £4million-rated forward - who has been likened to former Croat striker Davor Suker by current national coach Niko Kovac - has scored an incredible 16 goals in 18 starts including three in the Europa League, a competition in which West Ham hope to be participating next season.

AC Milan, Genoa, Championship side Fulham plus a number of Russian Premier League clubs are all said to be keeping tabs on Kramaric, whose existing contract is scheduled to expire at the end of the current season.


Andrej Kramaric: Career Stats

2014/15 (Rijeka): Pld 18 Gls 6 Assts 2
2013/14 (Rijeka): Pld 41 Gls 30 Assts 4 Bkd 5
2012/13 (Lokomotiva): Pld 32 Gls 15 Assts 9 Bkd 4
2011/12 (Zagreb): Pld 14 Gls 5 Assts 1
2010/11 (Zagreb): Pld 14 Gls 1 Assts 1
2009/10 (Zagreb): Pld 29 Gls 7 Assts 4
2008/09 (Zagreb): Pld 1



A Kramaric highlights reel


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