FOOTBALL DIGEST

WEST HAM are edging closer to solving their search for a centre back by landing Fiorentina’s Nikola Milenkovic. Talks over a £14m deal for the Serb, 23, have progressed in recent days.

NORWICH have signed American winger Josh Sargent from Werder Bremen for £8m. The 21-year-old has won 16 caps for his country.