Super agent Pini Zahavi is speaking to West Ham about a £20.5m deal for a new boss a source close to the Hammers board has claimed. Pini Zahavi’s dealings with West Ham can be charted all the way back to the early days of his career as a sports agent. Zahavi was behind the deal which brought his fellow Israeli Eyal Berkovic to West Ham. He was also Rio Ferdinand’s agent when he made his £18m move from West Ham to Leeds – a then world record for a defender. Former sports journalist Zahavi has ties with one of his early clients Barry Silkman, who is an advisor to West Ham majority owner David Su…