Hammers captain in all but name, Declan Rice, had an 'interesting' game for England in the epic 2-0 victory over ze Germans at Wembley. Dec's Jekyll and Hyde performance was split in to two halves, during the first half Declan looked very uneasy, got himself booked early doors and spent a lot of time with his arm in the air looking like he was trying to hail a London Taxi!
The 'Angel of Ogbonna' is 34 years old, 'Les Dawson' is 32 and Fabian Balbuena has left the club, so there would appear to be a centre back crisis, with there being only two ageing incumbents. Obviously two centre backs are not enough, especially as neither one is a spring chicken.
The murky world of football finances has always been 'mudded' by strange accountancy terms that leave the layman baffled and that is exactly the intention. The most common term most people read is the ubiquitous "undisclosed' fee, when clubs reveal, or in most cases don't reveal the actual fee paid for a player.
The expression cracked record doesn't mean much to a 'soshall' media driven audience nowadays, even a 'blipping CD' has become a passé expression, so perhaps an Xbox digital glitch or server outage is more of a 'current' term. Whatever phrase you care to use, it wouldn't be far off describing West Ham United's pursuit of 'fresh legs' for what is an ageing and wafer thin squad.
Someone at Lazio headquarters will be having a few sherbets this evening, having received the news that his club have been offered Felipe Anderson virtually for free from the same club they sold him to for in excess of £34 million only a few years ago.
There is no mistaking the massive impact Jesse Lingard from the moment he arrived on loan from Manchester United, goals, assists and an England recall, albeit only a temporary one, were the order of the day. Hammers boss, David Moyes, is an obvious fan of the industrious midfield playmaker, and hopes were high of the player making his move a permanent one before the beginning of next season.
Having devoted a disproportionate amount of time and print highlighting the catastrophic cost of Manuel Pellegrini's profligacies, it is with some distress that news of the potential sale of 'bright star' Issa Diop is eminating from the London Stadium, with AC Milan being his purported destination.
West Ham have been handed a huge boost with the news that Nahitan Nandez is not interested in joining Leeds United this summer, and that the club should therefore 'pounce' on the player because he is available for only a snip, JUST £21 Million! In fact due to Hammers need for a striker being so over publicised, the club's need for players in other positions is now the subject of a intense media 'feeding frenzy'.
Shopping from a different store can be confusing, things are not in place that you would normally usually use to garner opinion. In footballing terms, players that 'shine' in International tournaments are rarely able to replicate such form domestically, at least not in the short term.
Words emanating from Andriy Yarmolenko's agent indicate that the player wants to return to West Ham after starring for the Ukraine at the Euros. All seemingly very 'inspiring', but without wanting to dampen the parade, is the 30 year old wingers desire to stay at the club motivated by some deep seated desire to prove the doubters wrong, or is it merely a way of ensuring he gets paid another £5.75 Million for the final year of his outrageously generous contract?