It has recently been revealed that David Sullivan is set to have a ‘significant’ say upon who will and won’t be signed for the January window ahead, and in Scrooge’s eyes at the moment, he sees fit that only a striker is desperately needed and not anywhere else, which is staggering, as given the performances the Hammers have had…
Perhaps he’s not been able to see properly from his padded seat at the Bowl.
Going to Manchester City is never easy and securing a win there is even harder, so difficult that we haven’t done it since 2014!
Manchester City: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reily, Nico, Silva (C), Reijnders, Foden, Cherki, Haaland
Subs: Trafford, Ake, Savinho, Khusanov, Gray, Mukasa, Lewis, Mfuni, Heskey
West Ham: Areola, Scarles, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Todibo, Potts, Fernandes, Magassa, Paqueta, Bowen (C), Summerville
Subs: Hermansen, Mavropanos, Igor, Kante, Rodriguez, Soucek, Wilson, Irving, Mayers
West Ham finally decided to start opening the doors early in a transfer window, which isn’t the usual way business tends to be done in East London, but it’s certainly something to be glad about.
Nichlas Fulkrug’s exit from the Hammers has always seemed imminent from the moment this season started, and everything began to plummet once his agent revealed that he ‘made the wrong choice’… not the choice of words that would make you popular amongst a fanbase, that’s for sure!
The Hammers have now identified three targets that they’ll test the waters with and determine what deals can be put together.
Two of these targets are from the Championship, with one being from the League leaders in Coventry City, Haji Wright, and the other being from 23rd place Norwich City, in Joshua Sargent. Both forwards are set to be tempted by the Hammers, but the club would have to cough up a fee in the region of £20,000,000.
When it rains for relegation clubs, it pours. A cruel defeat against Aston Villa now places West Ham miles behind the remainder of the field, especially after Nottingham Forest’s 3-0 victory against the Spuds.
A performance of individual quality rather than a unit is what happened this afternoon, both teams playing in a similar style, but unsurprisingly, Aston Villa looked glued in comparison to our paper mache. A tactic that looked spot on from Nuno, but individuals are letting the Hammers down once again, which caused spirals and led to goals being conceded.
West Ham: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Diouf, Mavropanos, Todibo, Potts, Fernandes, Magassa, Paqueta, Bowen (C), Summerville
Subs: Hermansen, Kilman, Walker-Peters, Igor, Kante, Wilson, Rodriguez, Soucek, Scarles
Aston Villa: Bizot, Cash, Konsa, Lindelof, Maatsen, Kamara, Tielemans, Rogers , Onana, Watkins, McGinn (C)
Subs: Wright, Digne, Bogarde, Garcia, Hemings, Buendia, Malen, Sancho, Guessand
It’ll require a Christmas miracle from Nuno Santo-Claus to convince the board to make numerous signings come the opening of the January window. It’s been suspected and alluded to for a while that three new bodies will be brought in to the squad to help bolster the various positions required.
Upon Nuno’s arrival, many Hammers fans understood that only so much could be done with a manager replacement, given how poor the results were under Graham Potter as well as how visually lost the team appeared to be.
Ahead of transfer window preparations, the Hammers have started to analyse which strikers they could potentially sign come the January or Summer window.
The latest batch of scouts has targeted a player the club is interested in previously, that being Samu Omorodion from Porto. The club had numerous bids rejected for the forward whilst he was at Atletico Madrid, but due to the type of deal that Porto had offered, he transferred his way to Portugal.