'Apparently' West Ham United's pursuit of striker Joshua King from relegated Bournemouth has hit the buffers as a result of the player's wage demands, on closer examination the Noregian International's demands seem little different to the 'going rate' for experienced Barclays Premier League strikers.
David Moyes' Championship shopping list is concise but acute, ideally he would like to bring in "a couple of players", sooner rather than later, obtaining precious training time with his new players is paramount, unfortunately, as is common with Barclays Premier League deals, brinkmanship rears it's ugly head.
West Ham United's pursuit of a centre back have taken on almost 'boxed set' proportions, one after the other targets have fallen by the way side for a variety of reasons, NOT always the club's fault. The 'fear' story doing the rounds is Hammers' interest in twice relegated 30 year old 'Les' Dawson from Championship team Watford, a bang average player at best, the mooted £4 Million fee is outrageous, the Hornets should be paying clubs to take Dawson of their wage bill instead!
Fue divertido mientras duró, In other words, it was fun while it lasted, but now is time for West Ham fans, particularly the females, to say goodbye to Felipe Anderson with his good looks, disarming smile and short shorts. The grim reality is that for whatever reason, Anderson arrived, shone, and then burned, his stock having fallen to such an extent that no one wanted to buy him, and a loan arrangement with FC Porto was the only deal on the table.
Life as a West Ham fan has been pretty miserable for some time now, with the side plodding along in the Premier League. The raucous atmosphere of Upton Park has gone, the fans have turned on the board and we don’t have the finances to compete with most mid-table teams in the Premier League – never mind the top six.
However, whilst the anger towards the owners won’t disappear, there are finally reasons for positivity on the pitch, with things finally coming together under David Moyes.
West Ham United and Jack Wilshire have come to a mutual agreement in terminating his current contract from today onwards, the ex-england midfielder will consequently be able to sign for other clubs any where because he will be a free agent and as such can sign outside the transfer window.
With the closure of the transfer window looming closer it has become quite apparent that it is highly unlikely for any new players arriving in time to be registered, having failed with plenty of bids it appears the club will be looking towards the Championship and lower leagues for reinforcements. With the transfer window between Premier League and Championship clubs not closing for a further 11 days there is plenty of time to close deals.
The move to sign centre back Jonathan Tah from Bayer Leverkusen hasn’t come off, it is the latest in a long line of unsuccessful attempts to bring in reinforcements ahead of the transfer window closing this evening. David Moyes does still have other options available, therefore it is extremely unlikely that he will attempt to bring Watford’s Craig Dawson to the club, bringing Swansea’s Joe Rodon to the London Stadium is an option that the manager prefers.
Deadline day, or Deadly day? As the clock counts down Hammers fans will be hoping that there will not be any major outgoings from the club, particualrly that of Declan Rice. Unless the co-owners intend leaving the country permanently there is no way they will sanction the sale of the club's prized asset with just a few hours to go.
The West Ham way reared it's ugly and beautiful head this lunchtime as David Moyes' Marauders 'out Leicestered' Leicester City by comprehensively beating the joint league leaders 3-0 at the King power Stadium. At the begining of the season fans were fearing the worst given the run of fixtures the club had to face up to. Few thought that the Irons would have more then three points on board by the 5th match yet alonem 6 points after the first four games!