The Hammers have been caught up in yet another massive, controversial headline, as news broke yesterday about Edson Alvarez.

Given the situation, it explains his absence from the first team and why any move away over the summer always collapsed.

The Mexican captain has been caught in an off-field drama, allegedly being involved in a kidnapping along with a few others from his close circle, with a suspicion his father in law could be involved.

West Ham United have secured their third victory in the space of just seven days with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Bolton, a side the Hammers haven’t beaten away from home since 1995! And don’t you worry, there’ll be plenty more of these ‘records’ as the season goes on.

Jarrod Bowen converted early on to give us the lead but only momentarily until an unlucky deflection off Mavropanos went in and Kyle Walker-Peters rather clumsily clipped the Bolton man, after which they converted a penalty.

West Ham: Hermansen, Kilman, Mavropanos, Scarles, Kante, Walker-Peters, Engels, Mukasa, Bowen (C), Austbø, Pablo
Subs: Herrick, Morato, Piroe, Lamadrid, Solomon, Adama, Veltman, Ajala, Orford

Bolton Wanderers: Bazunu, Larrazabal, Forino, Toal (C), Conway, Erhathon, Sheehan, Iling-Junior, Rodrigues, Dong, Dalby
Subs: Bonham, Davies, Simons, Ito, Gale, Nelson, Bair, Hardie, Mcatee

With the transfer window closed, no more incomings are anticipated, and, fortunately, the hundreds of lucid rumours have been put to bed, so we’ve been cracking on with the Football.

Towards the closing stages of the transfer window, Nuno managed to eke out two more signings on deadline day, leaving the Hammers with an almost entirely covered squad, dependent on possible outgoings in the final days of the other leagues around the world.

The two positions in question are a striker and a midfielder.

Initially, this article was going to be called ‘Derby Domination’ but courtesy of the final few minutes, demolition as the title now works and the truth is, the stats show it too.

The Hammers secured back-to-back wins in the Championship, scoring a combined seven goals in just two games.

The Hammers utterly dominated Derby this afternoon. The first goal was simply chalk and cheese. A great header by Taty and it’s a striker's dream for Piroe. A duo upfront working well with one another… I don’t believe it!

West Ham: Hermansen, Veltman, Mavropanos, Kilman, Scarles, Engels, Mukasa, Bowen, Solomon, Piroe, Castellanos
Substitutes: Herrick, Walker-Peters, Morato, Kante, Adama, Lamadrid, Austbo, Golambeckis, Orford

Derby: Brewster, Szmodics, Fraulo, Hedges, Meister, Mowatt, Taylor 1, Langås, Sanderson, Nyambe, Widell Zetterström
Substitutes: Vickers, Ozoh, Clark, Salvesen, Fuseini, Johnston, Ward, Taylor 2, Offor

The deadline is upon us - the news is out! West Ham’s ownership has seen a change, and one perhaps many didn’t anticipate. It has now been said that Daniel Kretinsky will officially become West Ham United’s largest shareholder.

It appears that Daniel Kretinsky has increased his stake to 46%, with David Sullivan increasing his to 40% and Trip Smith’s rising to 11%, with the remaining 3% taken by other minor investors.

As discomfort is part of life, it’s not pleasant to deal with in the moment, but when all is said and done, it’s back to normal, and that’s exactly how it feels to deal with the transfer window.

West Ham United left their business late, something that’s becoming a common habit, and confirmed that two signings had been made, making it a total of nine incomings this transfer window.

West Ham have finally achieved victory in the Championship in Gameweek 4. The Hammers took on Wolves where a blockbuster strike by Divine Mukasa was followed by Bowen converting a penalty to give us the lead at the break. Mukasa achieved his brace in the second half and Mavropanos also got on the scoresheet, meaning all three points were secured.

West Ham should be proud of their performance against Wolves, it flipped the switch on the complaints that have been made, it was still far from perfect.

West Ham: Hermansen, Scarles, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Mavropanos, Engels, Mukasa, Pablo, Solomon, Bowen (C), Piroe
Subs: Herrick, Kante, Ajala, Taty, Veltman, Golambeckis, Lamadrid, Austbø, Mayers

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Sa, Tchatchoua, Djiga, Toti (C), H. Bueno, Andre, Munetsi, Lopez, R. Gomes, Mane, Jimenez
Subs: Virginia, S. Bueno, James, Armstrong, Lima, Traore, Doyle, Krejci, Chirewa