Having witnessed Harry 'Mc'Guire' scoring Scotland's only goal in their 3-1 defeat by England, many fans who hadn't already asked the question "why on earth were Hammers pursuing the signing of the Manchester United ex-captain?" will now have had there answer!
Going into what many see as a 'dead rubber' game against arguably the best team in club football managed by the best manager in the world, Hammers could have done with a full compliment of uninjured players, alas it seems that will NOT be the case.
Whenever there is an International break, fans are proud to see their players go off and represent their various countries, whereas team managers invariably spend the time their players are away worrying about injuries that might get picked up.
Following on from our West Ham are massive missive, we thought we should reaffirm the lack of real Hammers news during the International break. Sites that rely on click through revenue will come up with anything and everything in order to maintain their revenues, which of course they are perfectly entitled to do and indeed in most cases need to do in order to pay their running costs.
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It seems like 'open season' if you believe all the click bait articles being published about other clubs's 'interest' in Hammers star players. Every 2nd article you read is about Liverpool want so and so, likewise City are apprently after virtually any Irons player who lives and breathes!
Konstantinos Mavropanos is a bit of a mouth full to pronounce and on tonight's showing for Greece he is a bit of a hand full for defenders! The towering centre back scored an Andy 'Carrollesque goal' out jumping the keeper and two defenders before crashing the ball in to the net for his country in their drubbing of Gibraltar in the Euro qualifiers. Stan also scored a more 'normal' header just before the end of the 2nd half to put Greece 4-0 up in what was a very one sided game of which the home side were eventual 5-0 winners.
Mohammed Kudus helped ensure Ghana progressed to the finals of the African Nations Cup with a scintillating free kick after his team had gone one nil down in a crucial qualifier against Central African Republic. Hammers £38 Million summer signing from Ajax will most likely miss six domestic games as Ghana are one of the favourites to to do well in the tournament.
While West Ham have been doing the 'divvering Dave' routine ahead of offering free agent Jesse Lingard a short term deal, Turkish 'giants' Galatasaray and Fenerbahce have BOTH decided to try to entice the former Manchester United player to their clubs by offering him lucrative deals.
You know how it is, you wait ages for a bus and then suddenly three turn up, well having 'lost' three coaches with no apparent reinforcements on the horizon, David Moyes now has a full coaching staff again following the recruitment of John Heitinga, Mark Robson and Henry Newman as his first-team assistants.
Heitinga, Robson and Newman join Billy McKinlay, Kevin Nolan and goalkeeping coach Xavi Valero to complete the manager’s coaching staff for the 2023/24 campaign.
Life is full of compromises and sometimes it is better to compromise rather than be compromised. West Ham have had a best start equalising run so far this season and their performances have attracted 'unwanted' attention from clubs around the globe, none more so than the free spending Saudi Pro League.
Al-Ittlhad are the latest club from the Pro League to show a keen interest in Hammers players and are actively looking to push through a 'couple of deals' before their transfer window closes. Players can still move there from the Premier League, but not vice versa.
Although the transfer window was a considerable success for West Ham, there are still those who are bemoaning the lack of arrivals 'up top' to replace Gianluca Scamacca and act as back up to big Mikey Antonio and Frankenstein hairline Danny Ings.