Sensing they might be able to 'con' West Ham out of ridiculous money for 30 year old Harry Maguire, Manchester United are interested in signing Fiorentina's Sofyan Amrabat with their ill-gotten gains. 26 year old Amrabat would join Mason Mount in bolstering Ten Hag's restructured midfield engine room.
News is emerging today of a proposed joint bid from West Ham for 24 year old Trevoh 'Tom' Chalobah and 21 year old Armando Broja from Hammers 'feeder club' Chelsea.
Having just banked what will eventually be over £100 Million from the sale of Declan Rice who the club took on from the Blues early on in his career, Hammers are now looking to spend some of that cash for two Premier League 'acquainted' players.
Saga was a company that used to specialise in slow paced holidays and 'safe' car and home insurance for the 'silver surfer' older generation. They took plenty of time explaining options and were always proud of the fact that they DIDN'T try to bamboozle their ageing customers.
Well it appears West Ham United decided to adopt the 'saga' approach when it came to this summer's transfer window, despite having a full kitty as a result of the sale of Declan Rice to London rivals Arsenal, Hammers have been painfully slow in acquiring urgently needed new players!
Perhaps David Moyes decided to play the 'Sam Game' as he sent his side out against Bayer 04 Leverkusen yesterday, back in the day then manager Sam Allardyce responded to calls for using more youth players by sending out virtually an ENTIRE team of youth players for an FA Cup tie where Hammers were duly thrashed!
Bayer Leverkusen: Hradecky (c) Frimpong, Tah, Tapsoba, Arthur - Palacios, Xhaka - Hofmann, Wirtz, Adli - Boniface Subs: Pentz, Kossounou, Andrich, Amiri, Mbamba, Hlozek, Fosu-Mensah, Monamay, Puerta, Münz, Aourir
West Ham: Fabiański, Kehrer, Zouma, Ogbonna ©, Emerson, Souček, Downes, Paquetá, Benrahma, Bowen, Mubama Subs: Areola (GK), Anang (GK), Johnson, Coufal, Aguerd, Coventry, Fornals, Cornet, Antonio, Ings
Well it looks as if the Old Dinosaur is going to get his way, there are even rumours David Moyes will contribute towards the cost of bringing Man 'YOU'VE BEEN CONNED' pair Harry Maguire and Scott McTominay himself! Moyes' tunnel vision 'dream' signings might be a dream for the 60 year old Scot but they are an absolute NIGHTMARE for the majority of fans who can see that the vast majority of the Declan Rice money is going to be "pissed in the wind"!
So they fired you unfairly a zillion years ago, Man up and get over it Mr Moyes! Ever since he got the tin-tack from Manchester United, some say unfairly, David Moyes has been obsessed with showing them that they were wrong to pull the trigger so early into his five year deal!
Now there is generally no smoke without fire coming towards the start of the new season when it comes to club's transfer dealings, the 'big boys' have already snaffled most of the good stuff up, leaving the scraps for all the near do wells to fight over!
Whether it is fate, ultimately good timing or just skin of the teeth good luck, Hammers transfer plans can finally get going as David Moyes and Rob Newman's 'last throw of the dice' transfers have finally gone aground! Casting wider and more desperate pitches for ageing or soon to be ageing overpriced UK based players was never going to work, in fact the naivety of trying to do business with clubs who are only too keenly aware that you are cash flush beggars belief!
Well having set our sights on an enjoyable and informative friendly in France yesterday, what we saw was the complete opposite, a nightmare inducing Deja Vu of Hammers at their worst last season! Slow, ponderous and predictable are words that spring to mind.
Rennes were really up for it and it showed, Hammers on the other hand looked as if they had just turned up expecting a 'goose green' training session! It may seem politically incorrect to mention it, but the only transfer activity on show was Danny Ings 'hair transfer'.