West Ham have allegedly sent a letter to some the Premier League’s top clubs ahead of the January transfer window as part of a bid to boost their squad with Premier League experienced players claim the Daily Telegraph.
The reports claim the Hammers have made specific enquiries over Michy Batshuayi, Daniel Sturridge, Carl Jenkinson, Mathieu Debuchy, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial on loan but have also made a more general plea to the clubs.
West Ham have sent letters out to Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United asking whether they have any strikers, full-backs or central defenders they would be prepared to loan out in the January window.
West Ham Chairman David Sullivan has previously criticised the January transfer window claiming that prices are often inflated and it is difficult to get any real value for money.
It could also be said you can count on one hand the West Ham January transfer successes we have enjoyed. The notable exception being Demba Ba!
Another dynamic will be the board’s current trust in Slaven Bilic’s transfer targets. After being badly burned in the summer with the likes of Gokhan Tore and Simone Zaza the board could be less willing to take on permanent gambles on Bilic’s January targets.
I think I can just about see the “business” side of this idea, if it is true, but it makes me seriously uncomfortable.
This is F**king embarassing…
Its like we’re writing to jim’l fix it or something
Ignore this bolleaux mate, It’s more lies written about our favourite club. Much of the sports media have jumped on the now familiar bandwagon this season. As soon as it was announced that West Ham were to be anchor tenants at the OS, I knew it was coming.
The Telegraph used to be the ‘go to’ newspaper for sports reporting……. It has now stooped so low to the levels of the Daily Mail, The Express Group and The Sun.
This story is utter rubbish. Slaven Bilic categorically denied the accuracy of it in yesterday’s press conference.
You can hardly take seriously one rag reporter calling it a ‘Begging Letter’
Im sure there are many,many Prem teams & Championship teams who will enquire about the availability of fringe/squad players from the bigger teams.It happens every transfer window i expect.
The only thing embaressing about it is some asshole reporter calling it a ‘begging letter’ 😁😁
Hello you guys, got any old crap you want to throw out? We will pay lots of money for it….
The headline on this site is slightly different from the one reported in the papers i.e. West Ham send begging letter out… it is almost laughable much like the reporters that report it… probably spuds or millwall fans jumping on the bandwagon.
Can someone tell me how they are supposed to find out?
What do you mean – find out who’s available? I thought the normal method was to work through Agents – an Agent working for West Ham contacting the other Clubs and then Agents taking it from there.