West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini says a place in Europe would make his job easier in attracting the real cantabile of players keep players
Speaking to the press on Thursday at Rush Green the manager was asked whether a place in Europe would help
Pelle told reporters “It is not easy for the players to want to stay because all of them want to stay, most o
f them. Of course when you have some offer, everyone wants to see what happens. Of course having a spot in Europe is better for the team, player, manager and everyone so we will see if we can do it but what I am absolutely sure of is that we are going to fight for it until the end of the season.”
The Hammers are just two points from 7th place as they face Everton at the London Stadium this evening at 5.50pm. Eighth place Watford one point above the Hammers face Manchester United at Old Trafford while 7th Wolves face Burnley at Turf Moor.
Speculation has persisted over the past few weeks that big clubs could come in Felipe Anderson and Declan Rice over the summer but club insiders have insisted that never player is for sale and no bids or inquiries have been received for either player.
I have said before that I feel that 7th this season will be a big ask – given our three upcoming away games as well as potentially tough games against Leicester energised by Brendan Rogers, Southampton fighting for their lives and Watford away
In Slaven’s second season we heard all the noise about Lacazette and Batshuayi but instead got Zaaza and Goklan Tore despite being in Europe
I feel that what is needed is a season of stability – we need a few players who will be happy with that – the downside of players who come because tehy want European football is that if we dont maintain it then they will want to be off