Ever since the closing days of the summer transfer window there have been claims that West Ham will be cashing in on Taty Castellanos in the winter: The Argentine has been a huge disappointment in the 15 games of West Ham’s championship season, with just a solitary goal to show for his efforts.
At times he’s resembled more of a moody, disinterested bystander and seems pretty much the most likely player in the eleven to be yellow carded each time he plays.
A solitary goal is plain unacceptable for the frontman who cost £27 million: Claims that he’ll be sold in the winter abound.
Sadly, Everton’s late interest in the summer window, reportedly around £40 million, appears to have evaporated as Taty’s form has waned. Understandably.
Far from happy: One goal in fifteen means Castellanos has been a huge let down in the second tier. Its also means those big money suitors have now evaporated
The newest suggestions from EFL specialist site the72.co.uk suggest Castellanos could be heading back home – however there’s a catch:
“River Plate reportedly view the 28-year-old as a priority target in their striker search, although the finances involved in the deal could prove to be a major hurdle. However, cashing in could give WHUFC the chance to sign a true talisman to aid their promotion bid. “
“Cashing in”? I think not: That’s the elephant in the room here. River Plate have already disclosed that they’ll look at some kind of loan or shared purchase option – as they’re short of funds – which of course will cut no ice with West Ham who will want to replace Taty with a striker more suited to scoring the Championship goals they require.
Merely shipping Taty out on loan without a permanent sale will serve no useful purpose and could actually weaken Scott Parker’s squad. The Hammers have enough loaned – out unwanted stars as it is: Another one added to the list won’t help a rebuild. The only possible route could involve a swap for goal keeper Santiago Beltran – which would still leave the Hammers short of a goal scorer and needing to offload Hermansen or Areola in the winter.
And how often to these player swaps ever come off? Exactly.
Fans of my vintage will probably remember we got Trevor sinclair on a swap deal from QPR for 2 of our players. I think tim breaker was one can’t remember the other what a deal that was.
Can’t blame Taty or Piroe really as neither have had a decent run of games and hardly no service at all.