However, when everybody is fit it is looking tricky to see how he can keep his place in Davis Moyes’ starting line-up.
That’s for later of course but in the meantime Declan is making it very clear publicly that a former academy team mate is serious Hammers business and he is clearly a player who could save the club an awful lot of money in the transfer market.
He’s also a player of whom Claret and Hugh blogger, former academy director, Terry Westley, has spoken her in the highest possible terms declaring that he ticks every box as a player.
Ben Johnson has been amazing since he came into the team in Vladi Coufal’s absence, growing and growing as a player.
And Declan left nobody in doubt about how he feels about the young man simply saying on Twitter: “Ben Johnson, that’s all” and accompanied it with a clapping hands emoji.
Terrific to see another one of our own heading for the heights