West Ham players’ social media posts in the week since relegation have required the mental agility of a cryptic crossword champion with some hinting at staying, some suggesting departures and others like Axel Disasi and Callum Wilson actively making their farewells.
Fans are hoping for good news over at least a handful of first team players in order to form the backbone of a Championship side that might be capable of mounting a promotion campaign.
If Sportsboom’s report is correct, there may be just such a piece of ‘good news’ for fans to hold onto ahead of the summer window opening:
West Ham Place Taty Castellanos ‘Off-Limits’ Amid Relegation Fire Sale
West Ham have told Taty Castellanos that he has been placed ‘off-limits’ in the transfer market this summer, as the club attempts to rebuild following its catastrophic relegation from the Premier League, [SportsBoom claim in their ‘exclusive’.]
Taty Castellanos looks to be staying next season
The Argentine attacker was a rare success story at the London Stadium last season, scoring seven times in 22 appearances following his arrival from Lazio in January. That record, combined with the determination he showed to try and keep Nuno Espirito Santo’s squad up, is expected to see The Hammers inundated with offers from potential suitors over the coming months.
Whilst West Ham admit they have a big sell-off coming in the summer, the plan is to hold on to Taty to launch the campaign for promotion, unless a truly absurd offer comes in for the Argentine:
…They have now informed Castellanos and his representatives that none of those will be considered, unless, of course, someone is prepared to pay what one source has described as a “ridiculously astronomical fee” way above the figure it took to lure him away from Rome.
Amen to that: It seems there IS someone is alive and kicking inside the control room of the good ship West Ham United: Keeping hold of a core of stars who can fire them back to the Premier League is absolutely vital. Castellanos looks to be staying put for a season and the club hope his goals will prove decisive in the Championship battle ahead.
Martin there should be more than 1 player put on this staus but that’s a good start. The club should also not be selling anyone on the cheap. If there is interest then they must be good enough for good money to be paid.
A good decision if true. We need a goalscorer in the Championship and Taty could be the man
from what i have read Nuno wants to keep Taty Bowen Soucek and Mav Lets hope they all want to stay
If the story is true then we just have to hope he falls in line and doesn’t through a wobbly and refuse to play as others have done to force a move. If he has ambitions of playing for Argentina he isnt going to achieve that playing in the Championship
Not one of the players I wanted to stay as we unwed a goalscorer , but not out of the question he will play for Argentina while in the championship as Emiliano Bueneda did while at Norwich and although he didn’t play Emiliano Martinez was called up while at Reading