Hammer jets out to Nashville

Sean Whetstone

4 years ago

Categories: News, Whispers

Centre back Winston Reid will jet out to the US this week to undergo a medical to complete his loan move to Nashville SC.

The MLS 2020 season starts on 29th February and Nashville SC are one of two new clubs along with Inter Miami CF to join the expanded US league

The 31-year-old turned down loan offers from Charlton, DC United & Sporting Kansas. He has a contract with West ham until 2023 and thought to even over £60,000 per week

Comfortable at right-back or centre-back, Reid moved to Denmark at the age of ten, representing the Scandinavian nation at U19, U20 and U21 levels. He passed 200 first-team appearance milestone for the Hammers in April 2017.

He the whole of the 2018/2019 after suffering a knee injury and an operation and has struggled to regain his fitness ever since.

Before his injury he had been a regular for the Hammers, making 223 appearances during his time at the club, and scoring 10 goals along the way too.

After a 16 month absence, he made a small comeback with a couple of games pre-season in Austria and China and has featured a number of times for the U23’s. He has a contract with West Ham until June 2023