These rumours of a divided dressing room just won’t go away. Despite Lopetegui appearing to make up with Jean-Clair Todibo, offering a pat on the back before the player entered the arena on Monday night, all is clearly not well at London Stadium.
Mohammed Kudus, Lucas Paquetá, Edson Avarez and now Niclas Fullkrug are said to be unhappy under Lopetegui.
From Foot Italia yesterday (10th December )comes confirmation: “Füllkrug’s agency, Roof, is exploring the market for the best solution to facilitate a move away from West Ham after just four months. They have identified Juventus as an ideal destination and have offered the striker’s services to Cristiano Giuntoli, confirming recent rumors.”
“Juventus has taken time to consider the proposal and might only entertain a loan deal with an option to buy. The parties will reconvene later to discuss further, but the 31-year-old striker is said to be keen on a move to Turin.”
Fullkrug’s continuing discontent driving his desire for an exit
As previously thought, Fullkrug is looking for a short-term loan away from London stadium in January until the summer. The suggestions from inside West Ham were that he’d not settled in London and was homesick- clearly not the case if he is considering Italy.
There is obviously something else driving his desire to move away from West Ham which has nothing to do with being ‘unsettled’ in London.
As a qualified and experienced manager your first job is always to remove the bad apples from your team no matter how good everyone around you think they are.
So removing the manager does not make the problem go away, I have gone from sack him now to let him do his job remove the egos and get recruitment right, do due diligence and mould the team around players who want to be here not seeing it as a stepping stone
It’s obvious that with poor Mikey out for at least the rest of the season that Füllkrug won’t be going anywhere.
That makes sense, but does our chairman or the coach have any of that?
Instead we get to read the smoke and mirrors narrative that seems pro Sullivan to deflect the blame from him.
Duran was obviously Steidten’s all in choice as he even offered up George Earhy.
The striker fiasco is all on the two Daves, Moyes and Sullivan. Not securing younger strikers with pace when we had old players like Antonio and Ings. Signing Haller, Scamacca and Hugill and not landing Viktor Gyökeres.
Is any of this Steidten’s fault?
Just to make a couple of points about your whinging, but Haller was a Pellegrini signing. And when u say signing Haller, Scamacca and Hugill and not landing Gyokeres….well they were all signed over very different periods and they were younger and had pace……so maybe get your facts right before starting the blame game! You sound like you are having a rant just for the sake of it!
Unfortunately, we’ve become the Leper of the PL, no one wants to stay and no good players will come.
Toxic situation created by the Prat with the silly hat.
As long as he’s Chairman, the demise of this club will continue.
On yer bike, Sully, and take Brady and the other dead wood with you !
Unfortunately Kenny it’s sad but true.
Surely Sullivan and Brady do not want their West Ham legacy to be the same as Birmingham FC?
They could save face and this season by paying the release clause for Hoeness. It would restore confidence and team harmony.
It’s time they showed respect to season ticket holders that pay their inflated wages despite such incompetence.
I think WHU should sell off the disruptors, get money in the Bank for the Summer Transfer market with a New Manager.
Some player attitudes are not good for Team harmony or club.
Promote the youngsters and coast through this season, concentrate on survival, rebuild the team around the young talent we have already for next season.
Wolves sold all their Premiership players and trusted kids and they only have 9 points from 15 games and look nailed on for relegation.
Chingford is an area known for Spurs fans?!
Martin, forget our performances and league position for a moment.
If any business has a toxic manager that could cause most of its talent to leave, surely any responsible Leadership team would act swiftly to sacrifice one for the many?
It’s so painfully obvious we are in a crisis situation at the moment. Sullivan has to act before players and fans alike don’t believe West Ham and the London Stadium is the place to be!
Pride comes before a fall.
Sullivan has to ditch the ego and pride as our demise might not have fallen to its lowest depths yet!
Lope the Dope has to go to save this season and the one after!
If the players mentioned leave due to issues with the coach, I’m sure others like Bowen will follow due to his World Cup aspirations. Add Antonio and Ings out of contract, our Brazilian kid and Alan Irving not getting games, then it will be a crisis in the summer!
Moyes left us an old and small squad. If we don’t save this season we could be in real trouble in more ways than one.
We will be left with hardly and players and need a huge rebuild. We already know it doesn’t bode well having to do the same this summer.
This lack of vision by Sullivan keeping faith with Lope the Dope will cost us big time this season and next.
We could be like Wolves next year, all our best players gone and then failing to attract the quality required.
If we escape relegation in 2024/2025, we might not get so lucky counting on three worse teams for the season that follows!
Sullivan must act now as this disaster could prove to be even more horrific if even when we think it can’t get any worse.
Wake up Sullivan, you’re asleep at the wheel and steering us straight over a cliff!