Arthur Masuaku remains very much in Manuel Pellegrini’s plans and the player is more than happy to compete with Aaron Cresswell for his place in the team.
The left back has been absent in favour of Cresswell since the Everton debacle after making four earlier Premier League and EFL Cup appearances.
That has sparked loose talk that he is unhappy at the club and has been involved in showdown talks – which is wildly inaccurate.
And the reality is We’d be in a pretty sad state of affairs if players wanted showdown talks with anybody after missing three games.
Cresswell was sidelined for lengthy periods but returned to perform well enough to hold his place and CandH was told on the phone by a top insider: “It’s just a par for the course thing. There have been no complaints or talks!
Players get rested when other players are preferred. It’s a par for the course thing! Arthur is content with a new contract and ready to fight for his place.”
The West Ham dressing room is not a happy place at the moment . Obviously after so many lazy and dull performances it’s not surprising . And it needed Noble to come out and air his opinion on the team tactics . Pelligrini should be gone already . Speculation over Benitez is in the media now . It wouldn’t be a bad move imo . Basically rebuilt Liverpool and saved Newcastle . At least his English is perfect . Could be the answer to our problems but who knows ? . Don’t forget that he was short listed and chose China . Anyway , apart from all that something radical needs to happen or relegation will become a reality . The Spurs game isn’t a match to judge Pelligrini , he has already proven he’s not up to it .