Fast approaching the starting gun for West Ham’s most important winter window in recent memory: Nu8no promising ‘squad rebalancing’, a whole raft of players rumoured to be heading out on loan and the Hammers desperately in need of a full time frontman to score some goals to close the points gap with our relegation rivals.
Soccer Journalist Alan Nixon reports that West Ham have already got going with an £11 million bid for Nigerian striker Rafiu Durosinmi , as per givemesport.com last night. The prolific striker – with 35 goals in 86 games in the Czech league has a pretty positive view of moving to London, according to the report:
“..The African goal-getter, who has 35 goals in 86 appearances for Plzen, would jump at the chance to move to the London Stadium and is waiting on the Czech club’s ownership to accept an offer after he told them he wants to leave.
Exciting young Nigerian talent reportedly wants to leave his club and come to West Ham.
Durosinmi was close to joining another German club, Eintracht Frankfurt, in the summer and Plzen are said to be open to selling as mutliple clubs show serious interest in their big centre-forward.”
Stuttgart are already reported as being in the mix with a £12 million offer: Time to go big or go home, David Sullivan. £12 million would be the Czech first tier side’s highest ever transfer fee – but for West Ham it would amount to a ‘punt’ roughly worth what the Hammers will receive back for a Guilherme sale.
With the Stuttgart and Frankfurt interest, clearly Durosinmi is highly regarded across Europe and with the added bonus that – shock – he apparently wants to come to London Stadium – there’s quite possibly more to come on this in the next 48 hours.
It is a shame it looks like West Ham have lost another good striker in Koufax and let him go on the cheap. Another very poor decision by our owners.
We train these young players through our academy and the send them out on loan with a view for the club to buy. Utter madness. Should access the loan situation with option only to buy if we agree
I really do think our owners have lost the plot, no idea how to run a business to make a profit in selling players.
I really think their time is up,if they have any feelings for the club and fans they would do the honourable thing and sell .
Cannot afford to drag heels in transfer window need players in instantly, within 7 days of window opening to stand any chance of survival.
Young, fit and up for the fight, not just money motivated
We couldn’t go head to head with anyone right now, highly unlikely anyone in their right mind would jump on a sinking ship, unless they were desperate or mercenary….
Guess you are right Martin and this is the type of ‘looking after today’ you were referring to when writing about the sale of Guilherme to afford players.
Hope we shock the PL and beat Brighton!
COYI.
liked the look of him as from less expensive league, seems to fit NES mould AND he looked mobile, constantly on the move, playing in and out of the box, with link-up play a significant part of his game and probably more difficult to mark out of a game compared to a forward attached to the penalty spot by a length of string (which works too of course, but in the PL much less I think). Durosinmi would impact team’s style of play for the good, a threat and is only 22. Maybe, just maybe club can convince him.
Simply based on usual videos and just writing this for fun as if I were entering a sweepstakes trying to guess the eventual winner.