“He wants to join” | Next exit from West Ham United revealed – Report

First West Ham sold Mateus Fernandes in an eyeball-busting £85 million deal that kept the lights on at London Stadium and paid down a shed load of debt. West Ham fans knew that one was coming and even congratulated the club for the manner in which Tottenham were screwed to the wall on the price.

Next the Freddie Potts sale took another promising young West Ham talent away from Nuno’s resources in midfield and put another £10 million in the coffers, surprising many who pointed out that, without Soucek and quite possibly Alvarez, the Irons were getting thin on the ground in the centre of the pitch.

So today’s report that another West Ham midfielder is in talks to move to Crystal Palace suggests the ‘changing of the guard’ will soon be complete: Not unexpected after weeks of speculation over Soungoutou Magassa‘s non-appearance this season, as per givemesport.com, quoting French ITK Fabrice Hawkins:

“He Wants to Join: Crystal Palace Hold Talks to Sign West Ham Star

Crystal Palace are in talks to sign West Ham midfielder Soungoutou Magassa in the summer transfer window.

Quite possibly the arrival of Arne Engels and today’s news regarding Divine Mukasa’s addition is evidence enough that Magassa’s future lies away from West Ham as he sinks lower in the pecking order at London Stadium. A sale of Magassa would see the total dismantling of the trio that once, all too briefly,  looked to offer a very bright future at the heart of West Ha’s midfield as the Potts – Magassa -Fernandes  ‘bubble’ well and truly fades and dies.

However one cannot help but feel that Nuno is taking aim at the wrong part of the pitch by dismantling West Ham’s midfield when it is the woeful, porous defence that needs root and branch change which is, so far, not forthcoming.