Anyone watching the ‘highlights’ such as they were yesterday will have been struck immediately by the contrast between West Ham and Crystal Palace. The Hammers, toothless up front without a designated striker, looked unlikely to trouble Dean Henderson. The Eagles, however, had big front runner Jean-Phillipe Mateta who blew West Ham away with one unchallenged finish and a late penalty.
West Ham need a Michail Antonio clone. And Fast. No Fullkrug, no emergency striker Bowen, nobody to hold the ball up and run the channels.
Awoniyi has a major injury issue – So best avoided by West Ham
Hence the recent interest in Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi – who has not had much game time with Chris Woods’ excellent form this season. Signed for £17.5 million by the Nottingham side, it is now claimed – however much truth there is behind this story we’ll find out shortly – via theSUN.ng which is not a source I am used to quoting – that Nottingham Forest have named their price.
Forest are, apparently: “only willing to accept a loan with an obligation to buy or a straight purchase in the region of £30 million for Awoniyi.” Which, for a striker who has a major injury issue, is high-risk and would deter West Ham following their Fullkrug experience: “A damaging groin injury last season saw him out for 18 games, and a recurrence of the same saw him miss another 14 games, meaning Awoniyi has missed 32 games for The Reds in the past year.”
Clearly Forest would like to keep hold of their striker in January – West Ham don’t need the threat of another lame striker at around £30 million – so one to avoid.
The Same report claims West Ham have been pushed towards RB Leipzig centre-forward, Andre Silva. I think I saw Silva described as a ‘last option’, with just two weeks to run until the window closes, it won’t be long before it ends up being Silva or nothing for Potter in January.
West Ham do not have a team capable of identifying PL level talent and putting together a deal that is in the best interests of the club, why?
And yet all I keep reading from other supporters is we should by Ferguson from Brighton.
Another injury prone player. Brilliant.
Just seen Mubama come in for City. Moyes signs Ings and leaves a mentally frail and injury proned Antonio up top. Oh and sells TWO champion league strikers. Then we get the 31 year old £27m…… our player management is woeful…. and don’t get me on to the midfield!!!
For crying out loud will we ever learn! Run for the hills on this one, pleaseeeeee! ☘️⚒️
We certainly don’t need a player with a history of injury proneness. We actually have to bite the bullet and accept a proven premiership striker doesn’t come cheap and stump up the money. Buying from abroad means adjustment time for the player🙄…so I understand…and we really need to hit the ground running. Loosen the purse strings and get a move on. Every premiership place lost costs millions so perhaps work that into the equations when considering a purchase. And why we are at it we need another keeper and a pacy engine in midfield and another CB.
Sounds perfect for Sullivan !! We have known the problems for nearly two years but we are still peeing around looking for a bargain !! Sullivan is to blame and it is the same old same old story…. Sullivan is a seedy barra boy with no idea how to treat the club , the supporters and the owners of every club he tries to rip off .
We knew this about this player 2 weeks ago ..so if this is true then why are we still talking about buying him….they knew he was to much money and injury prone weeks back…so why ate we still wasting time on this….god send us new owners i beg you ….we changed everything else and it’s still a shi# show ……the club needs new owners that know how to run a club properly, ….every day brings more vad news ..feel sorry for season ticket holders .this season is finished.
Unless we get dragged in to relagation fight wich is definitely a possibility now ..especially as they hsve done nothing to strengthen us …I think yesterday at home we had 13 touches in there box and I don’t even think we had a shot on target ….