From Simon’s post earlier we know that West Ham have not stopped with the recruitment campaign. Fresh from the agreements for Cyrencio Summerville and Niclas Fullcrug, The Irons are now seeking to press on with both the Aaron Wan Bisaka agreement and fresh recruitment drive for another central midfielder – presumably to replace one of the existing ‘old guard ‘ – Soucek? – As it will be getting pretty crowded in that part of the pitch.
It would be safe to assume that one or more of the academy juniors who have performed well in pre-season will be loaned out to prepare them for greatness.
Lopetegui has expressed interest in Carlos Soler from PSG. L’Equipe are reporting that The Irons are bidding to bring him to East London but reporting on his patreon page, ExWest Ham Employee confirmed Steidten’s interest in Liverpool’s Watari Endō.
The Japanese International is believed to be available for sale and The Reds rejected interest from Marseille, looking for around 15 million euros to sell. Which would fit a post-Summerville Hammers budget nicely, a little older than ideal at 31 but correspondingly affordable. ‘Ex’ goes on to suggest that the commercial interests of the Club in the Far East would be well served by the recruitment of a player who hails from Japan.
Primarily a defensive midfielder, Endō would make a useful addition to the squad to cover Alvarez’ suspensions and reduce the numbers in the ‘goals against’ column in next seasons’ Premier League.
Soler would seem the first choice, but with The Hammers now stalking multiple targets it is difficult to predict where the chosen recruit will come from. Richard Rios of course has been mentioned by Simon today: The club are now in their’ keep everyone guessing’ phase so we will watch with interest.
the update was from EXWestham Employee…the only one with an edge and knows whats really going on. Just for clarity.
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More names in frame, but still no more purchases, only 2 brought& season kicks of in 2 weeks, see how we cope v Palace, must say I’m concerned on squad size, strength & quality. Transfers so slow at being completed.
nah buddy. Kilman, Guilherme, Foderingham, Summerville and most likely Wan-Bissaka so far. still 3 weeks to go and more to come.
We have only paid monies for 2 players so far, season is just 16 days away, I think we needed 8 new quality player at least, hopefully they will come.
…to “cover Alvarez’s suspensions”.. LOL
Nah saying we’re crowded in midfield is crazy 😂 Soucek, JWP and Alvarez is not crowded 😂⚒️
Potts, Irving, Casey, Orford, Earthy…
Rice was crap for England
Alvarez and earthy are first team players we need a yousef fofana type of player to help Alvarez out in the middle! We’ve never really replaced noble
🤔 umm, i think that guy was called Declan