FROM Callum Wilson’s huge impact as a substitute yesterday, the fallacy of Graham Potter’s ‘we don’t need a striker‘ policy from the summer window has been well and truly exposed. Introducing Wilson late-on produced immediate results as the forward produced perfect hold up play and released Jarrod Bowen to score the Hammers’ goal.

Niclas Fullkrug’s departure cannot come soon enough and West Ham have been widely linked with AC Milan’s unsettled Santiago Giminez who cannot get into the Milan side.

At 24 he’s the perfect age to bring to the club – and it seems his owners are now coming around to the idea of selling him next month. As football-italia.net report:

‘Milan evaluate Gimenez future as Premier League clubs show interest’:

“Leeds United and West Ham are both monitoring Gimenez’s situation and could offer the regular football he currently lacks in Serie A. Milan, for their part, will only move for another forward if the Mexican does depart in January.”

As a Fullkrug upgrade and a player with a long future ahead of him, Gimenez ticks all of the boxes which the German didn’t. Whether West Ham are happy to take a punt on his injury history is the key.

They’ve been bitten by that gamble before. Currently recovering from an ankle injury, Gimenez missed chunks of last season with hamstring and calf problems according to besoccer.com: Every player of course goes through the toll which training and playing takes on their legs but at just 24 years old his powers of recovery will be at their peak.

Got to take a chance on someone, another failed January window won’t do.