Great oaks from little acorns grow: Whilst the big ‘priority’ sale of Mohammed Kudus is not yet arranged, deals are about to get over the line this summer as the Hammers seek to clear the decks ahead of new signings. Midfield has been a particular problem for the Hammers all season and it is one of the fringe midfielders, with only a handful of first team minutes, who is believed to become the first sale of summer.
‘Celtic accelerate move to sign Andy Irving’ is the headline from footballinsider247.com. Hardly a financial cascade but a necessary departure: Irving is about as good as he’s going to get in a Claret and Blue shirt having just made his international debut.
Celtic come calling but once in a career so he’d be wise to grab the opportunity to get more game time and step up his own prospects, having been very restricted in terms of opportunities under first Lopetegui then Potter.
Andy Irving, now a fully fledged international, likely to be first out of the door this summer.
Hopefully more will fall into place in the coming weeks as the departures and arrivals start in earnest. It will be relief to see Irving get better chances to show what he’s made of by heading north of the border: Sadly his was a face that never really fitted at West Ham where it seemed successive head coaches didn’t really know what to do with him.