Teddy Sheringham has joined the wave of negativity surrounding West Ham at the moment declaring: “‘I don’t think you can be optimistic at West Ham as a West Ham man at the moment can you.”
Victory at Arsenal today could do much to change the atmosphere around the club at the moment but it’s going to be the toughest of calls at the Emirates.
Despite a great recovery following lockdown, there has been nothing but gloom and despondency over the club as we have built towards the new season.
Sparked by the sale of Grady Diangana, and brought into even more heightened focus by Mark Noble’s angry tweet as a result, the team slumped to a lifeless defeat against Newcastle which effectively means their season started today.
There were bright moments against Charlton in the Carabao Cup but regular talk of a takeover bid from America has taken to attention off the game and results to discussions on when and how such a development can take place.
Once again today in the Guardian the discussion goes on, covering all the main points which have been seen in other stories on the topic.
Sheringham, meanwhile, speaking at Maurice Newman’s charity golf day in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital in Essex, told Sportsmail: ‘It’s not ideal for player morale, supporters morale. It doesn’t look great for them at the moment.
‘But what there’s two and a half weeks of the transfer window still to go, so things can change quickly. If you get in two or three decent players, you make a big signing, such as Bale to Tottenham, everybody’s morale is up.
‘Things change very very quickly, so it’s harsh again but right at this minute, you don’t see West Ham being optimistic with what’s going on.’
Commenting on the Noble tweet he added: ‘It’s very unusual for the captain of the club to come out and criticise as such but by all accounts, the top people at the club took it on board and had a meeting with him, and discussed with him and explained why.
‘Who knows in this current climate with coronavirus, money issues. Who knows what is going on behind the scenes for all these clubs. It’s a tough change in life, not just in football, so you’ve got to think about these things.’
