The new era management at West Ham United has certainly caused a few eased eyebrows in the football community after two huge transfer deals. The Fernandes sale at £85 million showed West Ham under Kretinsky were not the soft touches of the Sullivan Brady era.
And the impending deal to secure something approaching £70 million for winger Crysencio Summerville – coming seemingly out of the blue – vindicates fully the board’s silent, no leaks and no comments strategy.
Compared with the old Sullivan era, the modus operandi of the new look West Ham board is as contrasting as 4K HDTV and my old black and white portable TV of the ’80s.
Insider ExWHUEmployee, in typical understated fashion, writes:
“The club have played this situation very well and maximised the outcome of the deal, something that perhaps wouldn’t have happened in the past.
“This means that the club have been able to upgrade targets due to the increased money coming in.“
In essence, whether it be Krentinsky, the board, Koppen or a combination of all three, West Ham have announced their transition from barrow boy traders to sophisticated market movers.
Something else to make the fan base justly proud, from the manner in which the club now conducts its business as well as the results obtained which will benefit the quality of Nuno’s transfer targets – and therefore the club’s chances of securing promotion at the first attempt.
I think you need to remember that as a West Ham supporter, one minute everything seems to be on the up and the next moment we’re taken back down to reality again.
I will wait until all sales/purchases of players have been finalised before I get too excited.
Having said that, its fingers crossed COYI