“They’d snap their hands off” | Hammers to cut losses on Lopetegui signing – Insider

ANOTHER instance where West Ham United appear to have made a decision over one of the ‘class of 24’ intake, that summer of splurge when £145 million was blown on ten players – most of whom have proven massive disappointments on the huge expectations the club had for them.

Fortunately Crysencio Summerville, Jean Clair Todibo and most recently Mohamadou Kanté at least appear to be justifying their recruitment.

Unlike Maximilian Kilman: Dropped, but then reappearing at the Amex for the Brighton fixture, the Hammers’ £40 million record defensive signing has recently been linked any all sorts of media reports suggesting Crystal Palace are looking at signing him in January.

Transfer source dismisses Crystal Palace rumours

Claret and Hugh have had this dismissed today, as merely another ‘myth’ of the pre-transfer window hype: Our own transfer window insider, close to, but outside of West Ham, declared the Kilman to Crystal Palace rumours as “Total cr*p”.

However, in a telling footnote, we were told in no uncertain terms that “If a club came in for Kilman with just £25 million they’d snap their hands off” in their efforts to offload the Julen Lopetegui signing who was an ever-present under Graham Potter and the Spaniard.

Kilman has failed to impress Nuno and the likliehood of bringing in Charlie Cresswell or one of the other myriad players reported as being ‘on the Hammers‘ radar’ seems to be increasing: Loanee Igor Julio has failed to break into the West Ham side and without a replacement for Nayef Aguerd who was sold to Marseille in September, West Ham’s centre-back choices are wafer thin.

Nuno worked with Kilman whilst at Wolves but appears unimpressed: Unlike Tinos Mavropanos and the reborn Jean-Clair Todibo, it seems Kilman’s performances are flatlining so the possibility of selling him this winter appears to have grown. Evidently Selhurst Park won’t be his destination.