Three Irons start to prove a major transfer market point
Jarrod Bowen, Tomas Soucek and the new right back Vladamir Coufal based on what we have seen so far this season are ready made Hammers stars snapped up at bargain prices and making a major impact.
Home grown Declan Rice is becoming a better and better player with Soucek alongside him, whilst Bowen was a snip at around £20 million and Couval – at £5 million – looks a brilliant piece of business based on his performances so far.
When one realises that Haller, Anderson and Yarmolenko cost us about 2 million short of £100 million it’s easy to understand why some of us really do hate the “spend millions” philosophy we hear across the forums every transfer window.
Soucek, Bowen and Coufal are among the best buys this club has made in many years and in real terms cost us a pittance by comparison transfer market dealings odf the past.
The arrival of the first two in January, and Coufal in the summer, prove a very big point – the so called marquee signings seen at this and other clubs over too many years may not be the way to go anymore.
Yes, there has been too much moaning and groaning about the financial impact of Covid-19 at our club ,when instead we should have perhaps been bigging ourselves up on the quality of players we have seen arrive at the club and become central to the success we are now experiencing.
That we have taken eight points from four of the toughest games we will face all season is a testament to that and for all the many past reservations we have had on the issue, our recruitment policy is at last starting to look much better.
Long may it continue – COYI.