David Moyes gave the faintest of hopes that he could do ‘something‘ on the last day of the winter transfer window.
The transfer window slams shut at 11pm this evening (Monday) with the manager telling reporters that further West Ham transfer activity incoming or outgoing is extremely unlikely and his business is basically done.
Speaking after the 3-1 defeat at the London Stadium yesterday the Scotsman told reporters ‘I don’t think we will be active at all unless something changes’
Supporters are now hanging on the faintest of hope of the ‘something changes’ message from the Gaffer.
He went on the add “We have got a squad of players I enjoy working with and I want to concentrate on them rather than people from other clubs”
His words will probably do little to stop the Hammers being linked with a host of names today as speculation reaches fever pitch driven by the transfer deadline countdown rolling show on Sky Sports.
Although West Ham are short of a backup striker the manager has tried Andriy Yarmolenko upfront in FA Cup, given 23-year-old Dapo Afolayan his debut on which he scored, promoted Mipo Odubeko as a regular on the bench, hinted that Jesse Lingard can play anywhere up front and spoke about a false nine strategy if required to fall back on.