Since taking up his place in the West Ham dugout, Nuno Espirito Santo might have begun to look at how he can improve his squad in January. Aside from the obvious transfers, it has been suggested the Hammers could look to exercise a loan recall but Claret & Hugh has exclusively learnt this morning that Nuno could be stopped in his tracks.
Edson Alvarez’s loan deal with Fenerbahçe contains no recall clause for January, meaning Espirito Santo cannot unilaterally bring him back from Turkey when the winter transfer window opens.
West Ham midfielder Alvarez can’t be recalled in January
Public falling out with previous West Ham manager
It is now public knowledge that Alvarez is one of several first-team West Ham players who fell out with Graham Potter, which led to his season-long exile in Turkey being approved.
The 27-year-old Hammer suffered a hamstring injury while on International duty for Mexico against Japan at the beginning of September and is just recovering, which has seen him excluded from Mexico’s upcoming friendlies against Colombia and Ecuador.
Alvarez has made just one appearance in the Turkish Super Lig for Fenerbahçe on the last day of August against Genclerbirligi in a 3-1 win.
His only other appearance for the Turkish club came as a Europa League cameo appearance against Nice in a 2-1 win when he came on in the 64th minute.
While Nuno can’t recall Alvarez unilaterally in January, it is still possible to rip up the season-long loan contract mutually, but only if both sides agree to do so. Any such deal would likely include a small amount of money changing hands but as we saw with Maxwel Cornet and James Ward Prowse last season, these things can happen.
A useless player, well rid of. He’s slower than me (and I’m 77).
The guy’s a liability. A walking yellow card.
Leave him in Turkey. There may be ongoing fitness issues after his hamstring problem and, more to the point, he’s never showed enough for us in my opinion. Didn’t he also have a falling out with Loppy?
Lots of us have been legitimately complaining about the lack of pace and dynamism in midfield, Alvarez is probably slower than JWP and Soucek.
He was brought in for Jose and is barely featuring.
If Nuno makes it clear he wants him back in the squad, I’m sure Alvarez can force the issue by not bothering in training.
Like chucking a Todibo, you mean?
He would have to return as an auxiliary centre back Sean, as at ladt we are pretty well stocked in midfield and he lacks the pace to challenge that
Potter……the gift that keeps on giving.