Just when you thought the West Ham transfer rumour mill couldnāt get any more bizarre, talkSPORT have linked the club with a move for someone nobody expected.
And no, itās not Exequiel Palacios againāitās Chelseaās forgotten man and former England international Raheem Sterling.
According to the report, Chelsea are willing to loan the 30-year-old out this season, and his preference is to remain in London. Whether that works in West Hamās favour remains to be seen. His move to Arsenal, rumoured to be for similar location-based reasons, never materialisedābut youād imagine heād find it easier to get into the Hammersā starting XI.
Sterlingās form has fallen off a cliff since his Ā£50m+ move from Manchester City to Stamford Bridge, and it’s likely that Chelsea would need to subsidise a large portion of his wages if a deal is to be done.
Graham Potter, of course, knows the winger well from his brief time managing him at Chelsea, and even had to defend Sterling during a difficult spell, saying:
āThe team isn’t functioning as well as we’d like, as I’d like, so that has an impact on the individualsāand Raheem is an individual in the team.ā
āThe work for us is to try to improve the team, improve the structuresāand I have no doubt about Raheem’s ability. He’s a top, top player.ā
Whether that means thereās room for Sterling at West Ham is another matter. Having spoken at length about squad unity and building a system-first team, Potter may think twice before adding a high-profile, high-earning figure who could disrupt the balance.
Interesting? Yes. Likely? Not so sure.
Sadly Sterling is a ‘has-been’.
He has achieved very little since leaving Man City and offers virtually nothing to West Ham who have much better players in terms of current performance and potential.
Do not even contemplate acquiring him, he would just be an embarrassment!
All you are interested in is this manās earnings.
How about focusing on the clubs earnings and you will see that they make substantial profits compared to what they pay players and then you can talk about earnings.
I blame Sullivan. What a circus.
Don’t see any truth in this honestly. Looking at pre-season seems his preferred setup is 3-5-2, so no wingers. And we already have Guillherme and Summerville in wide positions if he wants to vary it up. So where would he even fit? I think just paper talk
West Ham is like a bloody second hand shop – Sullivan has destroyed this club.
As TC said, weāll be just a bunch of losers until this Clueless Dinosaur is removed !
Sack the Board !!!
Strange how we’re linked with Palacios then all of a sudden an over the hill cheap option pops up. Absolute classic West Ham tactics
Not really a shock after all his in the over 30 club and finished Do you know what this window is proving IT WASNT MOYES LOPPY POTTER OR STIEDTEN All leads back to our lousy board for where we are rock bottom
Just so we donāt all have rose tinted specs ā¦.
Harry Rednapp was always buying over30ās and to date he is still our most successful premier league manager ā¦
Iām sure there are lots more than my first list š
Ian Wright
Nigel Winterbourne
Igor Stimuc
David James
Davor Suker
Man City had a few over 30ās in their team last year as did Liverpool ā¦.
Yes ofcourse we want to see good young players but Sterling is still a good player and on a loan I wouldnāt say no ā¦.
Yes but the standard has grown exponentially since, I donāt know 30 years??
And also it shows we havnt learnt anything in that time.
I remember Teddy Sheringham joined us at 37 as did Stuart Pearce. Alright it was only short term for a year or so but both were great.
The pace of the modern day game has moved on from when rednapp was a manager , filling your team with players that are over 30 simply donāt work now days !
You need to give your head a shake if you think sterling is a good player
Worldā class players around him made him look better than he was
Harry Rednapp brought 147 players through the revolving door. In 7 years…
Some of them actually kicked a ball in anger…
Rio money…šø
Times have moved on and pace is a lot quicker than Harry’s decisions.
Signed Wilson.
Grealish waiting in the wings.
Now Sterling.
This is just bs.
Move on and get experienced younger players that Potter wants.
Not all these has been.
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GOD PLEASE NO!!!
The key here is ‘he has been offered to WHU’, not been scouted or enquired about.
The last thing we need is an old winger, hasnāt done much since leaving Man C.
Why are we even considering him. This sounds like another INGS waste of space
It was only a matter of time. Out of interest, who has NOT been named as a potential West Ham signing? Being on that list must be a huge confidence killer.
Messi was up.the Roman looking for a pie and mash shop. Fancied some eels and liquor apparently. He must be on his way round to Sullys place to discuss wages
Potter think twice? He can think as many times as he likes but if Sullivan decides heās signing, the manager gets no say in the matter.
lol This would be the worse signing ever and the frightening thing is it would appeal to the š¤”
Fed up with this crap , another 30 year old has been , that will lower the age of the squad dramatically. Why are we not backing Potter enough is enough.