We shouldn’t get too carried away with rumours during the winter transfer period as our funds are limited after a £95m summer spending spree and our wage bill is right at the FFP limitation. Pellegrini says he is generally happy with the squad and will wait until the summer so we should expect another one possibly two players inbound which are likely to be cheap or loans.
The most likely next signing is Gary Medel from Besiktas, a versatile player who can play in defensive and attacking positions.
The Hammers board are also known to take small gambles on relatively unknown but cheaper players, Xande Silvre was the last of these in the summer but wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted an unknown to winter list.
West Ham have made it known that none of their first team players are up for sale this winter and they will resist any attempts by other clubs to buy or loan their key players. The only possibly sale will be fringe players such as Reece Oxford who have no future under Manuel Pellegrini.