Ferguson Blow for West Ham as Brighton’s Plans Change
West Ham’s hopes of signing Evan Ferguson have dimmed following Brighton’s decision to loan Julio Enciso to Ipswich for the rest of the season.
According to The Athletic, the South Coast club may now hold onto their Irish striker, who was previously believed to be available later in the transfer window.
West Ham had been heavily linked with the young forward, who has struggled for minutes this season due to both injury and playing a secondary role under new head coach Fabian Hurzeler.
A London Stadium source told Claret & Hugh at the start of the transfer window that there was genuine interest in Ferguson. However, Brighton’s stance of only entertaining offers late in the window was always likely to prove challenging.
That said, West Ham remain no closer to finding a striker to cover Niclas Fullkrug who is nit expected to return until April.
Dodged bullet. All we needed was another striker on the sidelines.
Callum Wilson on the last day of the window it is then.
Let’s face facts here. We only want to loan or buy at a low price, so why would any club in the premier league want to do this to help us? If we look abroad there is always a period where the player has to get up to speed. Any players in the championship are in the top 10 of the table and have a chance of promotion so why sell your best players? For me there is little chance of getting anyone in this transfer window, and this has always been the case!
The best prospect C&H can find to persistently promote as the answer to West Ham’s goal scoring crisis is an injured 20 year old with one goal to his name and who would struggle to get on the subs bench if he was a WHU Academy product. What am I missing about this guy that attracts “genuine interest” and makes him the headline of choice?
WHAT A SURPRISE We are nowhere to be seen while clubs like Notts Forest are close to signing gems like Wissa