West Ham fans still await new arrivals – with first pre-season fixture this weekend
According to Sky Sports journalist Florian Plettenberg Hamburger SV have snapped up Martin Adeline for around €4m.
At Troyes, according to footymetrics Adeline showed strong creativity and passing along with scoring 10 goals, yet was not physically dominant and average in defensive and aerial metrics.
Were West Ham ever genuinely interested?
This is where things get murky, and where the rumour mill tends to inflate reality. In this summer’s transfer window, Adeline’s name has been loosely linked to West Ham in a handful of reports, but nothing credible ever emerged. Claret & Hugh asked one of our transfer sources over the weekend, who confirmed:
“We were never in for him.”
With Nils Koppen now firmly installed as West Ham’s Head of Recruitment the club are focused on players who are physical and will be able to handle the intensity of the Championship, ideally bringing in leadership or experience to Nuno’s squad.
So while Adeline may become a strong Bundesliga performer, he’s not the type of midfielder West Ham were prioritising.
It’s not a case of “missing out.” as he was simply never a serious target.
Wasn’t it this site that said he was a target and also this site said we missed out now you’re saying neither was true.
Not really fair..”West Ham Insider Names French Midfielder Still Wanted By Hammers” was the article, if you read it you’ll see the claim didn’t come from ‘this site’ that he was a transfer target.
https://www.claretandhugh.info/west-ham-insider-names-french-midfielder-still-wanted-by-hammers/?
I think the take from your source’s quoted comment is that he was never a target not “never a serious target” Matt. Maybe Ex and the other outside sources are not getting the info they once extracted from the club