Vladimir Coufal was a stand-out performer for West Ham against Manchester City yesterday.
The 28-year-old old fashioned defender stood up to a dominant City in the second half and also managed to provoide the assist for Michail Antonio’s amazing scissor kicked goal in the first half.
The Czech mate of Tomas Soucek is a much better defender than Ryan Fredericks who has been forced to the bench since his return from injury and he has also spoilt the chances of Ben Johnson getting into the starting line-up for now.
Jeremy Ngakia’s snub to West Ham now seems like a distant memory and I have no doubt that Coufal would be in front of him too.
The Hammers paid just £4.5m for the Czech right back from Slavia Prague and that now seems an absolute bargain in today’s market.
Maybe we need to scout more Czech Republic league players after the great successes of Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal.
Word has it we were planning to sign a Czech league centre back but ran out of time in the recent transfer windows, maybe we will be back for him in January.
I suggested the same after Soucek arrived Sean, the players from Slavia certainly have a history of CL experience just what we need if we are serious about qualifying for Europe, COYI!!!
Old fashioned defender? Reminds me of Zabaleta actually. Not forgetting Zabaleta was one of the best right backs in the world in his heyday.
He has been great, his tracking of players and being strong in the tackle has been good to see and can add crossing to the list. I have been pleased with Moyes signings!
Let’s hope we can pay these Czech bargains what they are worth.If they are pulling their weight and making a difference,then they should be paid what they are worth by Prem standards and not Czech.