Without wishing to sound like a broken record, recruitment and departures are guaranteed at the London Stadium as David Moyes looks to 'permanently' reshape West Ham United's bloated, ageing and in most cases over paid squad. The issue is that he has so much deadwood to get rid of that he risks starting a fire, very few players will escape the cull which will have to be limited because there aren't enough clubs out there willing to offer similar deals to the one's they are currently enjoying with West Ham United.
Realistically there are few members of the Hammers squad that are coveted by other teams, and those that are of interest cannot possibly be sold without mass fan discontent. Angelo Ogbonna despite his age, Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen, Tomas Soucek, Michail Antonio and Lukasz Fabianski are all nailed on certs to be retained, Issa Diop should also be on that list but is an asset the club might look to cash in due to his young age and high resale value as well as being in demand by Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United.
The sell to buy route has been complicated by the Covid-19 pandemic and it's financial fall out, yes players can be picked up cheaply, but buying clubs want to get the best deals around as well, consequently players will be less expensive to acquire, but getting the necessary funding through just player sales will be nigh on impossible for all but the 'elite' clubs who have unlimited finances despite FPP rules!
So who is deemed expendable? We'll start with the high earners, Andriy Yarmolenko who is on £115,000 per week, Sebastien Haller £105,000 per week, Jack Wilshere who is on £100,000 per week, Felipe Anderson £95,000 per week, Manuel Lanzini £85,000 per week, Winston Reid £80,000 per week, Ryan Fredericks £75,000 per week, Authur Masuaku £70,000 per week, Aaron Cresswell £70,000 per week and Fabian Balbuena £50,000 per week. All of the players just listed are available for transfer, their wages alone are over £40 Million per year, unfortunately IF, and it is a big IF, clubs can be found to 'take the players on', the transfer fees received would not be significant in themselves.
Pre-pandemic the players we have just listed would have been worth around £350 Million, now they are worth half that amount at best, but if Moyes wants to shape the team in his mould he has to shift a fair few of them, it is about time Hammers ceased to have the 2nd oldest squad in the Barclays Premier League, only dear old Roy Hodgson's Crystal Palace team are older!
Out with the old in with the new, Pellegrini, shame on you! - Ed
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Spot on there,pity it has
Spot on there,pity it has taken to now to realise it
I understand the financial
I understand the financial pressure but we should be careful letting some of those players go. Yarmalenko has fitness issues, but is technically superb, and has a habit of scoring important goals. With his pace declining I'm sure we could use him as an impact sub in any of the forward positions. Its always good to have an experienced player with big club experience, particularly if we're bringing young lads from the championship in.
Balbuena, Wiltshire, Roberto, Masuaku and, sad to say, but because of injuries: Reid.
These players are must leaves before people like Anderson, Haller, Fredericks etc who have all been poor this season but were good just the season before. Haller got 15 in Germany and Anderson scored 10 goals. We should give them another chance when they are away from a relegation battle. The squad needs another DM no way will we get 38 games from Rice and Soucek and there is no one to support them. But glaringly is at fullback where cresswell and fredericks should be back-up to two new quality players. We can see how johnson develops then without any pressure. A back up forward would be OK on a cheapie, but apart from that we've got a decent squad.
yep...can agree with most of
yep...can agree with most of what you say there Tommy. I also would keep Haller, he needs support as hes not a natural No9, Anderson and Yarmalenko have the X factor, they can change a game!
Yarmalenko
Glad you said that Tommy...despite his injury this player when he comes on seems to make things happen...not bitching or moaning about not enough playing time etc..he got injured he worked his way back and when he comes on he generally does well
It's amazing how this club
It's amazing how this club has the ability to get so much deadwood needing clearout. Seems to be a consistent requirement. Maybe GSB should look at logging for a living?
Amount of sh*t
They come out with i thought they were already:-)
this lot you mentioned
Wilshere who is on £100,000 per week, Felipe Anderson £95,000 per week, Manuel Lanzini £85,000 per week, Winston Reid £80,000 per week, Ryan Fredericks £75,000 per week, Authur Masuaku £70,000 per week, Aaron Cresswell £70,000 per week and Fabian Balbuena £50,000 per week...everyone robbing for a living...we should have a giant mug on our crest because players and agents take us for that year in year out