To Be Known Or Unknown?

It’s become widely recognised and regarded by the fans that in this upcoming summer transfer window, we are in need of yet another supposed ‘rebuild’. A wide range of players are set to leave with a few out of contract and a few on the chopping block.

We already received numerous proposals for players in the January window with a few of them ready to be revisited come June, such as Monaco’s interest in Edson Alvarez.

For many many years now, Hammers fans have been crying out for a manager who utilises the youth to a good extent rather than giving them one or two appearances and then leaving them on the bench to either rot away on a loan spell or have their contract run down.

And for a few returning players come the summer, it is a ‘do or die’ situation. Especially for Freddie Potts, with this being his second successful loan spell in a row and his talent levels current and potential far beyond what we currently have, you would be shocked if he wouldn’t be included in next season’s plans.

Graham Potter and Kyle Macauly have to clean up Jules’ mess that he left in January, and a few players you’d imagine will maintain their ‘welcoming stay’, such as Wan-Bissaka, Max Kilman, along with a small handful of others.

If we were to go off history and what the past tells us, we couldn’t imagine that in the summer we would be linked with many ‘senior’ players. A younger team will be aimed at from more obscure locations and leagues than what we are used to, with West Ham recently viewing players from Denmark and both the German & French lower-tier leagues.

Let’s hope we don’t continue to spend ludicrous money on Bundesliga players!