Trying to 'freshen up' a very stale and disproportionate squad with no additional funding is proving to be a thankless task for Hammers manager David Moyes, one 'target' after another seems to have been snatched away from the club as other teams, particularly the newly promoted ones, continue to 'blow' West Ham out of the water with their superior finances that they have available.
The list seems endless of players 'linked' with a move to the London Stadium but who end up elsewhere, so why? The obvious answer is there is NO money available unless it has been generated by player sales, normally that would be a major but not insurmountable issue, but in the current Post Covid-19 climate executing such sales is a difficult ask, and it is damn near impossible to achieve the values of a year ago.
Hammers are victims of trying to mix it with the big boys just as everyone has had their 'pants pulled down', sadly in the case of West Ham the co-owners 'blag it and bluff it' approach to player acquisitions has left the club in an extremely vulnerable position. Too much money spent on too many 'average' players, ridiculously long contracts and lucrative wages handed out like confetti have all combined to create an 'imperfect' storm, unfortunately one that is going to rip through the very core of the club before it dissipates.
Essentially West Ham United have only two players who are really coveted by other teams, those players are DECLAN RICE and ISSA DIOP, their combined potential sale value is in excess of £125 Million! An accountant would simply say "sell them, and your money troubles are over, at least in the short term", however selling either of these talented players who should be the future of the club would risk an outright fan revolt, and the fall out from selling both of them can hardly be countenanced.
Moyes knows he has a seriously difficult task ahead of him as he tries to add value to the 'big name' signings of Sebastien Haller and Felipe Anderson who have set the club back around £85 Million. While other clubs move forward Moyes is having to fight a rear guard action, and we have been told that Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham is of interest to David Moyes, any deal would be a season long loan or possibly just a loan until January, which may suit all parties.
There would then be time for Moyes to have either 'converted' Haller, or for him to be prepared for sale in the next transfer window. It's Moyes 'Gem Puzzle' nightmare coming to fruition, but then again, he does earn a few quid as manager doesn't he?
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But Abraham's on loan would a no brainer imo
Spot on 65! My worry is that
Spot on 65! My worry is that we do a permanent deal with Abrahams and Batshit coming to us and they get Rice. That fully opens the door for the Haller departure :o(
Wouldn't be surprised
At that Dartford,do you reckon chubby frank is planning it as we speak!!
Convinced of it 65!
Convinced of it 65!
Media making a fuss about the money Chavski are spending but in real terms is nothing like the original money spent by the Abramovic and they spent nothing last season. Rice is small change. If N'Golo leaves then Rice is a dead cert. Personally I think he would be wrong to go there, I dont see them challenging Liverpool or City.
A desperate situation for any
A desperate situation for any club to be in, but that about sums up Westham's plight ,Nev.I cannot see the club getting anywhere near the figures they paid for the likes of Anderson and Haller in the current climate.But it's not just the finances neither have been impressive for any club to target them.Apart from the obvious weaknesses in defence, up front is another concern,Antonio is injury prone but someone like Abraham on loan would be a good option.Chelsea are still sniffing around Rice, I hope he chooses to stay at the club , Moyes talking about making him captain some time,can't be too far off as Noble probably only has a season left in him .
Just watching the game aginst Brentford told me enough that Westham are in for another long season
If Brentford had played their
If Brentford had played their 'proper' front line the score would have been in their favour by 5-2!
They should have been 2 nil
They should have been 2 nil up in the first 3 minutes!
i dont think the captaincy
i dont think the captaincy works Essex... example Joe Cole
Offer
Offer them anderson staight swop
Another problem we have is
Another problem we have is the well publicized fact we are skint! Have not got a pot to piss in! I think we need to be honest here. Rice is going. If not now, sooner rather than later. Lets get the best deal now for him and re-build from there. Perhaps we could get £40-50m plus Barkley. Then throw in Abraham on loan? With the cash spend £25m combined on Cash from Forest & Rico from Brentford. Two talented fullbacks which we need. Just a suggestion but a way forward so we don't get left behind.
i would
be very disappointed if we sold DECLAN RICE and ISSA DIOP we have been badly let down by our owners who promised us what now turns out to be gooseberries Christmas if we left Upton park we were supposed to be able to match the big boys for the best players where has all the money gone and who got the profit from the houses that were built on our beloved ground ? it all leaves a biter taste, west ham have always been the poor relation to the prem and even with our so called new stadium that was meant to attract the better players things have not changed in fact i would say they have got worse i have some sympathy for David Moyes he was kicked out last time he kept us up and now we have him back after saving us once again he is told there is no money to improve the team what next ask the fans to have a whip round ???????
Just need to see a new
Just need to see a new signing of a significant player for this season. Will believe it when there is a definite pen to paper. So far, nothing but speculation.
Definitely, Abraham would be a fairly decent new signing be it only on loan!
Not needed
Good player but we need a decent left-back forget the rest, sell Fornalls to Napoli get your doe back ( no mean feat in this financial climate) keep Lanzini and get Luco Henry.
sell Fornals! You're having a
sell Fornals! You're having a laugh! This kid has the potential to be the back bone of the team!
125.000.000 for Rice and Diop
by the time G&S and the wicked witch finish dividing it up Moyes will be lucky to get 10.000.000 to replace them.