Two of the worst CB's to ever grace the prem/champ/League one and apparently we have signed one of them....all you who bought into the DK BS i would ask for my money back as clearly they are planning a long term stay in the Championship....How far have we fallen if this is the standard of player we are looking at to strengthen the CB area....total joke.
Edvin Austbø is set to become West Ham United’s latest signing, with a move set to be signed, sealed and delivered before the end of the transfer window.
Just as yourself and I, who is the newest kid on the block?
Our to-be ‘Edvin’ is a 21-year-old winger, the Norwegian international who most recently sent his club, Viking FK, to the Champions League after netting against Dinamo Zagreb. He also helped the Norwegian side to their first league title since 1991, making 27 league appearances, achieving 11 G/A and being named the Eliteserien Young Player of the Year during the season.
Edvin is set to join the Hammers on a deal worth £10,000,000. The club opted for the Norwegian international over Reiss Nelson, who most recently had his contract mutually terminated at Arsenal.
The Norwegian media have been naming Edvin Austbø as an “en uslepen diamant”, meaning an ‘unpolished diamond’ in English.
He has every winger-based buzzword spoken about him but that, of course, is nothing but minimal and expected in this day and age in Football, so as a person who, respectfully, hasn’t been keeping up with the Norwegian league will focus on what is known.
The Hammers are set to secure his signature ahead of numerous other European clubs, those include: Hamburger SV, FC Copenhagen, Lille, RB Leipzig. As well as Borussia Dortmund, who were weighing up their options.
The Norwegian has already spoken about West Ham on two occasions before signing, the first one dating back to a few weeks ago.
First off, he said: I don't know how big their bid was, or how much Viking are asking for, but West Ham is a cool club and is certainly of interest to me."
“I've made it clear that I want to move on now."
After a few weeks had passed and a fee had officially been agreed, he spoke again, whilst being spotted at an airport where he outright addressed the news of an agreed fee.
“I’m leaving now, so we’ll see tomorrow” - talking about the minor negotiations.
Upon being asked why West Ham? He simply responded: “It felt right, and that’s what I wanted. So as soon as they came in the field [an option] there was no doubt on my part.”
We’ve got a young winger who is on an upward trajectory and already, before signing a contract, wants nothing but West Ham. I’m not to roll on a high horse and claim that the Hammers have the “next best thing” but back him. A winger who will build on his talent in the Championship, and the club has opted for him over a freebie - it’s a positive statement.
A backup in attack and a much-needed willpower signing to get us kickstarted.
Positives will come - time will tell.
Three games, two points. It’s been a tough start to the Championship season for the Hammers, and today at Vicarage Road, Nuno’s side have walked away with a point thanks to a goalless second half, with the action coming in the first half.
Throughout the first half, the Hammers seemed cagey and only through Taty Castellanos’ sheer determination did we manage to claw a goal. In the second half, the team appeared a lot more dominant overall in comparison to Watford, but all in all, the final third wasn’t good enough.
Nuno tried a 4-2-3-1 today within the team, and it was a better result than the Charlton match, but there’s a massive amount of work the Hammers need to do, on the pitch and off the pitch. With Divine Mukasa being taken off simply due to running out of gas in the tank, it meant that Nuno had to change formations, as we don’t have a like-for-like replacement.
Manor Solomon works his socks off for 90 minutes, and there’s no replacement in sight off the bench. The side opted to play Walker-Peters at left-back rather than on the right due to our minimal reinforcements.
The side has positive aspects, but all in all, the results need to come, and the reality needs to be viewed. It was a dire viewing and one that made you shout, “Someone take a shot!” at the TV
Reinforcements and voices are needed in this side, and with three days remaining in the transfer window, magic needs to come alive. West Ham are currently focusing on signing a new centre-back as well as a left-back and currently have an agreement in place to sign Edvin Austbø, who is a winger.
West Ham and Nuno Espírito Santo will have to come out firing against Wolves on Tuesday evening at the London Stadium - otherwise, things could take an ugly turn rather fast!
West Ham: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Golambeckis, Kilman, Veltman, Kante, Engels, Bowen (C), Taty, Mukasa, Solomon
Subs: Herrick, Piroe, Pablo, Lamadrid, Scarles, Casey, Orford, Mayers, Ajala
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With the activity not stopping until September 1st, West Ham are actively trying to make a few more signings whilst still trying to focus on exits to help the Hammers financially across the season.
After joining Southampton in 2023 and making 75 appearances for the club, James Ward-Prowse officially returns to Southampton for a fee of £1,000,000.
Whilst on paper it seems that we’ve gotten rid of an experienced player for just a measly fee, upon including his now halved £ 65k-a-week wages, that, over the course of the season, saves West Ham an extra £3.1m, meaning his exit has helped the Hammers save £4,100,000 in total.
James Ward-Prowse is 31 years old and only had one year left on his contract, meaning West Ham saw an opportunity to take this and ultimately have.
El Hadji Malick Diouf's departure has also been announced, but other exits are also being sorted out or are close to being concluded.
As mentioned, West Ham will look to sign at least three players in the coming days, though four new additions could still be a possibility.
With just five days remaoining of the transfer window, buckle up because it’ll be a journey of cut, chop n’ buy.
West Ham United will take part in the Carabao Cup Round 3 draw tonight after defeating Southampton 4-1 in their biggest Carabao Cup away victory since 1967.
Taking part in Round 3 means the Hammers are amongst the remaining 32 teams in the tournament, with the European Teams from the Premier League now also being entered.
The draw for Round 3 will take place after the Preston vs Everton match is concluded. However, a pre-draw for the European sides entering the competition has already been completed, which determines where their tie will be played.
As well as where the games will take place, it also does, in fact, mean that these sides are NOT able to go against one another for this round.
Manchester United, Manchester City, Bournemouth, Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Liverpool will all have home ties. Should West Ham be tied against one of these named sides, the fixture will be away from home.
The two sides who have been drawn to play away are Arsenal and Aston Villa.
Apart from the eight named sides, everything else and all other teams will be as normal in the draw, which is set to take place at around 22:10 (10:10pm)
West Ham United will be ball number 25.
West Ham United signed El-Hadji Malick Diouf last summer for £19m plus add-ons, which weren’t achieved throughout that season. Malick Diouf was bought by Graham Potter as he was deemed to be a perfect fit for a ‘Potter System’.
Diouf was a player who struggled to find consistent form and ultimately weaved in and out of having good performances. Despite going away for the World Cup and coming back to the squad during pre-season and showing that he wanted to play for the club, it seems that his head has turned and he has ultimately decided that he wants to move on from West Ham.
As alluded to a couple of days ago, West Ham United have officially sold Diouf to Brentford for a deal worth £40,000,000. The initial fee will be £35,000,000, and there’s a possible £5,000,000 that could be achieved in the future.
The Hammers will now seek a replacement for Malick Diouf and now hope to sign three players within the remaining week of the transfer window, with a left-back, centre-back and a midfielder being the priority.
After seeing the lineups come out, most thought that we were about to witness a reincarnation of Nottingham Forest’s 5-0 thrashing over West Ham back in 2014, however, the night didn’t go that way and it was in fact West Ham who walked away with not just a victory, but their biggest away League Cup victory since 1967!
A miserable opening ten minutes made fans' heads have a wonder down looney lane, searching for an answer to the madness but academy product Joshua Ajala, slotted home twice to give us the lead, before the starting side slotted home two more to place us into the Round of 32.
Whilst tonight’s victory is sweet for the stats, it also sends out a positive and much-needed message for the fans, the players and likely Nuno himself.
News is circulating that players would like to exit, throwing their gym bags around and staying put. Well, tonight the badge won, not just West Ham. The Academy tonight stepped onto the field in a competitive tournament and turned over Southampton’s (practically) strongest side.
All academy producers: Finlay Herrick (20), Airidas Golambeckis (18), Ezra Mayers (19), Lewis Orford (20), Joshua Ajala (19) and former academy and current loanee Divine Mukasa (19) all played for the badge tonight. They carried the spirit of what they knew and aspired to strive to have when wearing the West Ham badge on their chest and it’s a grounding moment for the more senior and professional players.
For far too long West Ham have consistently had a good team… on paper, but on the pitch, it would almost never translate into results.
You can have a whole batch of good Oranges, but once one bad one touches the others, it causes the others to be rotten. West Ham needs players who want to play for West Ham, ones that truly want to.
Joël Veltman helped his rounding peers tonight by being an anchor and his start in Claret & Blue tonight was very impressive.
West Ham are set to take on Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday where we set our sights on securing our first win in the Championship.
Draw details for Round 3 of the Carabao Cup will be released tomorrow.
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