Opinion: Should Hammers Really Meddle With Medel?

Manuel Pellegrini along with his Director of Football Mario Husillos have put their stamp on the way West Ham recruit players, and the Irons look to be moving in the right direction with some brilliant acquisitions, so why on Earth would they bring in Gary Medel as a Pedro Obiang replacement, as claimed could happen by ExWHUemployee on The West Ham Way podcast? Would it be another superb deal? We think not!

The news of Obiang’s potential departure will come as no shock as he has been hankering after a return to Spain. The Spanish-born midfielder has been used as a back up player by Pellegrini over the last 12 months, and if Jack Wilshere manages to stay relatively injury free this season, it would knock him further down the pecking order. Ex claims that 27 year old Obiang will be allowed to leave the club this summer, as Sassuolo are believed to have lodged a bid of around £10 Million for his services, but what will terrify Hammers fans is the news that Gary Medel, the former Cardiff City and Inter Milan midfielder, could replace him.

Medel is competent enough as a back up for West Ham’s midfield, but he is four years older than Obiang at 31 years of age, and his recent display against Argentina in Chile’s Copa America campaign surely proved that he is a loose cannon who would be a total liability in the new VAR era of the Barclays Premier League. It is true that statistics show Medel to be a better option, but there are lies and damn lies lurking around in stato sites.

Medel has played in the English top flight for one season with Cardiff, but the only quality we can possibly see that he has that Manuel Pellegrini could possibly want, is that he is Chilean! If Manuel is short of Chilean company, he can get in touch with the Chilean ambassador, who he has met on several occasions and ask to speak to the ambassador's son who just turns out to be a mad Hammers fan after going to the same academy as Leo Chambers, which coincidentally was also attended by Chelsea's Tammy Abrahams.

Gary Medel, thanks but no thanks! - Ed