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When West Ham United's record £45 Million signing Sebastien Haller was sold on to Ajax for a £25 Million loss, many fans thought good riddance to a player who was clearly NOT suited to the particularly frenzied pace of the Premier League. However Haller thrived in the Eredivisie on his arrival inHolland and more importantly set the Champions League on fire by breaking the record for the most goals scored in an initial group stage.

Sometimes it is easy to add two plus two regarding football transfers and end up with five, or more often than not, zero! The Jesse Lingard to West Ham story occupied a lot of column inches before it subsided, even interest from the 'Stone Throwers' wasn't sufficient to fan the flames enough to re-ignite the story during January's transfer window fall out period.

England face Ivory Coast on Tuesday for what will be another decent test following their narrow victory over Switzerland who are currently 14th in the FIFA World rankings. So bearing in mind it will be the last World Cup warm up, Ivory Coast will provide a totally different test to an England team that will have West Ham's Declan Rice at the heart of its defence.