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In a similar way to the customer who walks in to a car showroom and leaves having spent twice their original budget, West Ham United are now having to deal with the excesses of the'Pellegrini' era, none more so than the 'Hall' of a deal that was negotiated to bring Sebastien Haller to the London Stadium.

The best laid plans of mice and men are there to be exposed by the trials and tribulations that life has prepared for them, an expression loosely taken from the Robert Burns' poem 'To a Mouse', might well be used as a paraphrase to explain West Ham United's lack of activity in the transfer market, with the club seemingly unable to even raise 'small' sums like £2 Million to invest in lower league players such as Antonee Robinson, which was the sum Sheffield United signed the full back for from Wigan who have gone in to administration.

Now it is common knowledge that Hammers are essentially broke, it would be assumed that the media would concentrate on the 'elite' and their acquisitions and the promoted clubs with their currently untainted aspirations. From a news point of view, this 'phoney' transfer phase is usually spread out for a couple of months as players and bless them, their agents, take a break from playing and concentrate on holidaying and making money.