Reports linking Chelsea’s Tosin Adarabioyo with a move to **West Ham** United in the January [transfer](https://www.claretandhugh.info/west-ham-transfer-news/) window make little sense.
For starters, the West Londoners’ manager, Enzo Maresca, has started Adarabioyo in two of Chelsea’s last four games, and secondly, there is no pressing need for high flying Chelsea to sell.
The 27-year-old joined on a free transfer at the start of this season, and West Ham were certainly interested in signing him when he left Fulham on a Bosman.
However, Chelsea would now command a hefty fee for the player, and West Ham have other priorities. The club will be looking to recruit a striker and possibly a midfielder in January, with limited funds to do so.
The Hammers’ defence has already seen a £93 million investment during the summer with the arrivals of Max Kilman, Jean-Clair Todibo, and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, yet the defence is still struggling.
One gets the impression that even if West Ham spent £293 million on their defence, the issues would persist because it’s the system rather than the personnel that’s the problem. Whilst [Julen Lopetegui](https://www.claretandhugh.info/julen-lopetegui/) got the desired result in the Hammers’ 2-1 win against Wolves, Gary O’Neil’s side still created 19 chances without playing particularly well.
Therefore, throwing money at yet another central defender would be a complete waste and would fix very little.