Interest in West Ham’s Nayef Aguerd appears to be in the rise as Sunderland are the latest club to join the queue along as far as is clear with Marseille. Which to may will be a relief as Aguerd has decided he’;s not cut out for the Premier League- Sunderland seem to be undertaking a forlorn chase as the player is more likely to head back to the relative security of the slower-paced La Liga or the French Ligue 1.
More change appears, mercifully, to be on the way.
Anyone who watched every painful capitulation last season will have made their own minds up about West Ham’s porous defence. [As footballinsider247.com](https://www.footballinsider247.com/west-ham-plan-to-sign-top-class-defender-after-nayef-aguerd-decision/) write today, Aguerd is not the only centre back who’ll be headed out this summer. It seems Graham Potter has finally seen what fans have been shouting from the sidelines all season:
_“Max Kilman is okay, but he needs somebody solid and dependable alongside him._ _Potter isn’t happy with Mavropanos, he’s far too mistake prone and is liable to cost you a game..”_
The accident-prone Greek defender has been subject to rushes of blood in charging out of position as well as giving away endless, pointless fouls: If the Hammers really are to move forwards next season then another centre-back to replace the Mavropanos – Aguerd duo is a must.
_Mavropanos getting it wrong against Everton_
Southampton’s relegated **Taylor Harwood-Bellis** has often been named as a ‘possible’ replacement at a West Ham friendly price – but whether he’s any more secure than Mavropanos is debatable.
The loss of target CJ Egan Riley to Marseille is a good indication of the uphill battle faced by the recruitment team in bringing quality talent to West Ham with no European football on offer: Harwood Bellis, an aspiring England International, maybe as good as it gets just now.