I’M NOT SURE about most West Ham United fans, but I’ve had quite enough of reading reports ‘linking’ the Hammers with a ‘swoop’ for Nuno’s old – literally- player Adama Traore in January.
Maybe because it smacks of ‘more of the same’ – old players, old legs, no resale value – exactly what got West Ham into their current crisis – but it shows low ambition for a club that desperately needs fresh legs up front having recruited entirely from the 30-something past-it pool for far too long.
So the report suggesting that West Ham are ‘watching’ and planning a winter move for Chelsea’s Tyrique George is a much more interesting -nay – even ‘exciting’ prospect.
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Suggested by eplindex.com as a ‘long term project’ the report suggests that, unlike Traore, he’s young man going places:
“At the other end of the spectrum, West Ham’s recruitment team are said to be exploring a permanent move for Chelsea’s 19-year-old striker Tyrique George, valued at around £22 million. Sky Sports’ Kaveh Solhekol has claimed that the young forward is “likely to leave” Stamford Bridge in January”
At some stage the Irons have to break their habit of buying in players on their last legs who conk out after a few months. Surely the lessons of Antonio, Ings, Fullkrug and – no doubt soon-to-be-crocked Callum Wilson will be learned.
George is indeed a young forward with an exciting future: Ready to lead the line at London Stadium though? Not yet. But one for the future who will develop and grow into another Gyokores? Maybe. And the Hammers missed out on him too.