November is here and the transfer rumour mill is in full swing – if indeed it ever stopped. The Hammers needed a striker and a defender – bare minimum – but news that Niclas Fullkrug wants to cut his losses and quit the club means the Irons have to roll up their sleeves and bring multiple players in, sharpish.
Fullkrug’s agent has confirmed the transfer hasn’t worked and that he wants a return to the Bundesliga to try and rekindle his form ahead of the World Cup squad announcement. According to Sky’s Florian Plettenberg, ‘West Ham remain relaxed’ about Fullkrug leaving.
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Excuse me for not being ‘relaxed’ but actually being pretty excited at the prospect of making good one of the worst transfers of the summer of 2024.
Tim Steidten’s recruit has flopped monstrously after spending over half his time out injured.
Just nobody say ‘we told them so“. Doomed to fail at 31 with a high mileage body, seemingly everyone except Sullivan and Steidten could see what was coming. The only positive from the sorry saga is that even David Sullivan won’t make the same mistake and blow another €30 million on a 31 year old again.
Fullkrug’s a lovely guy and five years ago, we’d have loved him at West Ham: Now fans just cannot wait to wave him goodbye and see someone pull on the shirt who can actually make the starting XI on a regular basis. The couple of moments last Sunday when veteran Callum Wilson behaved like a proper striker and backed into defenders to move them around and allow a teammate a clear shot at goal just shows us fans what the club has been missing for a couple of years.
‘Striker starvation’ ends in January. Who, how old, how much, and where from remains, worryingly, in the hands of David Sullivan. But with Fullkrug officially wanting out, there’s 100% not going to be another window pass without a frontman addition.