How fast this season is disappearing: Already the international break is upon us with the business end of the Premier League season just around the corner. And with the FIFA Club World Cup championship set to take place in June, the extra transfer window opens early this summer- June 1st is just about ten weeks away.
So when speculation from his homeland links this particular West Ham first team regular with a move in time for the World Club championships, I’m all ears: Especially since it is Edson Alvarez- the player who by his own admission was about one hour away from joining Chelsea but then did a dramatic ‘U’turn and signed for West Ham.
His first season under Moyes was ok, but he’s been heading downhill since, dogged by injury and yellow and red cards.
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With a dreadful disciplinary record, headless-chicken style on-pitch antics and being part of West Ham’s “midfield that cannot run’; Would anyone actually shed a tear if ‘El Machin’ upped and left for Chelsea in time for the June championships, as reported yesterday in Mexican site nacionfutbol.com.mx :
“Edson Álvarez could be the reinforcement of a European club for the Club World Cup, because they have been looking for him for a long time: Chelsea”
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Edson Alvarez-finally off to Chelsea ahead of world Club competition..?
I suppose I can understand Chelsea’s interest – a midfield enforcer might be a useful addition for the World Club Championships if money were no object – but from West Ham’s point of view, Alvarez has failed to live upto the ‘Declan Rice Replacement’ label which was applied when he joined from Ajax in December 2023.
I can only hope the report has substance, surely Graham Potter will have him out of the door so fast there’ ll just be a whirlwind flurry of red and yellow cards left behind. And anything over the €38 million which West Ham paid would be a big bonus for the summer rebuild budget.