Reportedly sailing close to the wind under Premier League financial regulations, the Hammers have no doubt pencilled-in the sale of key players this summer and the end of Danny Ings’ lucrative £125k a week contract to keep them the ‘right’ side of the line when making their bid for free agent Lille’s Angel Gomes.
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Angel Gomes- not heading to West Ham this summer.
That headline above looks a big chunk of cash in footballer annual wages, doesn’t it. But did a bit deeper, and it shows a big reality-gap from the current financial requisite to attract Premier League prestige players.
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The fact that the West Ham bid has met with a lukewarm response and a pretty quick rebuttal from Angel Gomes’ family – his agents – shows the unrealistic expectations under which West Ham are operating.
Let me ask you – if you were worth £100k a year in a job, and somebody went through the whole selection and interview process and then put a derisory £50,000 offer to you, how would you feel? Insulted? Angry? Disillusioned and determined to get a better job elsewhere?
Yes to all. How the Hammers expected to pick up one of the hottest, most sought-after talents in world football for less than the wages they’ve paid Danny Ings for three years is beyond me. Whilst the Hammers would like to be portrayed as ‘elite level’ players in the club big leagues, the fact that their £100k-a week offer for Angel Gomes was the best that the club can do speaks volumes. And not in a good way.