You have to ask yourself what is the point of all the ‘data driven’ player analysis and selection going on – anecdotally – at London Stadium. Head of recruitment poor Kyle Macaulay will soon be bald if he’s left in this position of tearing out his hair for much longer. One of the major midfield targets identified leading into this transfer window was West Ham’s former ECL opponent Mario Stroekyens.
As we wrote last month, *‘At twenty years old and proven already on the international stage, this exciting young prospect for the Hammers is a bit of a steal now at €20 million – just £17 million -and would make a fabulous addition to West Ham’s midfield. He’d transform the dull, donkey-like performances at the heart of the team next year: Partner him with Freddie Potts and Graham Potter’s Hammers could be -relatively speaking- electric.*”
A bit of a steal at £17 million.
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Well now West Ham’s lack of action owing to shortage of funds is coming back to bite them on the backside as other Premier League clubs try to effect their own ‘steal’: According to a report today, “Leeds United ‘start initial discussions’ over deal to sign West Ham United-linked playmaker…Leeds are interested in the Anderlecht prodigy [ Stroekyens] and have opened talks over personal terms.”
Tenth biggest attendance in the world and sixteenth richest in Europe and the Hammers cannot find £17 million to nail down their main midfield upgrade. Despite taking £500k off the weekly wage bill with the seven player exodus. Often I’m accused of being overly negative. Pull the positives out of that if you can.