West Ham’s dreadful, one-paced stagnant midfield has been the subject of huge criticism since its haphazard assembly last year. Seemingly without a plan, Lopetegui, Steidten and Sullivan between them assembled the ‘midfield that could not run’ by putting Soucek, Rodriguez, Alvarez and Ward-Prowse in the same squad without considering that the Irons would be desperately short of pace and legs; As last season panned out, the midfield became the achilles heel which could neither create going forward nor shield the defence.
The latest news snippet regarding a one-time West Ham midfield target will leave Hammers fans most likely stunned*, as David Moyes is about to succeed where West Ham could not* and land top Chelsea midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
Fabrizio Romano breaks the news on his twitter account :
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“EXCL: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to Everton, here we go! Permanent deal agreed with Chelsea and player side. Understand fee is worth £25m fixed plus add-ons up to £28/29m total package.”
Again West Ham are left empty handed as a top target heads off to a competitor.
The Irons will more than likely be left looking like embarrassing also-rans when Josh Brownhill lands at London Stadium, as reported yesterday in footballinsider247.com.
One a 26 year old, fast, appreciating asset, the other nearly 30, past his peak and available on a ‘free’ transfer.
The fact that former Hammers manager ‘dithering Dave’ is set to land the hugely talented Dewsbury-Hall, laughably linked earlier in the window with West Ham United is even more embarrassing and makes our recruitment look cheap and nasty by comparison.
Just £25 million. A perfect box to box midfielder, just what was needed for the Hammers. But unaffordable for West Ham apparently.