Will West Ham make any more signings before the deadline?
West Ham are struggling to find players to join their squad this January. As it stands the window has not been any sort of success.
As I repeatedly say, January transfer windows are a tricky business. Getting the right players in is tough, and prices are all over the place. However inaction where action is necessary is inexcusable. And that’s where West Ham find themselves right now.
The board have promised much and delivered little. Injuries have hit the squad hard and there is still no-one close to joining. With other clubs picking up players that the Hammers may have wanted, it’s a tough market now. Can the board find the players they want?
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David Moyes has highlighted two key areas that he needed strengthening, and neither of them have really been covered. Mario, whilst he is a central midfielder, is more attacking than defensive and he is certainly not a centre forward.
Dendonker was touted as a signing early on in defensive midfield, but was deemed too expensive. However the club has a very high wage bill because it constantly signs “Premier League proven” players. These players constantly demand higher wages than players of a similar talent signed from elsewhere. So whilst Dendonker may require more outlay, he wont cost as much on wages. The fact he has performed in the Champions League should also negate the ‘is he good enough’ argument as well.
Quite simply the board will have to risk something at some point. Without risk any business is doomed to stagnate. A football club is no different in that respect, and whilst Gold and Sullivan can constantly go on and on about the fact they don’t want the club to risk going into more debt I think they’ll have to. If we don’t risk there is no chance we will push above Everton. There is no chance we can ever dream to take on the other big London clubs.
Maybe we’ll see some risk in this transfer window. I’d much prefer to see genuine risk taking than playing safe with a Snodgrass like signing again. We need to look up, not fear what’s below us.