Quality over Quantity: The new West Ham approach to transfers
The Pellegrini Project is well underway in its second year and it’s safe to say that many West Ham fans are happy with it. The best part about the entire thing is that he has brought in Husillos to run transfers and completely change how West Ham does business.
Let’s be honest, we were all a little bit skeptical about the board allowing Pellegrini and Co to select the incoming and outgoing of players, but they have. The days of old where West Ham co-chairman, David Gold, would tell us not to go to bed every night is over unless it’s a big Fornals signing.
The board, for now, has given the trust of player personnel to Pellegrini and Husillos and honestly, it’s worked. Those two have gone in, found the needs, and went to work to get it done with the players that they want. A far cry from a few years back when Gold and Sullivan were seemingly playing FIFA on the PlayStation.
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To give you a better representation of what I am trying to say, let’s look at just a few years back and who all was brought in. It was the first year at the London Stadium and the board wanted to bring in big names. In all, Fegouli, Nordtveit, Zaza, Calleri, Fernandes, Masuaku, Tore, Fletcher, Arbeloa, Martinez, Quina, Snodgrass, Fonte, and Ayew were all brought in during the summer window.
At the time, it seemed like a good deal. Big names, big spending, big stadium, what could go wrong? Well, seemingly all of it. Out of the 14 signed, only Snoddy and Masuaku remain and let’s not forget how the board tried running Bob out of East London.
The arrival of Pellegrini and Co has revitalized both Snodgrass and Masuaku for the better and they have done that for the transfer process as well. Last season they broke the fee margin by a long shot bringing in the likes of Anderson, Fabianski, Diop, and others with only Perez and unfairly, Sanchez has flopped.
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A far better cry from when in 2016 12 flopped or didn’t play to their fullest. If we took Pellegrini’s coaching out of the equation and just looked at how player management, his project would still be succeeding. We are in good hands West Ham family, and it’s a good feeling to have.