All signs point to cash cow staying at West Ham

We’ve all heard the lines before, we have to sell players to buy players because funds are too tight. Well, the highest value asset West Ham has seems committed to staying.

With designs on Championship player to bolster his West Ham squad, David Moyes seemed poised to sell Felipe Anderson to add to his transfer coffers this offseason. Anderson wasn’t playing, West Ham was succeeding, so the decision to move him on seemed mutually beneficial, up until today.

After rumours arose this week that Anderson was in Rome trying to force a move back to Lazio, Felipe’s brother took to Instagram to announce that Felipe was committed to working hard for West Ham and having success with this team.

The Instagram comments can be seen here. In the comments ‘Juliiandersongomes’ states “is not true” in regards to comments about Felipe looking to move back to Italy and followed it up by replying to comments stating “always iron (with crossed hammers emoji)” and “coyi bro (flexed arm emoji).”

While this isn’t concrete evidence that Anderson has no desire to leave the club, Anderson’s social media is focused around four things: West Ham, his English and religious studies, working out, and his family. If anyone would have the inside track, it would be his inner circle, vacationing with him in Italy.

Many will see this as a negative. How will West Ham be able to buy players like Eberechi Eze without raising funds through Anderson’s sale? Well, if the team had any intention of challenging further up the table they would finance a move for players like Eze and Watkins etc. to invest in the team’s success to grow their business.

We know this won’t happen, but is Anderson staying at West Ham really the worst thing ever? Hardly. Anderson was class in his first season in the Premier League and showed glimpses of that form this season. Aaron Cresswell‘s regression saw both Anderson and Pablo Fornals trend down as the left midfielder in front of him due to overbearing defensive responsibilities.

Anderson may still be sold, but if he isn’t there is no reason why West Ham cannot buy Eze, no reason why Anderson can’t succeed, and there is no reason why we as a supporter group should have to put up with this stingy board. Upton Park wasn’t demolished for supporters to embrace ‘outgoings = incomings” as a transfer policy and Anderson shouldn’t be the sacrificial lamb nor the cash cow for a terrible board.