How low have ‘massive’ West Ham United fallen from the excitement of the August window. The exotic foreign players were rolled out along with a handful of British talent- as fans and watchers alike raved at the activity with £140 million splurged on ‘hah’- ‘renewing’ the squad. That 31 year old Nicklas Fullkrug’s recruitment raised eyebrows even back in August is not hindsight – our report at the time likened The Hammers’ strategy as akin to having a ‘Dad’s Army recruitment policy.
That the Hammers might need to go into the loan market for a striker just to act as a sticking plaster to put over the wound left by an unfit Fullkrug and two other thirty- somethings who are both unable to play for a full 90 minutes is testimony of the failure of that window.
That the name now mentioned is one repeated seemingly every season – the perennial Youssef En-Nesyri, who, according to The People, can’t get a start at Fenerbahce under Jose Mourinho: After just six starts in the Super Lig this season, the Moroccan is reportedly keen to head to London and the Premier League.
And the fact that West Ham would welcome the 27 year old with open arms says everything about the abject failure of the trio of Sullivan, Steidten and Lopetegui to provide decent goal scoring options at the club- for it was all three who had their own ‘picks’ in the summer window. It’s embarrassing.
