Frees up the No8 shirt for Anderson ;wahoo (he's worn No28 in pre-season, much like Arnie did with No27 last summer before moving to No7 when Feghouli left)
I mean I would like Haksbanovic to go but if we’re trying to set up our squad as though we’re playing a premier league game, I don’t think he’ll be playing. Maybe next year, just my opinion.
Struggle to see Sead in the 18, but he'd be first attacking mid reserve for Snodgrass or Antonio (who both may be off) imo
Also a wee bit surprised to see Fernandes omitted, deffo feels like cullen has jumped ahead of him. Still think he has a part to play, especially in a midfield 3 where his energy would be good
When one considers that a worse version of mignolet and karius cost £12.5m I’m struggling to see many other options outside of signing someone like Fabianski given that we were down to one keeper
Or would people have preferred us to sign Hart for another season?
I agree last season Kouyate was overall quite poor. However, he is a player who has proven he can score goals and play in a number of positions ie CB, RB, CM. He also hasn't thrown his toys out the pram when asked to fill in at the back.
The something not quite right last season could be true about a number of players as well as a number of other things at West Ham.
I've seen people saying a lot that Noble will improve because he was best in the 2015/16 season with attacking players like Payet around him. That was also Kouyaté's best season for us, IMO, but nobody has given the same argument for him. I trust in Pellegrini to get the best out of him if he stays.
Struggle to see where his place is in this team. We need him as a defensive mid but hes a box to box mid. Perhaps he would excel in a mid 3 with a proper holding mid but he doesnt work well with obiang
Yes we can keep him and hope he regains his form, but hes 28, on a reported £50k+ a week, coming off 2 seasons he was oretty awful and possibly doubling the money he came in for
According to Record, West Ham have agreed a deal to sign Portuguese starlet Xande Silva from Primeira Liga side Vitoria Guimaraes for a fee that could rise to around £3 million.
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Kouyate always likely to be the one to go, IMO.
Frees up the No8 shirt for Anderson ;wahoo (he's worn No28 in pre-season, much like Arnie did with No27 last summer before moving to No7 when Feghouli left)
Has he even played during preseason?
Fredericks Balbeuna Ogbonna Masuaku
Noble Obiang Wilshere
Yarmo Arnie Anderson
Sub: Adrian, Zabaleta, Diop, Rice, Antonio, Snodgrass, Hernandez
Struggle to see Sead in the 18, but he'd be first attacking mid reserve for Snodgrass or Antonio (who both may be off) imo
Also a wee bit surprised to see Fernandes omitted, deffo feels like cullen has jumped ahead of him. Still think he has a part to play, especially in a midfield 3 where his energy would be good
Fabianski is not!
Or would people have preferred us to sign Hart for another season?
;hmm
The something not quite right last season could be true about a number of players as well as a number of other things at West Ham.
£15m fee, rising to £20m with add-ons.
Yes we can keep him and hope he regains his form, but hes 28, on a reported £50k+ a week, coming off 2 seasons he was oretty awful and possibly doubling the money he came in for
According to Record, West Ham have agreed a deal to sign Portuguese starlet Xande Silva from Primeira Liga side Vitoria Guimaraes for a fee that could rise to around £3 million.