Transfer Speculation (1st June onwards)
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All of those you listed, while maybe not all naturally defensive midfielders, are all pretty solid/disciplined and defensively minded players leaving Fernandes the only adventurous of 5 of their CM options
Just going to pretend this is a new signing.
Hope this fella isn't just the new Fellaini. Looks like a bit of a lamppost, but may chip in with a few goals.
#welcomesoucek
I'm bookmarking that article (the original) as an excellent resource for teaching the use of the passive voice :-)
https://www.hammers.news/transfer-news/west-ham-legend-leroy-rosenior-believes-there-is-more-than-meets-the-eye-to-declan-rice-situation/
Lucas boasts he has been a season ticket holder for 30 years despite only being in his late 30s and has worked for local press in the Bucks/Beds/Herts area since he graduated from the University of Buckingham.
Martin claims he is a former professional golfer, according to Golf WRX website he moved to Orlando in 2003, played in several "mini-tours" then returned to the UK and specialises in golf reporting. His twitter account is antonymartin84 so I guess he's also in his late 30s
Better to follow the links on their website to the original source material
And some fans will lap it up
I'm going to trust Ex on this one, Moyes is running the show, he will only sign players he feels are up to the standard and only at a price he thinks is appropriate.
Excellent word
For years I thought it was some kind of professional crab or lobster.
GK
Coufal - CB - Ogbonna - LB
Rice - Souček
Bowen - Benrahma - Fornals
Antonio
I think we’d all agree that it’s pretty hard to improve on those front five players. Not many on here would drop any of those if fully fit, so we have a pretty good team on paper. Jesse was good at giving us alternatives to Bowen & Benrahma, with a slightly more explosive style, but I don’t think anybody would moan about those two starting a game.
I think when you look at the overall side, there is room for strengthening the first team at GK (to improve on Randolph & be Fabs long term successor), CB (to play with Ogbonna & cover for him when necessary) & LB (a longer term successor to Cresswell). But midfield & striker wise, we are looking for competition more than replacements. Loans would be a good shout, with the main money being spent on the back five.
I expect Moyes will make another bid for Tarkowski. He likes him, we bid over £25m last summer, we signed Dawson as an alternative, it’s a year on & his price is down further with only a year left on his deal. Another £20m offer may get him.
Whether it's Moyes' due diligence, or Sullivan's desire to loan and not buy, I can't see any deals happening before the season starts, and those that get done in the final week of the window will be loans and frees.
I'm 100% confident that we'll end up with Maksimovic (free) ahead of Tarkowski or Celeta-Car at centre back.
In other news, Scottish media are reporting that we're signing 20-year-old 'keeper Brian Kinnear, who left Rangers earlier in the summer.