Summer Transfers 2024
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What I am most optimistic about is that the player and manager have already worked together, it tells me the manager doesn't feel he is taking a chance and that he thoroughly believes he is worth the battle to get him and just as importantly we have a player very happy to work with our new manager again, which hopefully tells us he knows what he is doing regard building relationships with his players.
Spain midfielder Aleix Garcia, 27, says West Ham tried to sign him from Girona but he chose to join Bayer Leverkusen instead. (Diari de Girona, via Standard)
Coufal - Zouma - Kilman - Emerson
Soucek - Ward-Prowse
Bowen - Paqueta - Kudus
Antonio
Fabianski
RB - Mavropanos - Aguerd - Cresswell
Downes - CM
Guilherme - AM - Cornet
Ings
We can see we need a RB, CM & a creative type player. Then we have the repeat debate about Antonio & Ings as strikers, plus Cresswell as a back-up LB.
Zouma - can't be a starter unless something miraculous has happened with his knees
Soucek - really doesn't strike me as a J-Lo type starter, more likely JWP, but is he good enough?
Paqueta - will he be available?
Antonio - definitely shouldn't be a starting CF
So, to my mind, that's 3 possibly 4 places that need filling in the starting 11 alone.
Then:
RB - we need a back up RB
Aguerd - wants away, doesn't seem suited to the PL although will be less exposed under J-Lo than Moyes. We should get a decent chunk for his replacement if he goes
Cresswell - great servant, but nowhere near good enough anymore, but we're stuck with him I guess
Downes - off to Southampton?
AM - maybe Earthy earmarked for this?
Cornet - will be interesting to see if there's still a player there after his injury; just because Moyes didn't use him doesn't mean he might not be useful, but equally he could never play at this standard again
Ings - too slow, not suitable unless playing 2 up top which so few teams do. Antonio should be the second string CF imo.
Soooooooo much work still to be done; it won't all happen, but goodness me we need to get some players in still imo.
I imagine Alvarez would be first choice DM, Paqueta playmaker and Ward-Prowse "shuttler". Soucek could be cover for Alvarez and Ward-Prowse (maybe) with Earthy as 2nd choice playmaker but we could definitely do with another central midfielder.
Also Downes reported to be happy as Larry to be back at Rush Green so maybe he thinks the new boss has more time for him than Moyes
Happy to see Downes stay but same time think if we can get an alright fee there are other areas of concern that money can be reinvested
Wan-Bissaka and Walker-Peters strike me as quite different players; feels odd that we'd be interested in both for the same position. Tbh though, I'm not really sure how we're going to set up and play under J-Lo, so tough to know who might be most suitable.
At Southampton he'd be the first name on the team sheet and would play almost every game. For his career I think that would be the best move for him, but I get (and admire) that maybe he wants to do everything he can to play for the club he supports.