West Ham are within the midst of a striker disaster as Nuno Espírito Santo’s aspect fail to impress as soon as once more of their newest outing at dwelling to Brentford.
Nuno slammed for West Ham line-up after defeat to Brentford
You would be hard-pressed to try to keep in mind a extra uninspired dwelling efficiency than West Ham’s 2-0 loss to the Bees on Monday night time.
Objectives from Igor Thiago and Mathias Jensen sealed the deal for Keith Andrews’ aspect, who dominated West Ham proper from the get-go and had been barely troubled all night time, with Jarrod Bowen’s good low-drive to the far-post coming as their solely actual effort of the sport.
Against this, Brentford had a whopping 17 pictures, and West Ham’s much-changed defence actually struggled to manage.
Olly Scarles and Kyle Walker-Peters began as full-backs on their opposing sides, with Andy Irving and Tomas Soucek given the nod by Nuno in West Ham’s engine room.
Within the construct up, a lot had been made a couple of potential West Ham begin for teenager Callum Marshall after Niclas Füllkrug picked up a thigh harm simply earlier than the worldwide break.
West Ham’s leads to the Premier League to date |
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Sunderland 3-0 West Ham |
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea |
Nottingham Forest 0-3 West Ham |
West Ham 0-3 Tottenham |
West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace |
Everton 1-1 West Ham |
Arsenal 2-0 West Ham |
West Ham 0-2 Brentford |
Nonetheless, Nuno as an alternative opted to play Lucas Paqueta up there as an alternative — which hardly paid dividends because the £150,000-per-week star didn’t affect proceedings and misplaced possession 23 occasions on an evening to neglect.
West Ham have now misplaced all of their opening 4 dwelling league video games for the primary time within the membership’s historical past, and Nuno’s group choice has been slammed following the array of questionable calls.
Paqueta’s ineffective show because the quantity 9, mixed with Marshall’s inexperience and Callum Wilson’s torrid harm document, offers Nuno an actual hanging conundrum to resolve.
Fullkrug is predicted to be again within the subsequent few weeks, however the German has proved that he can’t be relied upon ever since his transfer from Borussia Dortmund final summer time.
Estimated video games Niclas Füllkrug may miss for West Ham | Date |
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Leeds United (away) | October 24 |
Newcastle United (dwelling) | November 2 |
Burnley (dwelling) | November 8 |
The 32-year-old missed 28 video games for West Ham and Germany mixed final season, and his health woes have stretched into 2025/2026 as supporters name on David Sullivan to signal a confirmed goalscorer.
West Ham ‘working’ on Ivan Toney cope with striker open to becoming a member of in January
In keeping with journalist Alan Nixon, through his Patreon, there’s been some pretty excellent news on that entrance.
Nixon writes that Al-Ahli striker Ivan Toney is certainly a goal for the Hammers, regardless of reviews on the contrary.
The England worldwide has scored for enjoyable within the Saudi Professional League since his £40 million swap from Brentford final yr, and Nixon reviews that West Ham are already ‘working’ on a deal to signal Toney on mortgage.
The 29-year-old is also open to the chance as he eyes a spot in Thomas Tuchel’s England squad for the 2026 World Cup.
Having scored 20 Premier League targets throughout his finest season at Brentford in 2022/2023, Toney is an undeniably confirmed scorer at this stage and has confirmed no signal of letting up since his transfer to the Center East.
Additionally it is believed that West Ham could possibly be ready to pay a big portion of his estimated £426,000-per-week pay packet, which is an actual sign of intent from Sullivan and Brady amid repeated requires them to depart the London Stadium.
