West Ham winger Jarrod Bowen has been topic to severe reported curiosity from London rivals Tottenham, and his exit stance has now come to mild.
Nuno Espírito Santo’s facet are presently in deep, deep hassle — sitting second backside within the Premier League desk after conceding extra objectives than every other membership within the division.
West Ham’s ends in the Premier League to this point |
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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 |
Leeds 2-1 West Ham |
Past the stats, West Ham’s disjointed and uninspiring performances this time period have stretched past Graham Potter’s dismissal, with Nuno nonetheless looking for his first win since taking cost.
The Hammers’ 3-0 win away to Nottingham Forest, which turned out to be Nuno’s closing sport accountable for his former membership, looks as if a really distant reminiscence.
After numerous tinkering along with his first-team within the final two matches, with Lucas Paqueta used as a false 9 to fight the absence of Niclas Füllkrug, Nuno remains to be but to find the profitable West Ham method.
It does not get any simpler for West Ham both, with high-flying Newcastle, who’ve gained 5 out of their final six matches in all competitions, awaiting them subsequent on the London Stadium.
January is ready to be a lifeline for West Ham, and Nuno has reportedly urged the membership’s hierarchy to make three signings within the type of a brand new defender, midfielder and ahead (GiveMeSport).
Nuno has additionally been advised that funds shall be out there for West Ham to spend (Sky Sports activities), however a extra urgent difficulty might be convincing their present star gamers to stay at Rush Inexperienced.
The Instances reported this week that Paqueta is eager to go away West Ham in January.
That being stated, the participant himself shortly put a cryptic submit on social media following the rumours, which seemed like an try and quash this noise in its tracks.
After Paqueta, some murmurs over a possible exit for Bowen are starting to accentuate.
The Irons captain is totally important to Nuno and their celebrity participant by a long way, and West Ham rewarded the ex-Hull Metropolis winger with a long-term deal working till 2030 over two years in the past.
Nevertheless, the specter of relegation is prompting reviews of rival golf equipment trying to tempt Bowen away.
Tottenham are apparently ready to pay £53 million for Bowen’s providers, however loads will rely upon the participant’s personal stance on leaving a membership he clearly adores.
Jarrod Bowen’s stance on West Ham exit amid Tottenham curiosity
In response to TEAMtalk and journalist Dean Jones, the 28-year-old’s emotions a few departure are fairly minimize and dry.
Jones reviews that whereas the east Londoners have zero curiosity in promoting him, Bowen might be open to leaving West Ham in the event that they’re relegated on the finish of the season.
Dropping the England worldwide proper after dropping to the Championship could be a really bitter tablet to swallow for West Ham supporters, and it makes January all of the extra crucial.
Proper now, Nuno’s facet fairly merely would not have the standard or depth in every place to wrangle their approach out of the underside three, with the Portuguese seemingly aiming to maintain them afloat lengthy sufficient to strengthen his ranks.
West Ham have seemed outgunned in each division, significantly in defence, with Lille star and Brazil worldwide Alexsandro apparently Nuno’s high centre-back goal for January.
Additional ahead, West Ham have internally talked about signing Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos as Nuno scours for a box-to-box midfielder, whereas many strikers are being thought-about already.
