It’s been a brilliant transfer window for West Ham United so far.
So often in the past the Hammers have allowed certain opportunities to pass them by, but with the likes of Max Kilman, Guido Rodriguez, Niclas Fullkrug, Crysencio Summerville and others all being landed by technical director, Tim Steidten, there can be no complaints this time around.
David Sullivan and his board have backed Steidten to the hilt, and that’s given new first-team coach, Julen Lopetegui, a great chance of success in his first season at the club.
West Ham ace holding up move for another striker
The pressure was already on the Spaniard of course, given that for all David Moyes’ faults, he still brought a major trophy to the club – their first for over four decades.
With such an investment into the first-team squad now, it puts even more emphasis on the job that Lopetegui is going to do over the next nine months or so.
According to Football Insider, the spending spree might not yet be over either, as there’s the potential to land one more striker before the deadline.
However, there remains one stumbling block at present which is stopping the Hammers from adding to their front line.
They need to sell a current striker before they can buy another but the outlet note that Danny Ings, who has scored just four goals in 18 months, isn’t willing to take a pay cut (talkSPORT say he’s on £120,000 per week) in order to facilitate such a move.
Transfermarkt note that Ings only has 12 months left on his contract with the Hammers too, so there’s a real feeling that he’s holding the club to ransom at this point.
Whether the club can get past the impasse will only be seen over the course of the next few weeks.
Danny Ings, wow how did we fall for that contract. Been a massive issue to us financially, and watching him on the pitch.
A good recruitment director will be needed to find Danny, Kurt, Nayef and Thomas a new home. This would free up a kings ransom to continue rebuild.
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Of course ings won’t take a pay cut he’s earning a tidy sum for doing nothing at West Ham Utd if he was to go to another club he would have to do some work and not earn as much it’s all about the money with ings sooner he’s gone the better he is not good enough to play in the premier league and he knows it he has absolutely no morals at all if he had he would do the decent thing but the money is all that matters to him
And of course you would leave your job when you did not have to to take a far lesser wage elsewhere.
Can’t We sell Him for parts?
Ings best days were long ago at Burnley.
ings best days were way long ago at Burnley
Ings best day were way long ago at Burnley.
bye Danny Boy
We’d be lucky to make £50m for all 4 off them !!!
Sounds like he talked to Bale about how to run down your contract for profits. This is probably going to be his last year in the Prem unless a championship team is willing to take a punt, especially with those wages. He’s Essentially retired.
Yet another claim to fame by Moyes. He wasted more money than the last 10 managers put together. Some record I’m sure he is proud of today.
Buy him out. It would be 4-5 million well spent to free up a place.
Never understood us signing him at all and on such huge wages was ludicrous. This situation is entirely the clubs fault, I can’t blame Ings for wanting to earn another £6m at the tail end of his careee