West Ham United have reportedly decided they don’t want to let Gianluca Scamacca go out on loan this summer.
The Hammers seemingly still have faith in the struggling Italy international, and have no intention of letting him join Roma, where he’d become a target for Jose Mourinho due to the lengthy injury sustained by Tammy Abraham, according to the Guardian.
Scamacca looked superb during his time in Serie A, but it’s proven harder for him since moving to English football, so it wouldn’t have been too surprising to see him move on this summer.
Still, West Ham now seem ready to stick with the 24-year-old, as they supposedly still feel he could be a success at the London Stadium.
This seems a tad risky, as it could have been a good time to try offloading the player before his stock plummets any lower.
West Ham fans will hope this decision works out for the club, with an in-form striker certainly needed to give David Moyes’ side any hope of improving on a pretty poor domestic campaign in 2022/23.
Given Antonio could well be leaving this summer, West Ham don’t want to be looking for two striker replacements. It therefore makes sense to hang on to Scamacca and play to his strengths (maybe alongside a new striker), because he showed enough last season to suggest he’s got what it takes to cut it in the Premier League. Not sure what’s ‘risky’ about that at all.
Don’t see the risk in keeping him at the club, maybe if we weren’t so negative and pushed higher up the pitch and supported him he’d be a different proposition. Never had a pre season last year and had injury issues probably due to above. Give him a chance by playing to his strengths.
Give Scamacca a chance. Often it takes a season to settle in. I feel he will adjust accordingly to life in the Prem. He is tall, strong and capable of scoring a good number once his confidence is full on!
Not sure feel he shows good potential , just worry about if he is injury prone , but we certainly need a striker, but need to give him feed