Now that Declan Rice has completed his move from West Ham to Arsenal, it’s time for the Hammers to get busy in the transfer market.
David Moyes and David Sullivan, if they haven’t identified targets already, need to get a move on and start bringing in the players they’ll need to provide strength in depth ahead of the 2023/24 season.
Decisions also need to be made on those players that are now surplus to requirements, with one meeting scheduled for this weekend according to Roma Giallorossa.
Jose Mourinho’s Roma side are entering into discussions again regarding Gianluca Scamacca, with the striker apparently desperate to make the switch back to Serie A.
The report also details their interest in Atletico Madrid’s Alvaro Morata, and whilst it isn’t clear which one of the deals will be done, the Hammers will surely be handing Roma favourable terms to get Scamacca off of their payroll.
The striker has flopped in East London and a new start is best for everyone, though Moyes and Sullivan may have left it too late now.
As Roma Giallorossa state, changing their minds regarding the sort of deal they wanted for Scamacca has ultimately led to the point where the Italian outfit may now go elsewhere.
With no other reported interest in the striker, West Ham may have to start the season with him.
While I appreciate your site is about clicks rather than any worthwhile analysis I am intrigued by your assessment that without question Scamacca is and will remain a total failure, even though he was unfit or injured for much of last season.
You are of course completely correct in your judgement, because of course no player has ever failed in the Premier League in their first season and subsequently come good. We could all tell after his first season that Thierry Henry was never going to be of the required standard to be an effective Premier League performer.
Some people want instant success. scamacca shouldn’t be classed as a failure. he is still worth as much as we bought him for. Moyes just can’t fit a quality player he bought in his system. (see Haller)
JP? Have you been smoking something stronger than a Woodbine? This article is utter nonsense and maybe a fortnight old. 🪝
Scamacca has shown at Westham given opportunity , he is a world class player . Within the last few hours he’s put in a great performance verses Perth within a possession based tactically offensive set up under Moyes . If this style of positive tactics is maintained by Moyes , Scamacca will flourish and prove his worth . I’m certainly hoping to watch some entertaining , positive football from Westham next season . The whole should always be more than the sum of the parts in a football team as opposed to last season when it wasn’t .
Why would West Ham sell Scamacca now?
He’s had an injury hit season while adjusting to the Premiership, certainly did NOT flop and is not a failure.
I keep hearing that the problem is that he doesn’t suit our style ,the same was said about Haller. West Ham are not totally incompetent so I find it hard to believe that, it’s difficult to accept that such a basic mistake has been made not once but twice with such expensive players, there is clearly more to it than that. If he wants to go that’s fair enough but I would rather we kept with him and worked on more understanding and teamwork.