West Ham United are the only Premier League side yet to make a summer signing.
The Hammers, led by Scottish manager David Moyes, are looking to improve their squad ahead of next season, which, after lifting just the second-ever Europa Conference League, will include Europa League football.
Not only that but after agreeing to sell Declan Rice to Arsenal for a whopping £105 million, the Londoners need at least one high-profile replacement for their recently departed captain.
And according to recent reports, one of the midfielders at the top of Moyes’ wishlist is Southampton’s James Ward-Prowse.
Despite being relegated to the Championship last season, Ward-Prowse, 28, enjoyed yet another fine individual campaign.
The 28-year-old England international scored 11 goals and provided five assists in 45 matches, in all competitions, including nine in the Premier League.
And looking to bring the Portsmouth-born deadball specialist back to England’s top-flight, Moyes is thought to be readying a bid worth £25 million.
That’s according to a recent report from Football Insider, who claims the Hammers are refusing to meet the Saints’ £40 million valuation but believe their impending offer of £25 million will be accepted due to the south coast club’s need to sell, as well as the player’s preference to return to the Premier League.
Moyes picks are overpriced ‘ has beens ‘ and Steidten’s picks won’t get into Moyes’s team . As the owner , Sullivan’s poor grasp of how to run a club is the root cause of this debacle . Clearly , key staff and players want to get away from this slow motion train wreck . Every agent and player is looking at Westham like it’s the sinking Titanic . As thin as the squad is I can’t imagine any of them having any confidence at all . I’m expecting the seasons start to be an embarrassing nightmare up until Moyes finally gets the sack . The damage done may well be too great to fix to avoid relegation and then decimation of the squad .
Moyes, west ham are fking joke, I’ll leave it here I’m fking fuming sack him NOW
We need to get rid off Moyes
(Dithering Dave should have been sacked last year) he is a disgrace we were promised a young team ?, and Sullivan should be sorting it out the problem between Moyes & Steidten my grandad played for the Iron Work and would be deverstasted.
Hang on they dismissed an offer of 30 million already. Haven’t they. Ffs. Does anyone know what the f::ka going on. The worlds gone mad
Here here the problem I see here is is that the
Agents are upping the percentage of their fee and
Mis leading the players into holding out for a bigger sign on fee to grease their pockets .
I totally understand why West Ham are not happy about paying inflated fee for players as it is the Agents who will benefit.
Personally I think that a ceiling cap should be brought into play, as the transfer fee are ridiculous.
The transfers is getting so as the big (6) will only be able to afford.
Be the same old same old we won’t spend money in summer then expect to spend it in the winter to be told what money that all went on this and that !! I’m still waiting for the John hartson , Rio and Joe Cole money to be spent !! Don’t matter what they do w still buy our tickets and go every week so why would they be bothered !!