According to Football Insider, West Ham United are ready to take a big hit on the transfer fee they paid for winger Andriy Yarmolenko in order to get him off the books this summer, and joint-owners David Gold and David Sullivan absolutely need to see the light as a result.
What’s the word, then?
Well, Football Insider report that an Irons source has told them that the club is willing to listen to offers for the 30-year-old they signed for £18m in the summer of 2018.
The report says that the east London outfit realises that they won’t get anywhere near that fee for a player who turns 31 in October, and who will have two years remaining on his contract come the end of the season.
The Ukraine international has only made 25 appearances in all competitions during his 18 months at the London Stadium, scoring five goals and providing a further two assists.
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Penny needs to drop for Gold & Sullivan
How many of these big-name and big-money signings haven’t worked out for West Ham over the years now?
Yarmolenko has ultimately flopped with the Hammers because of his injury issues, while Felipe Anderson has one goal and five assists in 21 appearances in all competitions this term having cost £36m in 2018.
Meanwhile, Sebastien Haller joined the club in a deal that could eventually be worth £45m last summer, and has six goals in 26 outings in total to his name – including just two in his previous 17 Premier League matches.
There has to come a time when Gold & Sullivan look at that scattergun transfer strategy and think about things in a different way – it’s so obvious.
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Perhaps one plan that makes sense in this case is to axe Yarmolenko, but rather than go out and spend on another winger, promote Grady Diangana to the starting XI and give youth a proper chance – it’s not as though their more established players have delivered given they currently lie in the relegation zone.
Meanwhile, wide man Diangana has five goals and six assists in 21 Championship games on loan at West Bromwich Albion in 2019/20.
Former West Ham boss Slaven Bilic clearly likes him given his recent comments, and now it’s time his parent club put their faith in the 21-year-old in the summer – whichever division they find themselves in.
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