After West Ham vs Bournemouth, it’s clear Lopetegui will try to sell three players by deadline day
West Ham United beat Bournemouth 1-0 in the Carabao Cup last night, but Julen Lopetegui will now have his eye on deadline day tomorrow.
Julen Lopetegui has already signed eight new players for West Ham this summer, but he wants more new faces through the door before the window closes tomorrow on transfer deadline day.
However, in order to do that, the West Ham head coach needs to get rid of some of the deadwood first, in order to free up some salary space at the London Stadium and generate some cash.
Last night’s performance against Bournemouth, in spite of the win, highlighted the need for two signings in particular as far as I’m concerned.
The Hammers desperately lacked any kind of creativity in the middle of the park without Lucas Paqueta, and that means that signing Carlos Soler either today or on deadline day is an absolute must.
In addition to that, we seemed like we lacked any kind of pace through the middle. Niclas Fullkrug is a top player, and I believe he’ll be successful for us.
However, I do think Lopetegui needs to bring in a young pacy striker to provide us with a completely different option, and that man should be Jhon Duran.
If the Spaniard is to have any chance of bringing those players in, he needs to move on three fringe players at the very least.
West Ham could be very busy on deadline day
The summer transfer window closes at 11pm on Friday, so the Hammers haven’t got long to get the final bits of business done.
Hopefully we will see one or two more new arrivals before the window slams shut, and I desperately want to see some underperforming, overpaid players sold.
I think the squad selected by Lopetegui for the Carabao Cup clash with Bournemouth was a clear message that he’s trying to move three players in particular on from the club.
