Tag: West Ham

Everton want to steal West Ham’s top forward target
23Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Everton want to steal West Ham’s top forward target

Everton want to makes sure they stay alive in the Premier League relegation battle this season and would ideally like to finally have some breathing room apart from the teams in the bottom three of the table. Adding more attacking juice needed to be the Toffees' priority this summer, and they acquired two promising players in Marseille striker Iliman Ndiaye and Napoli attacking midfielder Jesper Lindstrom, who was among the many misused talents in their 2023/24 collapse. Everton are optimistic that they can get more out of these two players, but they seem to be interested in landing a more proven commodity to work with their established names from the 2023/24 season. According to a report from Sky Sports Germany's Florian Plettenberg, Everton have held long-standing interest in PS...
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Transfers: Barca’s worst wage offenders; Why West Ham want Carlos Soler; Making sense of Joao Felix to Chelsea
21Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Champions League, Features, LaLiga, Premier League

Transfers: Barca’s worst wage offenders; Why West Ham want Carlos Soler; Making sense of Joao Felix to Chelsea

Why are Chelsea going back for Joao Felix despite his 2023 flop? How might Carlos Soler help West Ham return to European football? And which three players are hurting Barcelona the most in the wage department? Here are the latest takes around the world football transfer rumor mill. Making sense of Joao Felix to Chelsea Leave it to Chelsea to make the most shocking transfer of the summer window, because for a fee of 45 million pounds, the Blues have agreed to bring Joao Felix back to Stamford Bridge...on a permanent basis. It's not like Felix set the Bridge on fire when he arrived in the second half of the 2022/23 season, nor is it as if he was such a rousing success at the Camp Nou either. Felix is who he is at this stage. A very talented, very limited playmaker who plays more f...
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10 Premier League players with a point to prove in the 2024/25 season
15Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

10 Premier League players with a point to prove in the 2024/25 season

From a trio of Chelsea stars to a high-priced Manchester United duo and even a pair of very talented Manchester City stars, here are ten Premier League players with a major point to prove in the upcoming 2024/25 season. West Ham RB Aaron Wan-Bissaka West Ham purchased Aaron Wan-Bissaka to replace Vladimir Coufal as their next right back, signing the former Crystal Palace man from Manchester United after Noussair Mazraoui rejected the Hammers in order to replace AWB at Old Trafford. The game of right back musical chairs lands West Ham a potentially high-upside starter at right back - at least, higher upside than Coufal - because AWB was one of the top fullbacks in the Premier League during his time with Palace. Wan-Bissaka averaged an astounding 3.7 tackles and 2.4 interceptions p...
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Making sense of Niclas Fullkrug’s sudden transfer to West Ham
10Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Making sense of Niclas Fullkrug’s sudden transfer to West Ham

West Ham made headlines in the Premier League by signing a new No. 9 this summer, pivoting quickly from the increasingly frustrating pursuit of Aston Villa striker prospect Jhon Duran to inking AC Milan target Niclas Fullkrug of Borussia Dortmund (and Werder Bremen) fame. The German international is coming to London at a 27 million euro fee, joining a long list of well-known strikers around European football to make a big-money move to West Ham just when they were starting to get some hype. Let's take a closer look at Fullkrug as a player and make sense of why the Hammers are signing a player past the age of 30 who has never scored 20 goals in a Bundesliga season. Why he left Dortmund Niclas Fullkrug only spent one season at Borussia Dortmund after Edin Terzic advocated to sign the...
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What West Ham fans must know about Guido Rodriguez’s playing style, strengths, and fit
7Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

What West Ham fans must know about Guido Rodriguez’s playing style, strengths, and fit

Although Guido Rodriguez was most frequently linked to Barcelona and even seemed to have a deal in place for the Real Betis star before Hansi Flick evidently vetoed the transfer upon his arrival in Catalunya. Therefore, that opened the market wide open for the best free agent defensive midfielder available, and after rumors initially surfaced, West Ham decided to quickly secure the signing of the 30-year-old Argentinian No. 6. to join their midfield options. As West Ham welcome the veteran LaLiga standout to their side, let's take a closer look at how Guido Rodriguez can help the Hammers in the 2024/25 Premier League season as they look to get back to European football after winning the 2022/23 Conference League. Here's a look at Guido's playing style, the strengths that he can br...
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Every Premier League team’s most valuable player heading into the 2024/25 season
4Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Every Premier League team’s most valuable player heading into the 2024/25 season

Addressing the topic of a player's value is extremely difficult in world football, especially when comparing across positions and even ascribing value to a player specific to the team they play for. One way to define "value" is an equivalence to importance. That is to say, a player is valuable because he is important to his team, and the "Most Valuable Player", which is the phrasing Serie A uses for its annual award in a hearken to American sports, is therefore the player who helped his team the most. But in this article ,I'd like to discuss value in a less nebulous but equally challenging realm, which is a player's financial value on the transfer market in a perfect vacuum in which leverage, contract, and overall situation are taken out. Let's take a look at the most valuable pla...
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Are West Ham willing to pay what it takes to sign a true top CB?
4Jul By Cody AcevedaNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Are West Ham willing to pay what it takes to sign a true top CB?

West Ham have launched an ambitious plan to sign one of the most in-demand center backs in Europe. The Hammers have reportedly bid €35m for Nice’s Jean-Clair Todibo.  Sky Sports has reported that the bid was rejected. Other outlets claim Nice will hold out for €50m or more. West Ham’s current record record signing is Lucas Paquetá, who they signed from Lyonnais for around €60m.  Betting scandal aside, Paquetá rapidly became one of the best players at his position and helped West Ham reach another level. Todibo has the chance to do the same.  Kurt Zouma and Konstantinos Mavropanos are solid Premier League center backs, but neither are as good with the ball at their feet as Todibo. A player with the Frenchman’s skills will be essential to playing more progressive football under new ...
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A West Ham starting lineup with Youssef En-Nesyri to get back to European football
17Jun By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

A West Ham starting lineup with Youssef En-Nesyri to get back to European football

West Ham began the 2023/24 season brightly under David Moyes and look poised to push for European football, but their season unraveled in the second half. Although West Ham were hurt by key absences in the attack, the larger problem was a lethargic playing style under Moyes and a series of poor results that compounded on each other, leaving the Hammers spiraling. In the end, West Ham finished a measly ninth in the Premier League, ultimately failing to pull ahead of disappointing giants Chelsea, Newcastle, or even Manchester United. It will be back to the drawing board for West Ham this summer, but they will be led by a new manager, having hired former Wolves, Sevilla, and Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui to lead the way. One of Lopetegui's key transfer targets appears to be hi...
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Best Premier League wingers 2024: Man City dominate, West Ham in, Mohamed Salah or Bukayo Saka?
25Dec By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Best Premier League wingers 2024: Man City dominate, West Ham in, Mohamed Salah or Bukayo Saka?

The Premier League is loaded with attacking talent right now, especially when it comes to wingers in the primes of their careers. With about half of the 2023/24 season in the books, let's try to rank the 10 best wingers in the English top flight based on overall pedigree and current performance. 10. Dejan Kulusevski, Tottenham Since Son Heung-min is playing as a striker, Dejan Kulusevski is the Tottenham winger who gets ranked on the list. He's having another very strong season for Spurs, who were in the Premier League title mix for much of the season. Even now, Tottenham are in contention to return to the Champions League after missing out on European football entirely. Kulusevski has helped step up with Harry Kane gone to Bayern Munich, scoring goals but doing a lot more crea...
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10 best Premier League transfers so far: Tottenham dominate, Arsenal get 2, Crystal Palace’s bargain
26Sep By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

10 best Premier League transfers so far: Tottenham dominate, Arsenal get 2, Crystal Palace’s bargain

Premier League clubs were busy wheeling and dealing in the last summer transfer window, making full use of an influx of cash from the Saudi Pro League buying up veteran players. The English top flight continues to lap the competition in European football when it comes to spending, signing some of the most talented footballers in Serie A and the Bundesliga, for example. Which signings have already paid off thus far after six Matchdays of action? Let's take a look at the 10 best signings of the season to this, very early, point. West Ham CM James Ward-Prowse Known as the finest free-kick specialist in all the land, James Ward-Prowse is earning a reputation as an even more impressive footballer for West Ham United. The Hammers raised eyebrows by spending 30 million pounds on the 28...
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