West Ham have now moved to address their issues at the top of the pitch, making an offer to sign a “special” new striker in Graham Potter in the coming weeks, with the player himself open to the idea.
West Ham face forward crisis
Graham Potter’s first game in charge of West Ham United was eliminated from the FA Cup by Premier League team Aston Villa, and the team ended up defeating the Hammers 2-1.
But he has been tasked with improving West Ham’s current form and pulling them out of 14th place in the top flight, but has had the worst possible start yet. Summer signing Nicolas Forkrug went off injured just 15 minutes into the game and had to be replaced by experienced striker Danny Ings.
Now, The Times reports The Germany international will be out for three months He recently suffered a hamstring injury and is just recovering from a long setback last time out.
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It’s been a busy start under Graham Potter.
This also left the Hammers’ offense severely lacking. Michail Antonio is still recovering from a car crash and may not feature again this season, while Jarrod Bowen has fractured his foot and is expected to miss a few more weeks before returning to the first-team squad. Si started as the consensus senior forward for Porter.
According to Fabrizio Romano, West Ham United plan to address this issue in January market And are preparing to “bring in new forwards in the coming days/weeks” and now they have made offers for familiar faces.
West Ham’s bid for ‘special’ striker
Boot Room reports, Hammers renew bid to sign Aston Villa striker Jon Dolan They hope to solve the forward problem in this window. The London side were keen to sign him in the summer transfer window and held protracted talks over the move, which ultimately failed and the Colombian instead signed a new contract at Villa Park.
However, he has started just four Premier League games this season and is once again the subject of intense speculation despite scoring seven goals in the top flight so far.
Jhon Duran’s performance in the Premier League 24/25 | |
|---|---|
Number of appearances | 18 |
start | 4 |
Target | 7 |
Assist | 0 |
Minutes per goal/assist | 84.5 |
Current manager Unai Emery called it “special”Paris Saint-Germain are said to be interested, and now West Ham United are also vying for the chance. The Hammers reportedly made an offer of “in excess” of £30m to sign the 21-year-old striker, but it was quickly rejected by Villa as it was nowhere near their valuation of the young striker. Far. .
For his part, Duran is thought to be open to a move to the London Stadium as he looks to start games regularly, a rarity for Ollie Watkins, who is clearly Emery’s favorite The choice of team leader in the central region.
However, he has four-and-a-half years left on his £75,000-a-week contract in the Midlands and it would take a fortune to pry him away from Villa Park.
