Wednesday, July 10

Maxi headroom

Why should anyone choose Valencia over Stratford? According to Sky the Hammers have missed out on Maxi Gomez after a dispute about how the fee is paid. Some fans are blaming the board, but you can see the club's point in that if other clubs pay WHU in instalments why should West Ham have to come up with £45million in cash? And was Gomez ever that keen on the mid-table Hammers?

So we move on. Callum Wilson is a good player but seems overpriced at £50 million and appears to be staying at Bournemouth. Salomon Rondon may well be on his way to China. But surely there must a decent striker somewhere out there who wants to join a Premier League outfit with gates of 60,000? 

For the moment we should keep Javier Hernandez. Natural goalscorers are hard to find and he's going to get more chances without Arnie. Antonio and Hernandez worked for a spell last season, but we also need to replace Arnautovic. Still, perhaps an injury-proof artificial intelligence Andy Carroll bot might be available soon.

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