The last thing WHU needed was David Sullivan doing an interview on TalkSport with Jim White. The West Ham co-chairman admits, "I can not say for sure that we are going to sign anybody. As each day passes I am getting more depressed." This typifies how badly run the club is run. Why sell Diangana if a signing has not been lined up?
It's also Sullivan's job to create some optimism, not lower everyone's spirits. He seems to be trying to deflect the blame on to Moyes, saying that he can't sign players the manager doesn't want without creating a "civil war". Perhaps Moyes is dithering, but you feel it's much more of a problem at board level.
Sullivan does make a fair point about Pellegrini and Husillos wasting £170m on some very average signings, though Sullivan also claims that he personally signed Fabianski and Diop, as ever wanting to take credit for the good signings. The club either needs a Director of Football who is good at the job or a manager who has total control over transfers. Recruitment has been a problem for decades. What we don't need is a chairman who also fancies himself as Director of Football.
Ironically while all this is going on there does seem to have been some progress in the market. Sullivan rules out spending his whole £40m budget on the 27-year-old Tarkowski in the interview, which is probably right as Burnley are asking for too much. It's now claimed the Hammers have bid £25m plus £11m in add-ons for St Etienne's Wesley Fofana and are also interested in Swansea City's Joe Rodon. Signing anyone would be a triumph after a shambolic transfer window.
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