Well, it's a comedown after offering £30m for James Tarkowski, but Craig Dawson on a season's loan isn't a bad signing for the squad. He's only 30 and had eight successful seasons at West Brom. Any centre back who gets in a team managed by Tony Pulis has to be solid. He didn't have such a good time at relegated Watford last season, but was playing in a team beset by changing managers and low confidence. And I like the fact that he started out at Radcliffe Borough and Rochdale, so has seen the rougher side of the lower leagues. Plus Dawson has 15 England Under-21 caps, so is certainly good cover for Ogbonna, Diop, Creswell and Balbuena.
Meanwhile the Irons are still interested in Josh King and said to be close to a £25m deal with Brentford for Said Benrahma, though the Guardian reports an ominous hitch with Brentford. Knowing West Ham we might end up with Bananarama instead, which would be Really Saying Something and symptomatic of our Cruel Summer. The other worrying thing is that Benrahma, although a very exciting player, seems to be more of a goalscoring winger than a striker, which begs the question why not have kept the promising Diangana, particularly as WHU now have a centre back signed on loan and Grady was sold specifically to fund defensive purchases.
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