It's encouraging news that Brighton's Evan Ferguson is having a medical at West Ham prior to a loan move. At 20 the Ireland international is a good age. He looked a fantastic prospect when he made his debut at Brighton and scored a hat-trick against Newcastle when he was just 18. Ferguson has scored 19 goals in all competitions for Brighton though has mainly been used as a sub this season. He lost his way somewhat last season through injury and perhaps achieving success too early. There's no denying his potential though, and no less a judge than Alan Shearer said that Fergie seems to have it all: "Left foot, right foot, headers, pace, aggression, intuition; there is no obvious weakness to his game."
There will be some worries when a player as young as Ferguson gets injuries and also whether he did too well to quickly. But Potter knows him from his time as Brighton boss and as an empathetic man manager he should be be able to protect him from any sense of complacency. While his dad Barry Ferguson played for Coventry City and will offer solid advice. This might benefit Brighton in the long term, but for this season Ferguson solves a problem. Evan is six foot tall, mobile and positively cherubic compared to our old bloke strike force of Fullkrug and Ings. Could he finally be the answer to West Ham's striker hoodoo? It's exciting to think what he might do with crosses from Bowen, Kudus and Summerville plus through balls from Paqueta.
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