Firstly, thank you for your warm welcome last week and I apologise for being MIA for a few days. Was treated to a secret trip away by the Mrs. and had very little access to WiFi etc. Will hopefully have no more distractions! Now, on to today’s rumours!
Firstly, London24 are reporting that West Ham have rejected the chance to sign Devante Cole after being unimpressed with his performance in the defeat to Colchester United last week. There’s only one Cole who should be playing up front for West Ham and it definitely isn’t Devante!!
We are also interested in bringing Dimitri Payet’s former Marseille teammate Mario Lemina according to this? report. Whilst I do believe we are badly in need of some width, after the last few games I think it is clear to see we are in desperate need of a goalscorer so I would rather we put our resources into that then financing a move for Lemina. Does anyone have any feedback on Lemina? I have to be honest and say not a player I have heard of previously or even seen linked to other clubs.
Metro suggest we are close to tying up a £4.2million deal for Alen Halilovic. Again, a player I don’t know a great deal about except he was widely courted last year before opting for Barcelona. Lots of friends I discuss this with say this could be a real coup for West Ham if we can get this wrapped up and he can stay focused. Let’s hope he doesn’t turn out to be Ravel Morrison mk.2
And finally, youngster Reece Burke appears to be realistic about his chances this season and would be happy to seek a loan move to aid his development. London24 state that the youngster would be willing to drop down as far as League One to earn some first team minutes but would prefer to play as close to Premier League level as possible. Personally, I would rather we kept Burke around the first team and allowed the likes of Oxford & Pike to go out on loan. As Burke has already played a handful of Premiership games & Europa League games it would seem logical to keep him around should there be an injury crisis but I do admire his desire to play to further his ability. I hope he can really crack on this year!