It so happens that I am holiday this week, so tomorrow I’ll be able to run the usual deadline day blog. In advance of that I thought I’d set out what we may be looking at tomorrow.
Having been praised for an exemplary transfer window, West Ham have reverted to type over the last few weeks. The William Cavaho saga has been oh so typical of the chaos that often surrounds our transport dealings. Will we get him tomorrow? Well, stranger things have happened but I wouldn’t bet my life on it. Rumour is that we are lining up Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes in case the Cavalho deal falls through. He signed for Barca from Valencia a year ago but only made 17 appearances last season (30 in all, scoring 3 goals). He’s made 25 appearances for Portugal.
Earlier today it looked like Diafra Sakho was on his way to Rennes for £9 million. He (miraculously) passed a medical. And then Crystal Palace threw in a curveball and apparently bid £10 million. West Ham seem to have been taken by surprise by this and immediately said he would be going nowhere (courtesy of Jack Sullivan) as we wouldn’t have time to recruit a replacement. At the same time, reports came in that a 25 year old Ghanaian striker called Abdul Majeed Waris (nope, me neither) had flown into London to sign for West Ham from Lorient. Looking at his scoring record he’s not exactly proven. One goal in 15 for Spartak Moscow, none in 18 for Trabzonspur and finally 19 in 51 for Lorient.
There are also moves by Inter Milan to sign Angelo Ogbonna, who want to offer Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic in exchange. I can’t see that happening, although he does seem to have an impressive record judging by his Wikipedia page.
Palace are also said to be interested in acquiring Jose Fonte (swap deal with Tomkins?). He’s one player I’d happily see the back of.
It seems to me that we are short of a centre back and a striker.
So all in all it may be a busy day at the London Stadium tomorrow.
Or it could be one where nothing happens.