Potter Explains Transfer Delays: Don’t Blame Them, Blame Me
Graham Potter took the blame for West Ham’s lack of transfer activity when addressing the media in his Chelsea presser earlier today.
The Hammers manager faced a barrage of questions about transfer dealings as well as specific players in front of the assembled media at Rush Green.
Whilst Potter repeated the well-worn line of not commenting on other clubs’ players when asked about Evan Ferguson, he did open up on the club’s general transfer strategy.
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“The club, the board, and the chairman have been fantastic, wanting to help. It’s us wanting to get the right players in. If anything [the delay] is me trying to find the right player who fits in the place and the group—it’s difficult to find,” Potter said.
“If we find the right player, we’ll do something, but I have to do the right thing because if we get it wrong, it can have an effect.”
Reading between the lines, Potter’s final comment is telling, with a clear indication that spending frivolously now will impact next season’s budget.
His comments also add weight to recent suspicions that transfer offers for both Brian Brobbey and Ezechiel Banzuzi were paused because the Hammers boss and his close ally Kyle Macaulay did not wish to make panic signings arranged prior to their arrival.
It might not be what everyone wants to hear, and in many ways, Potter’s comments do sound similar to David Moyes’s usual utterances. But if it stops West Ham wasting money on injured or unsuitable players, then I’m all for it
