Cockiness club will beat West Ham to signing ‘this week’ – Moyes-Lopetegui uncertainty not helping Hammers
West Ham United could soon lose the race for Zeno Debast, if the latest reports from Portugal are to be believed. Newspaper Record today features a story claiming the player is taking ‘large steps’ to become Sporting’s newest signing.
It’s claimed that the Lions already have an agreement for a five-year deal with Debast, and are close to a deal with Anderlecht as well. The process could then get closed ‘this week’.
West Ham are again named as one of the competitors for the signing, with Record pointing the recent rumours which named the Hammers, Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt.
Still, there’s a lot of confidence it’s really Sporting who’ll win that race, with the Lions working to get the €16m signing done as soon as possible.
It sounds like West Ham could easily afford that amount, especially for a target who they’ve been following for a while now.
But since the club are clearly working on David Moyes’ replacement, with Julen Lopetegui lined up, it seems they’ll have to sort out that priority before actually moving for the next manager’s first summer signings.
Moyes amnesia after his ridiculous Rice U-turn excuse for West Ham failings
David Moyes amnesia after his ridiculous Declan Rice U-turn excuse for West Ham failings
It is a case of David Moyes amnesia after he saved his worst excuse until last with that ridiculous Declan Rice U-turn on West Ham’s failings.
West Ham fans could barely believe what they were hearing while Arsenal’s lapped it up. But David Moyes found plenty of sympathy among his media pals and journalists. The Scot has done a wonderful job in east London over the last four-and-a-half years.
He pulled a sorry West Ham bunch up by their bootstraps, made them run, work and restored some professionalism to keep the club up again. Everyone knows the success that followed as he built a very decent first XI around Declan Rice.
But the football has also been dire at times over the last couple of seasons in the Premier League. And had it not been for the unforgettable Europa Conference League win, West Ham would have parted ways with Moyes last summer.
