Hang your head in shame David Moyes after startling new West Ham striker revelation. David Moyes is still haunting West Ham nine months after leaving and now the club will be livid after a new revelation about him.
Some West Ham fans simply can’t leave their former boss in the past, even since the appointment of Graham Potter. David Moyes did so much for West Ham and the club will be forever grateful.
But it’s what he didn’t do that’s still causing issues long beyond his tenure. The Scot divides opinion among Hammers fans even to this day. W
The Toffees have already leapfrogged West Ham in the Premier League table. The continued malaise in results in east London means debate continues to rage about whether the Hammers should have held on to the man who led them to a first trophy for 43 years.
Many fans rightly point out the malaise at West Ham set in under Moyes. Moyes continues to haunt Hammers
Since he lifted the Irons to sixth in the table, one win off the top four, with a 2-0 win at Arsenal on December 28th 2023, West Ham have been in freefall. The Hammers have won just 13 times in the 53 games in all competitions since under Moyes, Julen Lopetegui and now Potter.
There are a host of reasons for the downturn.
The biggest is the poor composition of the squad and transfer dealings. Now Moyes should hang his head in shame after a startling new West Ham striker revelation.
The Scot will hold a special place in Hammers history for what he did in five years over two spells. But he was not perfect.
Moyes’ insistence on having a small squad meant West Ham were left with the smallest and second oldest squad in the Premier League when he left.
The Scot failed to make good on promises to build the Hammers around young, hungry players. So West Ham had to spend big money – over £155m – on a rebuild last summer.
That rebuild somehow made the second oldest squad, the oldest in the top flight. That has ended up costing Tim Steidten and Lopetegui their jobs.
But it was Moyes’ continual dithering over signing a striker that has set West Ham back more than anything. It took him over 18 months to replace Sebastien Haller with Gianluca Scamacca.
When that didn’t work out, ageing Danny Ings was brought in as a panic signing. Moyes then refused to sign a striker in his last summer window, insisting Jarrod Bowen could do the job.
Some of the deals he turned down are still haunting his old club. Moyes admitted turning down the chance to sign Julian Alvarez from MLS for just £14.5m before he ended up at Man City.
Despite watching Viktor Gyokeres live multiple times and having him on a platter for just £17.5m, Moyes also turned that deal down. Now West Ham will be absolutely livid with Moyes.
The Hammers face having to sign at least two, if not three, strikers this summer. But funds are a problem after the club were forced to stretch spending to bolster the 17-man squad the Scot left behind.
Moyes shame after startling new West Ham striker revelation
One striker who has been on West Ham’s radar for several years is Lille and Canada ace Jonathan David. The 25-year-old New York-born striker has a phenomenal goalscoring record in his career thus far.
David’s availability on a free in the summer means competition will be fierce for West Ham. He continues to be linked with a move to the London Stadium.
But Hammers News revealed earlier this month there is next to no chance of West Ham being able to sign David with most of Europe’s elite in for him. Now Claret and Hugh has sickeningly revealed that West Ham were offered David for just £20m at the end of the summer window in 2023.
At that time Steidten was new to the club and Moyes still had ultimate control and power of veto on all transfers. But he turned down the chance to sign David according to the report.
That tallies with interviews Moyes gave around that time where he batted away questions about signing a striker by saying Bowen could do the job and that there was a dearth of talent available.
Sometimes it’s better not to know certain things.
It’s painful enough thinking what might have been with Gyokeres and Alvarez.
Now David can be added to the list. Another truly shameful transfer call.
