‘Phew’ | West Ham Just Dodged a Likely Bullet. The interest in N’Golo Kanté may have been ‘real’ from West Ham United’s point of view. Certainly our source, highly placed within the club confirmed it was.
The likelihood of The Irons ever completing a deal certainly seemed remote to onlookers and commenters alike (but – what do we know). From the eye watering wages, twenty-million plus required to sign the 33 year old and the profile of the player being against everything which Steidten and Lopegegui have publicly proclaimed as the future, nothing seemed to ‘fit’ yet West Ham were there, negotiating for his acquisition.
Well, I for one am glad that the player has told his club that he is happy to say. So this interest is now , presumably, dead in the water: Ben Jacobs, Senior Correspondent @GiveMeSport confirmed on his ‘X’account: ‘N’Golo Kante has now told Al-Ittihad he’s happy to stay. West Ham have seen a £15m offer rejected. Ittihad don’t want to sell’.
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Perhaps we can now focus our energy as a club on securing the players we need who DO want to come to East London. Instead of pursuing those we cannot afford or who don’t want to be part of our ‘project’ – why not focus solely on those who will buy into our squad rebuild, our management and coaching style and the wages and lifestyle West Ham offer. It won’t be for everyone but maybe focus on those who are genuinely interested and willing, instead of doing a Lingard.
To use the house buying analogy, we do seem to be wasting a lot of time cruising up and down the nicest streets dreaming of owning particular houses, without actually checking they are for sale or even within our budget before marching up to the door and announcing we want to buy them.
