As Said Benrahma transfer rumors surface…
Tim Steidten deserves praise for firing Said Benrahma for West Ham United following the revelation of Lyon’s problems. Despite only purchasing Benrahma from the Irons in the summer, Mohamed Toubache-Ter revealed via X on November 13 that Lyon wants to trade him during the January transfer window.
The writer also disclosed that Pierre Sage had sanctioned the Algerian international for “non-sporting” reasons, preventing him from playing in the French team’s derby against Saint-Etienne on Sunday, November 10.
According to The Standard, Niclas Fullkrug’s Achilles tendon injury is causing West Ham United to worry about when he will be able to play again. Irons doctors are “hesitant” to provide a timeline for the striker’s comeback after first classifying his injury as “minimal” in September, according to a report published on the newspaper’s website on Wednesday, November 13.
Because of Fullkrug’s extended absence, the medical team determined that his injury was not healing on its own and sought “alternative remedies.” The Germany international is working on a different training regimen and hasn’t trained with Julen Lopetegui’s squad since early October.
Dean Ashton concurred with Ally McCoist that West Ham United hasn’t done enough to bolster its “disconnected” midfield. Speaking on talkSPORT (October 13, 7:41 a.m.), McCoist acknowledged the Irons’ attack line as being of high quality but cited their “one-paced” midfield as the main problem facing Julen Lopetegui’s team.
The greatest clubs have readily discovered ways to play through Lopetegui’s team, Ashton, a former Hammers striker, observed, adding that he was scared while watching their 3-0 home loss to Chelsea in September. According to McCoist, “I think they’ve got some serious quality in forward areas – do they look a bit one-paced in the middle of the park?” “There’s just a huge gap – they’re really disconnected from the backline and the forward line,” Ashton said. Big holes will be revealed by elite teams.They have made an effort to fill that position, but players who can move around the field well are needed in this day and age, and players like Alvarez and Rodriguez are being passed over.
The club has yet to adequately address Rice’s high-profile exit to Arsenal, as each of their four midfield acquisitions since has only partially replicated the England international’s strengths.
With the Hammers only five points above the Premier League relegation zone after 11 games, supporters’ dissatisfaction with the new head coach is only growing. If David Sullivan decides to fire Lopetegui after only a few months in charge [Patrick Berger], the Hammers are already reportedly mulling a move for Terzic, and the most recent information will intensify rumors. Terzic, 42, is now in Manchester giving a lecture, but AS Roma owners Dan and Ryan Friedkin are scheduled to meet with him, according to BILD [13 November].
The manager won the German Cup and German Super Cup while at Borussia Dortmund for two stints, maintaining victory rates of 66.5 and 66.9 percent. Lopetegui has not impressed at the London Stadium and has run out of time to turn things around, despite a number of promising additions during the summer transfer window. In other West Ham news, David Sullivan decides to fire Graham Potter in response to mounting pressure from Julen Lopetegui. Join our brand-new WhatsApp channel or follow us on Facebook for more West Ham news. You can receive real-time information directly on your phone.
Despite the paucity of goals at the London Stadium, Danny Ings must be annoyed at his lack of playing time at West Ham. Michail Antonio has only scored one goal this season, but Julen Lopetegui has started him in nine of the Hammers’ 11 Premier League games, demonstrating his continued faith in him as a striker.
Niclas Fullkrug’s £27 million summer transfer [BBC Sport] appeared to virtually guarantee Ings’ stay at the London Stadium, but many believed the German’s chronic injury issues would reopen the door. That hasn’t been the case at all, as he hasn’t been able to start in the Premier League this season, only substituting five times while playing 70 minutes. Ings was given a start in the EFL Cup loss to Liverpool, which ended in a 5-1 loss, but the new head coach continued to ignore him after he was hooked around the hour mark.
Like David Moyes during his second stint at the London Stadium, Ings is not a striker to be despised, having scored 72 goals and provided 22 assists in 230 Premier League games.
