COMMENTARY
Many West Ham fans were up in arms over the club reportedly pursuing the services of Millwall goalkeeper David Martin. London News Online reported on Friday that the Hammers were closing in on signing the 33-year-old shot-stopper as he was yet to pen a new contract with the Championship club. The outlet reported that Martin’s Millwall deal is set to expire in the summer and that he could jump to the Hammers as they were keen for him to be their third-choice keeper. While Martin would potentially be joining on a free transfer and has connections to the club due to his father being Hammers legend Alvin Martin, it wasn’t enough to stop several Hammers supporters being fuming over the idea of signing him. One Hammers fans claimed it should be illegal to sign players from Millwall due to the rivalry between the two clubs; while others just deemed Martin not good enough to play in the Premier League. Martin is a very experienced goalkeeper having played in the Championship, League One and League Two in his career; but it seems that isn’t enough for Hammers fans to get on board with his potential arrival.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
https://twitter.com/ElliotTyler11/status/1131925763320684544
Not to good at judging crosses ( shots) from 35 yards against Brighton in the last minute if I remember correctly ?????
— John Bell ? (@belly1966) May 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/DavidClerihew/status/1131925301909495809
I would rather have his dad as 5th choice centre half.
— Mike Bell (@MikeBel92606020) May 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/MikespaceOnline/status/1131922649297358849
https://twitter.com/Hammer_1993_/status/1131920977955381248
https://twitter.com/PStentiford/status/1131939195877040128
What's the point? If it was an ageing established premier league keeper than yes but he's only really established himself at mk dons in his career and it would be a smack in the face to trott to be 3rd choice behind an average championship keeper.
— Rich79 (@RichardL_79) May 24, 2019