Supporters of West Ham United have reacted to news that the Hammers have reportedly switched interest from Rasmus Kristensen to Joakim Maehle.
According to the Independent, the Hammers had had an interest in bringing the Danish full-back to the London Stadium, however, according to @ExWHUemployee, ‘the offer has been rejected’, which some fans were not surprised about.
Yes but I believe the offer has been rejected (for now) we are now in for another danish right back Maehle from Genk too. https://t.co/KvHpaGS6Rq
— ExWHUEmployee (@ExWHUEmployee) January 28, 2020
The old scatter gun approach, sullys fav
— Adam (@IamChadbacca) January 28, 2020
Scatter gun
— ? Dylan ? (@Dylbec) January 28, 2020
Surprise surprise
— kenny janes (@Ken_Reg_Janes) January 28, 2020
He was shocking for Ajax. Would rather Fredericks play instead of him.
— Alan Rzepa (@alanrzepa) January 28, 2020
Who would you rather West Ham attempted to sign before the end of January?Rasmus Kristensen
Joakim Maehle
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However, the same tweet also stated that while the bid was rejected, the Hammers have now turned their interest to signing Joakim Maehle from KRC Genk (per @ExWHUemployee).
With the 22-year-old Dane having featured in 28 games in all competitions so far this term for his Belgian club, in which he has scored one and assisted four (per Transfermarkt), fans were ecstatic.
He’s much better tbh
— Jonesy ? (@RockyWhu) January 28, 2020
Very happy with that!!
— Mike (@mhare641) January 28, 2020
Maehle is very good!
— Owen Murphy (@OwenMurphy97) January 28, 2020
Yeees!!? He is amazing, but would probably take quite an offer. What do you reckon the prospect of this happening is??
— Christoffer Madsen (@CMadsen1992) January 28, 2020
What do we think?
Judging from the two players’ average ratings for the season so far, West Ham have made a positive change in direction.
For his Austrian club, Kristensen has a 6.75/10 average rating for the season so far (per WhoScored), whereas Maehle has a 6.92/10 for his Belgian club (as per WhoScored).