West Ham United are enjoying a successful season so far and are still in the hunt to retain European football at the London Stadium next season, but how will that impact their summer plans?
The state of play for the Hammers next season is unclear, they could still make the Champions League with fourth place still on mathematically, or they could win the Europa League. However, there is a chance they finish outside of the European places altogether given how tight it is.
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So, with plenty still to be decided, that impacts the plans for David Moyes and co when it comes to their summer recruitment strategy. Transfer insider Dean Jones has spoken about this.
He has gone on record to GiveMeSport claiming: “One of the things I keep being told about West Ham is: ‘We’re not making a proper shortlist of targets yet because we don’t know exactly what we can offer people.’”
TIF thoughts on West Ham’s plans…
West Ham appeared to have no plans in the January window, failing to make any new additions to the squad, so the news from Jones will be a worry to the fans who will want to see much better work behind the scenes come the summer transfer window.
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Granted, West Ham don’t know what they’ll be doing next season so it is hard to plan, but they could draw up potential shortlists that depend on how the season finishes for them. That would make it easier come the end of the season when they know what they’ll be doing as they can then act swiftly and accordingly rather than just planning when they know.
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