There has been much media chat about the sale of Jordan Hugill to Norwich and Albian Ajeti to Celtic, Hugill's £36,000 per week contract was due to expire on June 30th 2021, so to get those wages off the annual bill and get what will eventually be around £5 Million for a player in the final year of their contract wasn't the appalling piece of business that it is being made out to be. To lose a combined £9 Million on the deals to sell Hugill to Norwich and Ajeti to Celtic, without even factoring the wages they earned while contracted, was not a good bit of business, but compared to the catastrophic purchases made by other teams it seems par to the norm.
Clubs, not just West Ham, have been providing a gravy train for greedy agents and a breed of ferile youngsters, not all of them obviously, who only want to make a fast buck rather than knuckle down and learn how to ply their trade. Hammers fans can expect a few more 'miserable deal' departures, as the club desperately seek to balance the books in a 'flexible' environment that could see the absence of fans at stadia for almost the entire season, despite the protestations from hopeful government ministers to the contrary.
Ajeti and Hugill were low profile departures, the next 'tranche' won't be quite so, one or two of the 'super stars' so expensively assembled will also go, maybe more if buyers can be found during this incredibly tight financial period, there might not be any takers, and those that are will be thin on the ground and looking to exploit the situation to the fullest degree.
As we have mentioned before, all is not lost, realistically, if it had to, the team could get by with only the addition of a couple of full backs and possibly a central defender, but again as we have said before the club are paying 80% of Winston Reid's wages while he is on loan at Kansas FC,why not bring him back as a reserve player?
Sometimes the finances and politics of professional football beggar belief, in no other industry could such policies prevail! - Ed
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For me we need to put the list long for sales which include Anderson lanzini Wilshire Fred cresswell even haller if his not interested or needs a partner who Moyes doesn't seem to want . Money's tight all around I know but we must get in two quality full backs and a centre back or maybe a full back that can also play centre back. Eze would be great having sold 3 players that are considered play makers and we need a top striker that can be deployed with either a partner or solo as if haller is kept then injured were relying again on Antonio keeping us up once again. Unless BSG are going to sell at long last they must support Moyes with a chance of not struggling in another season imo