What were West Ham thinking as shocking revelation emerges about Thilo Kehrer
Just what were West Ham thinking as a shocking revelation emerges about Thilo Kehrer after he was sold for peanuts.
When it comes to being savvy in the transfer market it goes both ways.
West Ham have improved their recruitment drastically since the arrival of technical director Tim Steidten.
Signings such as Mohammed Kudus, Edson Alvarez, Crysencio Summerville, Jean-Clair Todibo, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Max Kilman are some examples of that.
It seems the Hammers still have some way to go when it comes to selling, though.
West Ham got £105m for Declan Rice – a record at the time.
But that was a one-off.
While other clubs seem to bring in top money for even the most distinctly average players, West Ham struggle to command decent fees, or even agree sales at all.
Large amount of money have been written off when selling on players after short spells in east London.
In the summer West Ham failed to drum up any interest in permanent moves for the likes of Nayef Aguerd, James Ward-Prowse, Danny Ings and Maxwel Cornet.
The Hammers should have been able to raise at least £40m from those players as a bare minimum.
Given sales are now crucial to allowing the club to spend, being top sellers is just as important as top buyers.
So it must be asked what West Ham were thinking as a shocking revelation emerges about Thilo Kehrer.
Shocking revelation emerges about Thilo Kehrer
Hindsight is of course a wonderful thing but West Ham look to have dropped a real clanger giving up on the versatile German defender way too soon.
Much has been made of West Ham’s centre-back since their summer overhaul.
Julen Lopetegui made it clear he wants to operate with two senior players for every position.
However, in central defence the Spaniard has only three options – Kilman, Todobo and Konstantinos Mavropanos.
Lopetegui made it clear he wanted a fourth centre-back and the club even considered signing an injury-prone veteran on a free transfer after the window closed.
When West Ham were looking to move fringe players on in January, Kehrer left on loan for Monaco.
At the time it was no great surprise given he hIt comes after Angelo Ogbonna, Aguerd, Kurt Zouma and – in an official capacity – Kehrer all left in the summer.ad become fourth-choice centre-back under Moyes.
