By and enormous, it was a superb summer time switch window for West Ham United.
The Hammers seemed like they had been going to lag behind their Premier League opponents considerably till the week through which the 2023/24 season started.
That’s as a result of there had been nobody in via the doorways at Rush Inexperienced at that time, however within the house of three weeks, David Moyes, Tim Steidten and David Sullivan have labored collectively to make sure that some good offers bought over the road.
Edson Alvarez has been an prompt hit for the east Londoners, as has James Ward-Prowse, with Mohammed Kudus solely getting a couple of minutes at Luton on Friday night time and Konstantinos Mavropanos but to make his bow for the membership.
In opposition to the Hatters, the second of the match certainly got here when Lucas Paqueta floated a scrumptious move proper onto the pinnacle of Jarrod Bowen to attain the opener.
If issues had been totally different in fact, the Brazilian wouldn’t have even been there. A transfer to Man Metropolis was mooted however collapsed due to supposed betting irregularities, and that might be the top of any transfer to the Etihad Stadium for the participant.
‘I’ve no concept what Man Metropolis will do in 4 months relating to Lucas Paqueta actually,’ Fabrizio Romano wrote in his unique CaughtOffside Substack.
‘They’re very pleased with Matheus Nunes and there’s nothing else with Paqueta at this stage. The conversations stopped virtually two weeks in the past once they determined to go for Nunes.’
Ought to Paqueta be cleared of any wrongdoing it stays to be seen whether or not Metropolis or anybody else is available in for him, because it appears clear that he sees his future elsewhere.
