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title: "Five potential Enner Valencia replacements"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2016/02/17/5-potential-enner-valencia-replacements/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Andy Kostka"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2016-02-17T22:00:59Z"
modified: "2016-02-18T10:52:21Z"
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# Five potential Enner Valencia replacements

I am not an Enner Valencia hater. He is nearly unstoppable on his day, and I will always like the Ecuadorian since he signed my kit last season. However, reading Joe Brown’s [article](https://readwestham.com/2016/02/13/enner-valencia-stay-go/) on Read West Ham last week got me thinking: If Valencia were to leave, who should West Ham be in for?

Valencia does have the long shot and pace combination that wins Premier League games. But then, he also has a tendency to go wrong in just the right moment to leave me shaking my head, like a free kick launched into Row Z at St. Mary’s Stadium in Southampton. Valencia really leaves me with mixed feelings.

Should Valencia depart, here are five strikers the Hammers could have their eyes on as a possible Valencia replacement, including my take on if they are really a good deal.