Oladapo Afolayan may have only joined West Ham United in February, but he’s already heading out on his second loan move.
The 21-year-old joined from Solihull Moors at the start of the year before moving to Oldham Athletic for the back-end of last season; this season he’ll spend just over four months at League Two Mansfield Town.
Although Hammers fans have barely seen Afolayan in action, plenty of the Mansfield faithful have expressed their excitement in seeing him temporarily join…
Twitter: @mansfieldtownfc @dapo_afolayan @WestHam Decent signing! (@thejayhowardd)
Twitter: @mansfieldtownfc @dapo_afolayan @WestHam Well in lads! (@Willhzz)
Twitter: @mansfieldtownfc @dapo_afolayan @WestHam Hope he does well (@Colinparry14)
Twitter: @mansfieldtownfc @dapo_afolayan @WestHam How exciting
(@BGiles2004)
Twitter: @mansfieldtownfc Interesting signing but could do with someone creative in midfield please
(@Blobodan)
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With the array of attacking talent at West Ham this season, now is probably a harder time than ever before to make it as a forward at the club.
Afolayan has only been at the club for just under seven months, so a loan move to a good lower league side in Mansfield can only be productive.
If the frontman can develop well with first-team football, learning from the likes of Sebastien Haller and Javier Hernandez once he returns is bound to improve him further.
