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title: "David Moyes says there is a ‘strong chance’ of no new signings this month"
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# David Moyes says there is a ‘strong chance’ of no new signings this month

[West Ham](https://readwestham.com/2021/01/19/youssef-en-nesyri-bid-clearly-insufficient/) manager [David Moyes](https://readwestham.com/2021/01/19/west-ham-predicted-xi-west-brom-home/) has delivered a worrying word of warning to Hammers fans who may be expecting new signings in January.

After sanctioning the [sale of the much-maligned Sebastien Haller](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55576847) earlier this month, many may have expected a replacement striker to be a formality.

However, in his [pre-match press conference](https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2021/january/18-january/it-happened-david-moyes-pre-west-brom-press-conference) ahead of the West Brom clash this evening, Moyes has warned that there is a ‘strong chance’ there will be no new signings unless the club can’t strike the right deal.

He outlined: “What I don’t want to do, I don’t want to spend and waste my money, take a wage up, bringing a player in, spend big money and find that actually, I’ve got it wrong. I’d rather I waited and got someone who might be available in the summer.”

The 57-year-old is clearly determined to learn from lessons of old, and he continued to reiterate that, [despite their best efforts](https://www.football365.com/news/west-ham-identify-new-target-reims-striker-search-boulaye-dia), a signing wasn’t a formality, saying: “I’ve tried really hard to get something to add to it (the squad). But I’m having to caveat that by saying there’s a strong chance we don’t get anyone, which is the truth”

### READ WEST HAM VERDICT

Not the words that many of the Irons faithful would have wanted to hear from their manager. If the [West Ham squad](https://www.whufc.com/teams/first-team/squad) was light on strikers when the season began, it’s positively desolate now.

Whilst we can see the common sense in wanting to avoid the [mistakes of the past](https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/ranking-west-hams-32-weirdest-premier-league-signings/) in the January transfer window, all of the money recouped on Haller and any other available funds need to go towards a centre-forward this month.

As things stand, West Ham are a [Michail Antonio hamstring problem](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/west-ham-fc-news-michail-antonio-pablo-fornals-david-moyes-b900109.html) away from being forced to play Andriy Yarmolenko upfront.