
Carlton Cole Backs Freddie Potts for Club Brugge and West Ham Return
Carlton Cole backs former West Ham midfielder Freddie Potts to shine at Club Brugge in the Champions League and eventually return to the London Stadium.
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Carlton Cole backs former West Ham midfielder Freddie Potts to shine at Club Brugge in the Champions League and eventually return to the London Stadium.

West Ham await Tomas Soucek’s return to availability as their Championship season resumes on 9 October following the international break.

The State of Play West Ham’s summer has entered a critical phase: the club is reshaping its squad for life back in the Championship after relegation, while still fending off bids for its star assets. Crysencio Summerville remains the focal point of outbound interest, with Roma’s formal £34m bid now publicly rejected as “way below” […]

West Ham United worked several fronts at once on Tuesday, even though no permanent transfer was confirmed. Roma’s interest in Crysencio Summerville grew more concrete, Nils Koppen’s recruitment shortlist showed itself for the first time, and Nuno Espírito Santo took his squad through their first behind-closed-doors test of the summer. Nothing was signed, sealed or […]

West Ham United are trying to solve two problems at once. They need to turn an £85m windfall into a squad capable of an immediate Championship promotion, and they need to convince their own best players that staying to lead that promotion push is worth it. Monday brought fresh movement on both fronts, even if […]

Relegation usually strips a club of its leverage. West Ham have somehow emerged from it with the biggest transfer fee in their history. Tottenham’s £85m signing of Mateus Fernandes has transformed the financial picture surrounding Nuno Espírito Santo’s rebuild. Fernandes arrived from Southampton for around £40m last summer. Eleven months later, West Ham have more […]

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