West Ham owners fear transfer ‘civil war’ if ‘daft’ Premier League vote passes
West Ham’s owners have labelled an imminent Premier League vote over the summer transfer window as ‘daft’.
There have been signs of promise under the new Hammers boss.
But results and performances on the whole have been inauspicious.
Potter has already seen the limitations of the West Ham squad that was so poorly assembled by Tim Steidten and Julen Lopetegui.
Both men paid the ultimate price with their jobs.
Kyle Macaulay has been brought in from Chelsea as the club’s new head of recruitment.
Macaulay’s skill set is in talent identification rather than deal-making, though.
Major problem looms for crucial West Ham transfer window
So majority owner David Sullivan has returned to his role as West Ham’s de facto director of football and vice-chair Karren Brady will be negotiating transfer deals.
West Ham plan to raise over £100m in player sales to fund summer signings.
PSR will restrict the Hammers after their £155m spend last year.
Potter and Macauley want to overhaul the midfield and striker department whole driving down the age of the Premier League’s oldest squad.
With the club 16th in the table after the missteps of last summer, they cannot afford to make any more big mistakes in what will be a crucial window if West Ham are to get back to competing for Europe.
There is a major problem looming large, though.
