West Ham United will be pleased with their transfer window after strengthening across the board in terms of their playing squad, with the likes of Luis Guilherme, Crysencio Summerville and Niclas Fullkrug entering their attacking ranks alongside Guido Rodriguez and Carlos Soler coming in as midfielder acquisitions – but they may not be done there, with Sky Sports reporter Dharmesh Sheth suggesting that the club are looking at John Egan or Joel Matip to come in as defensive backups for two departed stars.
The Irons had a fairly neutral net spend last season following the £105million sale of Declan Rice to Arsenal, and a ninth-placed finish in the Premier League wasn’t the end of the world by all means – but it did mean that they missed out on European football for the first time in four years, and their summer spending this season has shown a clear desire to get back onto the continental football scene. But despite their strong spending, the club could look to bring in one more – with Egan and Matip both being considered.
West Ham Looking at Matip and Egan
The centre-back duo could find their way to the London Stadium
The tweet from Sheth states that West Ham are looking at free agent defenders to bring in to aid their central defender options – having lost Kurt Zouma and Nayef Aguerd on loan at the end of the transfer window.
The Hammers already have Max Kilman and Jean-Clair Todibo in their ranks as their starting centre-backs, having signed from Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nice in the summer transfer window themselves – whilst Konstantinos Mavropanos will act as backup, and Aaron Wan-Bissaka can arguably play there in a back three having signed from Manchester United.
