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West Ham United are facing a tumultuous summer.

They have sold Grady Diangana to West Bromwich Albion in a deal that has led to howls of derision from fans and have roundly failed to strengthen their squad in the summer.

Tomas Soucek has arrived on a permanent basis, his loan deal being converted, but other than that, they are no better than they were at the end of the campaign.

And The Athletic has now made it clear just how poor their transfer activity has been.

They report that there were a number of players discussed as potential targets who have moved to other clubs instead of ending up in east London.

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The names may be familiar for West Ham fans; Ollie Watkins and Matty Cash have joined Aston Villa from Brentford and Nottingham Forest respectively; Antonee Robinson has moved to Fulham from Wigan Athletic; Eberechi Eze has gone to Crystal Palace from QPR; Jamal Lewis has joined Newcastle United from Norwich City, while Callum Wilson and Ryan Fraser have also rocked up at St James’ Park from AFC Bournemouth.

There is no guarantee, of course, that any would have decided to move to the London Stadium when faced with rival interest but there must be frustration at the inability to get deals over the line this summer for the Hammers.

Any one of the seven players would undoubtedly have improved David Moyes’ squad and given him more options in his selections.

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Instead, he is still working with the same group of players he had at the end of the 2019/20 campaign.

It really isn’t good enough.

There’s a lot of unrest at West Ham United at the moment.

Understandably, there’s a lot of unhappiness around the club after an unsuccessful 2019/20 season where they narrowly avoided relegation, and that misery has been compounded by the backlash that came from selling Grady Diangana to West Brom, including a jab from club captain Mark Noble.

It looks as though there may soon be another big-name departure at the London Stadium, as reports are have been stating that the Clarets are looking to terminate Jack Wilshere’s £100k a week contract, a year before it is due to expire.

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You can understand why the Hammers want to be rid of Wilshere, £5.2m a year for a player who has played just 16 league games in the last two seasons just doesn’t represent value for money, but with just one year of his deal left to run, surely the ex-Arsenal man is worth one final roll of the dice?

The Hammers are seemingly at their lowest ebb since they were promoted back to the top-flight in 2012, with the club in turmoil and the club captain hitting out at the owners, and the only way to get everyone back on side is to show up on the pitch, and a fit Wilshere has the potential to be up there with the best midfielders in the country when he’s on form.

Of course, getting him fit is easier said than done, but if he was to join one of West Ham’s rivals and return to his best form while playing consistent minutes, this could end up being a move West Ham regret for years to come.

The question is, what do they have to lose? Yes, £5.2m is a lot of money, but in footballing terms, it’s a drop in the ocean, especially when you consider this is a club that spent £45m on Sebastien Haller last summer.

West Ham will find it hard to get a better player than Wilshere for that type of money, and if it doesn’t work out, they can let him go with minimal fuss and no compensation next summer when his contract expires.

Leeds United have done a lot right in this transfer window, and one thing they have been quite good at sorting out is loan deals for their bright young talents.

Ryan Edmondson, Jordan Stevens and Alfie McCalmont have gone out on loan, but one man who remains at the club is Robbie Gotts.

The young midfielder hasn’t been short of suitors this summer with both Huddersfield Town and Hull City looking to loan him in, but despite all of this interest, a move hasn’t yet come to fruition.

Gotts doesn’t look likely to get a go in Leeds’ first-team this season, he’s not made the bench in any of United’s first three league matches, and with Victor Orta still on the hunt for a new midfielder, he may soon drop further down the pecking order.

Of course, a loan move could still come to fruition, but with a number of games already gone this season, Gotts has missed out on a valuable pre-season period to get to grips with his new club and his new teammates.

Marcelo Bielsa is well aware of how frustrated Gotts must be by all of this, it’s understood that he once actually apologised to him in his office due to his lack of gametime with the Argentine telling him he’d understand if he wanted to leave the club, yet, here we are almost 10 months on from that story coming out, and Gotts is still being mistreated.

The U23 ace would have every right to be banging on Bielsa’s door to ask for an explanation as to why he’s not been loaned out yet, especially after the Argentine showed so much understanding for his situation earlier this year.

Hopefully, there is a plan in place for Gotts, otherwise, his development could end up stalling if he continues to miss out on opportunities to play senior football.

West Ham United were wise to side with caution this summer having opted against pushing through a potential £26million deal to sign Chelsea full-back Emerson Palmeri.

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The Irons were linked with Chelsea’s out-of-favour defender Emerson this summer by talkSPORT, who claimed the 26-year-old was being considered by manager David Moyes to strengthen the backline in east London.

Emerson was thought to have been one of several players that could depart Stamford Bridge after failing to impress Frank Lampard last season, having been awarded just 15 Premier League appearances and playing infrequent roles in the Blues’ cup efforts.

But the Stamford Bridge natives were not willing to allow Emerson to depart on the cheap, and reports by Goal suggested they would demand £26m for the alleged Inter Milan target as they sought to raise funds to offset Ben Chilwell’s £45m arrival.

Lampard has continued to overlook Emerson this season having opted against naming the defender in any of his league squads to date, much to the Italy international’s disappointment.

“When I arrive here I change my head, I feel important and part of the group,” Emerson is quoted as saying by the Daily Mail while on international duty.

“At Chelsea, things are not going as I wish in this part of the season. I just have to work.”

It is noted that Chelsea will likely look to offload Emerson again in January, with the Santos, Brazil-born full-back behind Marcos Alonso and Chilwell in Lampard’s plans.

Wise to baulk at £26m deal

While Moyes is said to have considered Emerson as a potential option to explore in his search of a new full-back, David Gold, David Sullivan and Karren Brady were right to baulk at any deal for the disheartened 26-year-old if interest reached that level in east London.

Emerson would only have offered a marginal upgrade on current Irons ace Aaron Creswell when their numbers from last season are compared, with Moyes calling on the Liverpool-born 30-year-old to feature 29 times across all competitions at left-back in 2019/20.

Moyes handed Creswell a total of 31 outings in last year’s Premier League campaign, of which all were starting roles and the £5.85m-rated ace managed an average 0.8 key balls, 0.5 shots, 1.4 tackles, 1.9 clearances and 3.7 duels won per match while helping to five clean sheets, per SofaScore.

As for Emerson, the Chelsea outcast started just 13 of his 15 top-flight appearances and managed an average 1.3 key balls, 0.6 shots, 1.5 tackles, 0.9 clearances and 4.5 duels won a game while helping to just one clean sheet.

With Emerson on a £75,000-per-week contract at Stamford Bridge, West Ham would have been making a vast financial commitment for limited gains by signing the Lampard exile.

AND in other news, West Ham can sign a “gifted” long-term target before Friday’s deadline after a Premier League rival turned to alternative options.

After enjoying a late season renaissance under Mikel Arteta in the previous campaign, Dani Ceballos extended his loan spell at Arsenal for another year.

The Spaniard made his return to the Emirates for a second successive campaign, and has well and truly established himself as a key part of Arteta’s starting eleven, playing every single Premier League game this season.

But on Sunday night against Leicester, Ceballos produced a shocking display as he lined up alongside Thomas Partey for the first time as a starting midfield pair.

Whether it was his new teammate’s presence, or the fact that his regular partner in crime, Granit Xhaka, was playing more as a left-sided centre-back, the Arsenal loanee just didn’t look to be at the races at all.

As per SofaScore, he lost possession 17 times over the course of the game, with many of them coming from poor first touches and a lack of concentration – a couple of times the midfielder just carelessly passed it to a Leicester player without any real focus or concentration.

He was also dribbled past three times on the night, the most of any Gunner, whilst he won just three of his eight total duels. Ceballos was just too easily shrugged off the ball, and in the 50/50s, struggled to come out on top.

With the Foxes making it clear that they were going to just back and hit the north Londoners on the counter attack like they did so successfully in their resounding win over Manchester City, Arsenal could ill afford to lose possession in dangerous areas.

Instead, there were a number of times where Ceballos was found wanting both in terms of his positioning and giving the ball away. The Spanird will surely be feeling slightly embarrassed at his performance at the Emirates at the weekdn.