West Ham welcome Newcastle to the London Stadium tonight. And it would be great if David Moyes played Pablo Fornals in the number 10 position for a change.
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The Spaniard joined the Hammers from Villarreal in the summer of 2018 for around £25 million (Telegraph).
Fornals, who earns £60k-a-week (Football Insider), has struggled to make much of an impact with West Ham, however.
The 24-year-old is an incredibly hard worker and he always gives his all for the team. He hasn’t contributed quite as much in the final third as many thought he would do, however.
There is a simple explanation for that though. David Moyes has persisted in playing Fornals out wide on the left. Manuel Pellegrini made the same mistake before the Scot. And he is completely wasted out there.
The former Villarreal man is technically brilliant and possesses exceptional vision. The 24-year-old does lack pace, however. And that lack of speed is badly exposed when he is deployed as a left winger.
The Spaniard is at his best when he is played in behind the main striker, as he did at Villarreal and for Spain’s under-21’s.
We really need to do everything we can to get the best out of Sebastien Haller this season.
And Fornals could be the man to help do just that. He is an incredibly intelligent footballer, and if he is played close to the Frenchman, it could provide West Ham with a totally different dimension to our attacking play.
Moyes needs to be bold and play the Spaniard in the hole tonight. It will give us a much better chance of picking up all three points against Newcastle. And looking at the bigger picture, it should enable us to finish higher up the table this season.
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