West Ham boss David Moyes has turned his attention to signing Watford centre-back Craig Dawson, according to a report from the Daily Mail.
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The Hammers clearly need to sign a new centre-back this summer. And we have already been linked with a plethora of names.
West Ham have failed with an attempt to sign Burnley defender James Tarkowski.
It seems as though our alleged move for Fiorentina ace Nikola Milenkovic is destined to end in disappointment as well.
And now the Daily Mail claims that Hammers boss David Moyes could turn his attention to Watford veteran Craig Dawson.
Having been linked with the likes of Tarkowski and Milenkovic, signing the 30-year-old Hornets defender would be quite the anti-climax for Hammers fans.
Stats
In 29 Premier League appearances last season, Dawson averaged one tackle, 1.2 interceptions, 3.8 clearances and 1.1 blocks per game. He also won an average of 3.5 aerial duals per match (Who Scored).
Dawson is a decent centre-back, certainly at Championship level. But signing him would go against everything David Moyes wants to achieve at West Ham.
Let’s just hope that this one is purely agent talk.
The 30-year-old Watford man is represented by David Sullivan favourite Will Salthouse after all.
Dawson, who earns £40k-a-week (Football Insider), is quite simply not the man to help take us forward as a football club. And we should avoid a move to sign him at all costs.
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