West Ham winger Felipe Anderson spoke exclusively to the club’s official website after last night’s defeat to Arsenal, and admitted that this is the hardest phase that he has gone through since moving to the London Stadium in 2018.
The Brazilian joined the Hammers from Lazio for around £41.5 million 18 months ago, and he enjoyed a decent debut campaign in England.
He racked up 10 goals and five assists in 40 appearances in all competitions.
Anderson’s performances for West Ham have dipped dramatically this term, however.
It is no coincidence that the Hammers have been in free-fall with the South American out of form.
And the 26-year-old told WHUFC.com how tough this current period for him has been:
“For sure, this is the worst phase I’ve been going through with the team. When I arrived it was hard but we started winning and I started to show my potential by helping the team with goals, assists and dribbles, and right now things are not working out as we want. Things have to improve and I have to improve to be able to help the team.”
Manuel Pellegrini has tried to reverse Anderson’s form by playing him more centrally in recent games. But even that hasn’t worked.
He is quite clearly very low on confidence. And maybe just a goal or an assist is what he needs to run things around.
If West Ham are to enjoy a successful campaign, they need Anderson firing on all cylinders. And for whatever reason, that has not happened for quite some time now.
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