No news is surely good news for West Ham United as David Moyes eyes a blockbuster triple swoop in the summer transfer window.
West Ham have been linked with a plethora of players over the last few months but are yet to make any signings in the summer transfer window.
Despite the clear need for a host of reinforcements and the appointment of Tim Steidten as technical director, West Ham are yet to bring in any new arrivals.
In fact following the arrival of Ashley Young at Everton, the Hammers are one of just THREE Premier League clubs yet to sign a player this window.
So it is understandable that some West Ham fans are growing frustrated.
The Hammers struggled in the Premier League for much of last season. So there is concern given they will enter the new campaign without their talisman Declan Rice.
With the new season now just one month away David Moyes has blamed Arsenal for hampering his transfer plans.
Amid all the noise and names, three players have been consistently linked with West Ham this summer by top sources in the sports media and inside the club.
And no news is surely good news for West Ham as Moyes eyes a blockbuster triple swoop.
Speculation that West Ham will push home moves for Harvey Barnes, James Ward-Prowse and Edson Alvarez refuses to die down.
Supporters may be growing frustrated with the slow progress while West Ham wait for the Rice money.
But the fact Barnes, Ward-Prowse and Alvarez have not moved elsewhere yet suggests West Ham have every chance of reeling in their alleged prime targets when it does.
Players of that quality, with the attributes they boast, would have been snapped up by another club long before now if West Ham were not in the race.
All three players have been linked with other top clubs. And they are clubs who have money to spend.
So it is clear that no news is good news for the Hammers on that front. Perhaps some fans are underestimating West Ham in this window.
We know Ward-Prowse, Barnes and Alvarez are the club’s three prime targets in the summer window.
It cannot be a coincidence that none of them have been signed by another club yet given the rapid rate of transfer activity across the league, Europe and Saudi Arabia.
Ward-Prowse is one of the best set-piece specialists in world football.
Barnes is a pacy, powerful English winger who has proven his ability to score goals in the Premier League – notching 13 from the left wing for Leicester last season.
And Alvarez is a top international player coveted by Borussia Dortmund and wanted by Chelsea last year.
The fact they have not yet moved elsewhere suggests they could be in a holding pattern until West Ham are in a position to seal the deals.
Fans will certainly hope that’s the case. And with the Rice money set to land imminently, they won’t have to wait long to find out.
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