West Ham got it spot on by selling 27-year-old flop to Nottingham Forest for six-figure fee

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West Ham United have made some big mistakes in the transfer market over the years, but moving one man on was 100% the correct decision.

Julen Lopetegui replaced David Moyes as West Ham head coach earlier this summer, and the Scot left a real mess of a squad behind.

Lopetegui made some great signings for the Hammers in the summer, bringing in nine new faces over the past couple of months.

And it has been claimed that the Spaniard is still in the market to bring in at least one more signing on a free transfer.

One of Lopetegui’s main remits was to get rid of as much deadwood as he can, and he’s succeeded in doing exactly that.

However, we should thank Moyes for getting rid of one player Slaven Bilic brought to the London Stadium.

West Ham got it spot on selling Xande Silva to Nottingham Forest

The Hammers sold the 27-year-old striker to Nottingham Forest in the summer of 2021 for around £200,000.

The Portuguese forward Xande Silva really struggled to impress at the City Ground after he left West Ham, and he failed to score a single goal in 10 games for Forest (Transfermarkt).

Xande Silva was highly thought of when he arrived at the London Stadium from Vitoria Guimaraes in 2018 for around £3.3 million (talkSPORT).

He really impressed for the youth teams, but never made any kind if impact at all for the senior side. And selling him three years ago now looks like a really good decision from the club.

After leaving Forest, the Portuguese forward then joined French side Dijon in the summer of 2022, before moving on to the MLS to link up with Atlanta United, and he has scored only six goals for them over the last 14 months.

Since leaving the Hammers, he has scored just 12 goals in three years.

Huge Silva promise amounts to nothing

He is clearly not good enough to make it at the highest level, so I’m glad that we got rid of him when we did. If he is struggling to establish himself in the MLS, there is no way that he would have done anything of note with West Ham in the Premier League.

It’s just a shame that we wasted £3.3 million on bringing him to the club six years ago. Hopefully we don’t make any bad errors of judgement like that again in the transfer market.

West Ham have made plenty of poor signings over the past decade or so, and Xande Silva is right up there with the very worst.

At least we recouped a small fee for him three years ago.

We are now headed in a completely different direction as a club, and I fully expect us to be far more scrupulous when it comes to signing young and unproven players in the future, unless they are extra special standout talents.