A fourth key West Ham star has confirmed he is staying at the club despite relegation to the Championship and has hinted others will too.
First Tomas Soucek spoke out publicly to commit his future to West Ham.
The big Czech fan favourite is West Ham’s vice-captain and will be a safe bet to reach double figures in goals from midfield as Nuno Espirito Santo’s side aim for the title.
That was followed by the best news the club have had in years as captain Jarrod Bowen announced he is staying at West Ham, just as Hammers News exclusively revealed he would two days after relegation.
Hermansen becomes fourth key West Ham star to confirm he is staying
Earlier today, we reported that Konstantinos Mavropanos is expected to stay with the Hammers and sign a new deal.
The positive vibes keep on rolling in east London.
How CONFIDENT are you that Taty and Dinos will stay beyond the summer?
Both start alongside Jarrod Bowen at Southend?
Because now a fourth key West Ham star has confirmed he is staying and has hinted others will too.
Daniel Kretinsky held meetings with a number of players the Irons wanted to keep in the Championship.
That included Bowen, Soucek, Mavropanos, Taty Castellanos, El Hadji Malick Diouf and goalkeeper Mads Hermansen.
Danish number one Hermansen has now confirmed he will not only be staying with West Ham but is already acting as one of the main leaders in driving the push to return to the Premier League at the first attempt.
Hermansen has revealed he is remaining a Hammer and wants to use his previous experience of the Championship with Leicester to benefit the team.
The 26-year-old shot-stopper also says his teammates have been asking him about what is to come in the Championship, proving those players are clearly staying on at the London Stadium.
Leader Hermansen hints other Hammers stars are staying too
Hermansen even says he is actually looking forward to helping West Ham aim for the title.
“We look forward to giving it back (the support of the fans after more than 50,000 season tickets were sold), to show on the pitch and to win a lot of the games this season, so it’s going to be really good,” Hermansen told West Ham’s website in what was essentially an interview confirming he is staying.
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“I think I’m one of the few players who have been in the Championship recently, and I’ve also tried to tell the guys that this is going to be really tough. The league is so tough physically.
“Every team wants to beat West Ham as well and I think that always gives an extra 5-10% for the opponent. But, yeah, it’s going to demand a lot of us to try to win every game, because that needs to be our mentality because we want to go straight back up again.
“So it’s going to be tough, but I know with the right work and the good hard work we do, we can make it.
“I always try to give to the team what I can. I’ve had a few good talks with the guys already, because they obviously ask me what kind of league this is.
“Not a lot of players have played in the Championship so of course I’ve been trying to give out of my experience from there so everybody knows what it’s going to take for us.
“I really look forward to it.”
Hammers fans will be hoping the likes of Taty and Mavropanos have been the ones asking about what is to come in the second tier.
If the Hammers can now hold on to the Argentine striker and the likes of Diouf, they will take some stopping next season.
And that’s before Nuno has even had a chance to strengthen his squad.
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