A new Divin Mubama claim has been made by a reporters with very close links to West Ham United majority shareholder David Sullivan.
West Ham youngster Divin Mubama hit the headlines last weekend when he came on and helped change the game against Burnley, and Konstantinos Mavropanos made it very clear that the 19-year-old is good enough to be featuring regularly for us.
Mubama has barely played for the Hammers this season, and he sent a very clear message to David Moyes with his celebration, after he played a key role in our equaliser away at Burnley nine days ago.
The talented teenager definitely has something special about him, but his path to regular game-time with the first-team is undoubtedly full of obstacles right now.
Mubama is out of contract at the London Stadium in the summer of 2024, and he recently rejected a new offer from the club.
With that in mind, the latest claim from a club insider will be a big blow to Mubama, and the West Ham fans…
Brand new Divin Mubama claim made by West Ham reporter
Claret and Hugh are claiming that the teenager’s chances of featuring for the Hammers against Tottenham on Thursday night are ‘minimal to zero’.
Whether or not that means that Michail Antonio is set to make a miraculous return from injury, I’m not sure.
However, I really don’t understand why Mubama has such a small chance, if any at all, of playing against Spurs. He should be ahead of the hapless Danny Ings in the centre-forward pecking order, and the other side to the coin is that Jarrod Bowen looks completely lost as a number nine.
The 26-year-old needs to be moved out to the right hand flank immediately. I’m not suggesting that Mubama should start vs Tottenham, but with Bowen back on the right, perhaps Mohammed Kudus could fill in for Antonio in the centre-forward role.
And then surely Mubama could be a useful option for Moyes from the bench.
If Divin Mubama truly has no chance of featuring for West Ham against Tottenham, that means that Ings is in line for some minutes. We all know how that will end.
And if the 31-year-old is given a chance ahead of the teenager, the young striker may well have to leave the London Stadium for the good of his own career.
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