Some Hammers fans think young West Ham star Divin Mubama has posted a cryptic dig at David Moyes on social media.
Sporting director Mark Noble recently revealed that West Ham decided to allow several young players to leave in January to clear a path for an outstanding new crop coming through the ranks.
One of those is young striker Mubama.
The energetic and powerful 18-year-old has already had a taste of first team action, appearing in Europe, the FA Cup and the Premier League for West Ham.
And it seems he could have a big future with the Hammers after praise from the manager and captain Declan Rice recently.
Many supporters were angry when West Ham decided to allow young trio Harrison Ashby, Manny Longelo and Pierre Ekwah to leave.
The departure of more talent from the self-styled Academy of Football hit a nerve with West Ham fans.
Particularly as many felt the players in question – and especially Ashby and Longelo – were not given a proper to chance in the first team.
Several youngsters have grown frustrated with what they feels is a lack of proper opportunity at West Ham under Moyes and have left as a result.
Sonny Perkins and Ashby being two of the most recent examples.
Now there are concerns another young Hammers academy star could be getting itchy feet.
Some fans think young West Ham star Mubama has posted a cryptic dig at Moyes on social media.
Mubama posted a picture of himself celebrating scoring another goal for West Ham’s under 21 side while mimicking tapping a watch on his wrist.
He replaced his face with a ‘fuming’ emoji alongside other emojis which appears to suggest he is saying ‘another goal but no minutes’.
That’s what many supporters took the picture message to mean when Mubama posted it on his Instagram stories.
It could be that the post is being completely misinterpreted of course. Mubama scored late on in the Under 21s 1-1 draw with Arsenal on Friday night. So it could have been related to that.
But Mubama would likely have been informed he may not in the West Ham first team squad this weekend after the return to training of the likes of Gianluca Scamacca.
If the youngster is disappointed with his lack of inclusion then he would do well to remind himself of advice from Rice.
Speaking on BT Sport last week Rice revealed he told Mubama ‘the manager really likes you, keep working hard, keep improving, keep doing things after training’.
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