West Ham sold Xande Silva to Nottingham Forest on transfer deadline day in the summer and he has endured a tough start to life at the City Ground.
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It could be argued that Hammers boss David Moyes has been proved right already.
The 24-year-old struggled to prove himself during his time at the London Stadium. That was in spite of the fact that he scored a four-minute hat-trick on his debut for the under-23’s against Tottenham!
Unfortunately for Silva, however, he never really kicked on from that moment.
The 24-year-old was brought to the London Stadium from Vitoria Guimaraes in 2018 for around €4 million (£3.3 million) according to talkSPORT.
He just didn’t cut the mustard at senior level, however.
The Portuguese forward was moved on to Forest on deadline day for around £200,000 (Claret and Hugh).
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West Ham sold Xande Silva to Nottingham Forest, Moyes proved right after shocking start
Things haven’t got much better for Silva in the East Midlands.
He has made just one appearance for Forest so far – a 24 minute substitute outing.
Nottingham Forest have played five games where the Portuguese forward hasn’t even been included in the squad.
It’s still early days ofd course. But the fact that Silva has dropped down a level to the Championship and hasn’t made an instant impression says all we need to know really.
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Even though we only have one recognised centre-forward at the club, David Moyes was right to move Xande Silva on in the summer. That is a fairly damning conclusion it itself…
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