Reliable insider ExWHUemployee has moved to try and explain the stance of co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold over transfer spending.
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David Moyes has been told there is no money for transfers this summer (Claret & Hugh).
Some West Ham fans thought that may have been a smokescreen to avoid paying over the odds for players.
But with the season just a week and a half away, Moyes has no new faces in his squad.
Supporters are angry once again with Sullivan and Gold’s lack of investment.
The duo are pleading poverty due to the global health crisis.
West Ham owners refusing to invest in transfers
But it seems West Ham are rather uniquely affected because most of their Premier League rivals – and even many Championship clubs – have been active in the transfer market.
The Hammers have missed out on a host of Moyes’s reported transfer targets.
That includes the Scot’s prime target Eberechi Eze, who joined Crystal Palace for a potential bargain £16million.
West Ham fans cannot understand why the owners are refusing to invest just four years after making a host of promises on leaving their beloved Upton Park for the London Stadium.
Sullivan and Gold want survival with minimal outlay
ExWHUemployee had posted on Twitter stating that Sullivan and Gold are merely looking for the club to survive with ‘minimal outlay’.
That sparked a furious reaction from West Ham fans.
Now Ex has moved to explain the stance of the unpopular duo.
“The context has been completely lost!” ExWHUemployee said on Twitter.
“Someone said to me ‘Do the board want us to go down is that why they won’t spend any money’.
“I replied (didn’t even quote). No of course not they want to stay up but finances mean they want to achieve it on minimal outlay – it’s been wrongly used.”
He added: “The minimal outlay is based upon that they believe they have spent big in the past on the manager and players and the current financial situation too.
“It was (the board’s decision to appoint and back Manuel Pellegrini) yeah but they see that as a mistake now with hindsight.
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“No (it’s not part of their plan to sell up), it’s in response to what they believe spending big on Pellegrini and players like Anderson and Haller. Then Covid coming and losing money and not being in the position to spend as big as they had done previously. It is also felt that the academy can offer us options too.
“I think they feel they have spent money in the past. Frustratingly I’m trying to give their side on it when in reality they would be better doing that themselves and doing some proper interviews to clarify.
“I’m not asking for much. Just one statement of where we are and what our intentions are. Worded correctly it would help to bring some clarity rather than speculation. That is my opinion.”
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