However, this team can dream a little higher than that under Oliver Glasner.

Ghana and West Ham United attacking midfelder Mohammed Kudus has named the best player he has shared the pitch with in his young football career.

West Ham have been impressed by Alberto’s performance for Corinthians and are reportedly prepared to table a €20 million bid for the striker this month. Corinthians are not interested in cutting ties with Alberto, but their valuation of the striker is around €10m, so they could be forced to do business if West Ham act on their interest.

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Since joining from Stuttgart for £19million in August 2023, Mavropanos’s decision-making has remained a weakness. Against Palace he was deputising for the injured Jean-Clair Todibo, but he has not shown himself capable of being a first-choice defender at this level.

West Ham winger Maxwel Cornet has joined Italian side Genoa on loan until the end of the season. The 28-year-old Ivory Coast international was on a season-long loan at Southampton, which has been cut short to allow him to move to Serie A.

West Ham have been backed to sign Yuri Alberto in the January transfer window as they look to ehance their attacking options.

Mohammed Kudus has made a bold statement about his form and performance in the first half of the season at West Ham. The Ghanaian is bent on turning a corner.

West Ham have been impressed by Alberto’s performances for Corinthians and are reportedly prepared to table a €20 million bid this month. Corinthians are not interested in cutting ties with Alberto, but their valuation of the striker is around €10m, so they could be forced to do business if West Ham act on their interest.

Captain Jarrod Bowen is back on the grass but currently sidelined after fracturing his left foot. Michail Antonio is out for the season following his involvement in a car accident in December, while summing signing Niclas Fullkrug suffered a serious hamstring injury in Graham Potter’s first game in charge against Aston Villa and is out for months.

THE January transfer window is heating up with some MAJOR moves in the pipeline as Deadline Day rapidly approaches next week. Manchester United are reportedly closing in on the double signing of