£40M investments wasting away on Hammers bench
David Moyes has a big decision to make ahead of tomorrow’s Premier League fixture against Fulham. The Hammers’ manager will have to make the tough decision on whether to wrap his players in cotton wool ahead of Thursday’s Leverkusen return or prioritise the league.
Of course, there’s a third option, which involves playing the same players over and over with minimal substitutions, but that surely can’t continue.
So perhaps it’s time for Moyes to use some of the players in his squad who receive a considerable salary to represent West Ham. Including wages and transfer fees, Danny Ings and Maxwel Cornet have cost the club upwards of £40 million. That’s an incredible amount of club assets going to waste, and it hasn’t just come at a financial cost either.
£40M investments wasting away: Cornet & Ings have cost West Ham a fortune but rarely play
By not using either player, Moyes is asking the remainder of the team to run the miles that Said Benrahma and Pablo Fornals used to cover, and it shows. There is virtually no rest for the manager’s favourites, with Jarrod Bowen flogged until injured and 34-year-old Michail Antonio being asked to play close to 90 minutes twice per week.
It will be interesting to see what Moyes does against Fulham because if he carries on, injury could well befall the likes of Mohammed Kudus and Lucas Paqueta.
