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Could A Few New Signings Lift Of The Mood West Ham United Supporters?
So Far, Hammers Fans Have Not Be Pleased With Their Side’s Summer Business, Most Notably Selling Star Attacker Mohammed Kudus To Fierce London Rivals Tottenham For a Reported Fee Of 55m.
Meantime, Having Won Only Five Matching in Charge Following His Appointment in January, Graham Potter Immediately begins The New Season As a Man Under Pressure.
On The Pitch in Pre-Season, His Team Weeat 2-1 by Manchester United League Summer Series Open in East Rutherford, Before Defeating Everton 2-1 in Chicago on Wednesday; Lucas Paquetá And Niclas Füllkrug Were on Target in Illinois.
SO, AHEAD OF CONCLUSION OF THEIR US TOURDAY ON SUNDONEMOUT MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM, Will West Ham Supporters Have Another New Signing To Be Excited?
This Weekend, West Ham Unveiled Their Third The Summer of the Summer, Announcing The Arrival of the Arrival Callum Wilson On a free transfer from Newcastle.
The 33-year-old England International has scored more career goals Against The Irons Than Any Club, What Might Have Been Part Of The Attraction.
Club Callum Wilson has scored 6+ goals Against | ||
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Opposition | Appearances | Goals |
West Ham United | 16 | 12 |
Everton | 11 | 8 |
Burnley | 12 | 7 |
Huddersfield Town | 6 | 7 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 14th | 6 |
Southampton | 14th | 6 |
So, Having Bolstered Their Attacking Options, Will They Now Turn Their Attention to The Other End of The Pitch?
Well, According to a Report By Report The SunWest Ham Have Aged Personal Terms With Goalkeeper Mads Hermans, Amid Interest From Manchester United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Burnley.
The Outlet Adds That The Clubs Are A Deal Over The Line As Quickly As Possible, And This Latest Update has given the Race to Their Rivals to the Shot-Stopper.
Elsewhere, Ben Jacobs of Give Me Sport Notes That Leicester City Their Goalkeeper at £ 35m, but have a potential replacement, following Asmir Begović’s Arrival from Everton, Seemingly Preparing for His Departure.
Dharmesh Sheth and Rob Dorsett of Sky Sports News Add to West Ham’s New Goalkeeper Coach Casper Ankergren Is Pushing to Make The Move Happen, Having Previously Worked With Brøndby, So Could Dane Son Swap London?
It is Little Surprise That West Ham Even For The Market For New Goalkeeper This Summer.
40-year-old łukasz Fabiański has been a free agent, While Neither Hela, Who Remains At The Club, Were Particularly Impressive Last Season, As the Table Below Documents.
West Ham’s Goalkeepers 2024/25 Premier League Statistics | ||||
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Statistics | Alphonse Areola | Pl rank | Łukasz Fabiański | Pl rank |
Minutes | 2,260 | 18th | 1,160 | 22nd |
Saves | 77 | 15th | 50 | 21 |
Save% | 64.3% | 20th | 74.6% | 2nd |
GOALS Conceded per 90 | 1.63 | 6th | 1.63 | 7th |
Clean Sheet% | 20% | 13th | 15.4% | 17th |
Post Shot XG – GOALS Conceded | -2.6 | 36th | +1.6 | 12th |
Prevented Crosses Of | 3.8% | 21 | 4.5% | 18th |
Punches | 10 | 17th | 9 | 19th |
High Claims | 15 | 19th | 9 | 24th |
AVERAGE SOFASCORE RATING | 6.87 | 34th | 7.08 | 18th |
As The Table Emphasis, Neither of West Ham Goalkeepers Stood Out Last Season, With The Now-Departed Fabiański actually Ranked Higher for a Few Key Metrics.
So, Would Hermansen Represent A Clear Upgrade?
Well, His Most Eye-catching Performance of Last Season Came Arsenal in September, Making 13 Saves, The Most by Any Goalkeeper Premier League Fixture Since David de Gea, Also Against Arsenal, in December 2017, As Noted by James Benge of CBS.
After this match, Analyst Ben Mattinson Praised His “Unreal Performance”, While Rob Tanner of Athletic Labeled Him A ‘A Safe Pair Of Hands’ Who Is Also Capable ‘Contributing Hugely With The Ball His Feet’.
So, Let’s Assess His Own Premier League Statistics from Last Season.
Mads Hermans’ 2024/25 Premier League Statistics | ||
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Statistics | Hermans | Pl rank |
Minutes | 2,385 | 16th |
GOALS CONCEDED | 58 | 3rd |
Saves | 99 | 7th |
Save% | 64.5% | 18th |
Clean Sheet% | 3.7% | 21 |
Post-Shot XG – GOALS CONCEDED | +1.4 | 15th |
Prevented Crosses Of | 6.2% | 11th |
Punches | 20 | 7th |
High Claims | 24 | 11th |
AVERAGE SOFASCORE RATING | 6.95 | 26th |
While’s Statistics Last Season May Not All Leap off HE WAS WAS WAS WAS WAS LEICSER SIDE, HIS POST-SHOT XG – GOALS CONCEDED OF +1.4 The Most Interesting Number, Underlining His Excellent Shot-Stopping Ability.
So, Why Would The Dance Be A Better Signing Than Wilson?
Well, The Veteran Striker Accumulated A Mere 458 minutes On The Pitch Last Season Due to Various Injury Issues, So While His Quality Isn’t Chestion, Wilson has never been reliable terms of fitness and availbility.
Hey Isn’t Issu Guaranteed to Start, Given That Füllkrug and Talisman Jarrod Bowen Have a seemingly formed decent partnership during Pre-Season.
Hermans, On The Other Hand, The Undisputed As The Undisputed Number One, Given Areola’s Decline, and Would Represent On Massive Upgrade on What Potter Already Has His Disposal.