‘West Ham sources share Mohammed Kudus transfer update as squad fights emerge’
West Ham United are on a torrid run of form and it appears that tensions have been rising in the Hammers’ dressing room.
Graham Potter’s side currently sit 17th in the Premier League and are without a win in their last eight top-flight games.
With the relegation spots already confirmed, West Ham are in no danger of dropping into the Championship next season, but their campaign has been hugely underwhelming.
The East London side are on track for their worst league finish since being promoted back to the top flight in the 2011/12 season, and it seems that the players have started to turn on each other ahead of a likely overhaul in the summer.
West Ham experiencing in-house fights
With West Ham on such a poor run in the Premier League, it is no surprise that team morale has taken a hit at the London Stadium.
However, Hammers fans won’t have expected to hear that the dressing room spirit has fallen so far that the players are now fighting with each other.
According to reports from The Athletic, bust-ups in the dressing room have become a regular theme throughout this season.
Julen Lopetegui was sacked by West Ham after just 22 games back in January, and the Spaniard had run-ins with Jean-Clair Todibo, Alphonse Areola and Mohammed Kudus during his short tenure with the club.
It seems that Graham Potter has been unable to lift the morale since he arrived almost four months ago, and the in-house fighting has reportedly continued between players under the former Chelsea manager’s watch.
| Opponent | Result |
| Tottenham (H) | 1-1 D |
| Brighton (A) | 3-2 L |
| Southampton (H) | 1-1 D |
| Liverpool (A) | 2-1 L |
| Bournemouth (H) | 2-2 D |
| Wolves (A) | 1-0 L |
| Everton (A) | 1-1 D |
| Newcastle (H) | 0-1 L |
Kudus expected to depart West Ham in the summer
To make matters worse, the Athletic state that Kudus is set to leave West Ham at the end of the season, as the club look to fund their summer recruitment.
Sources at the club expect the star forward to be sold in order to bankroll the necessary investment in the squad.
The Ghana international has featured in 29 Premier League games this campaign, but has only managed four goals and two assists.
Football Insider revealed on 25 April that rumoured that the Hammers are prepared accept bids of £70million for the 24-year-old, with Liverpool the most likely buyers.
However, West Ham will not allow captain Jarrod Bowen to depart in the summer, with the England international’s contract not expiring until 2030.
Jarrod Bowen going nowhere
Football Insider Verdict
The end of the David Moyes era understandably came with regular warnings that fans should be satisfied with what they had at the time.
The Scot’s final season had the hall marks of an end to an era, but it is impossible to argue that the succession has gone to plan.
It is abundantly clear that Lopetegui wasn’t the right choice to take over, and what looked like an exciting transfer overhaul last summer under the Spaniard and Tim Steidten has proven to be a near-total waste.
Potter’s arrival has clearly done little to improve anything, and all associated with the club will have to hope that a proper preseason and some signings funded by Kudus moving on can change that.
That the Ghanian star could be the latest to follow Steidten and Lopetegui out the door within a year of the new era starting at the London Stadium tells its own story, and Potter will have to show serious improvements next term if he isn’t to head in the same direction soon after.