BBC is reporting that West Ham are interested in Sorloth who has a £32 million release clause in his contract.

This follows on from the dramatic improvement of Mateta whom I imagine would be valued similarly.

Both really struggled under Hodgson.

The lesson of the story?

Hodgson is not a coach for strikers , depriving them of their lifeblood of crosses or early passes and asking them to concentrate their efforts outside the penalty area which is the only place they really need to flourish.
Benteke also similarly suffered , although his apparent indolence didn’t help.

Players mature at different rates and flourish under certain conditions.

TBF I always thought that there was a player there in Sorloth.

And whilst I hated Benteke by the end, I always felt that 99% of the issue with him was the system. If he was at a team like Everton who just pump balls into the box he'd score a hatfull

After his cameo goal against the weed, it was clear that JPM had ability

Benteke, scored a hateful at Villa,so his failure to score for us,other than his first season under Sam,,was clearly down to Royball.

Edited by Jacey (06 Jul 2024 10.22am)