West Ham United continue to be linked with promising young forwards like Lucas Stassin and Adama Bojang, with speculation rife in both print and online media.
However, what the club truly requires is a striker with proven experience—someone who can immediately challenge Niclas Fullkrug and be ready to start in the Premier League by mid-August.
While Stassin, Bojang, and other so-called ‘wonderkids’ might generate buzz, they won’t provide the instant impact West Ham need. Moreover, the club already has two emerging talents in-house.
Daniel Cummings is expected to arrive at the London Stadium next week, and Callum Marshall has returned from a successful loan spell.
Though both are highly rated, they are more suited to third- or fourth-choice roles in the senior squad for now.
This underlines the pressing need for a seasoned striker. That’s why today’s report on standard.co.uk about Dominic Calvert-Lewin should not be taken lightly.
Available as a free agent—with only a signing-on fee involved—Calvert-Lewin offers an experienced solution to West Ham’s short-term striking deficiency. As The Standard explains:
“Dominic Calvert-Lewin has confirmed that he will depart Everton as a free agent this summer, with West Ham United interested in the striker.
According to FootballTransfers, the Hammers made an approach to the 28-year-old a fortnight ago.
Calvert-Lewin earned £100,000 per week at Everton, and the report claims that the Hammers would be willing to improve his salary should he move to east London on a free transfer.”
Skeptics—of which there will be many—might view this as yet another injury-prone veteran acquired on the cheap.
However, with two promising youngsters already on the books, a battle-tested professional like Calvert-Lewin represents a significant step up from last season’s Ings-Fullkrug pairing.
