{"id":6909,"date":"2022-01-22T15:05:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T20:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/22\/david-moyes-provides-major-west-ham-transfer-update-after-man-united-defeat\/"},"modified":"2022-01-22T15:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T20:05:26","slug":"david-moyes-provides-major-west-ham-transfer-update-after-man-united-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/22\/david-moyes-provides-major-west-ham-transfer-update-after-man-united-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"David Moyes provides major West Ham transfer update after Man United defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>West Ham United boss David Moyes has confirmed his belief that reinforcements will yet arrive at the London Stadium, before the January transfer window is out.<\/p>\n<p>Moyes\u2019 comments, of course, came on the back of his side marking their return to action on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>After a concerning 3-2 defeat at the hands of struggling Leeds last time out, the Irons made the trip to Old Trafford, for a crunch showdown with Manchester United amid the tense battle for a top-4 berth in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>When all was said and done, however, West Ham only succeeded in slipping to a 2nd successive defeat, as Marcus Rashford\u2019s finish deep into injury-time proved the difference between the sides upon the full-time whistle sounding in Manchester:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Manchester United needed a win, Marcus Rashford delivered ?<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSportsSoccer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCSportsSoccer<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NbVTKtU8As\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/NbVTKtU8As<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Football (@brfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brfootball\/status\/1484933884622090246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In turn, on the back of the action coming to a close on Saturday, it came as little surprise when David Moyes was drawn on the subject of potential additions to his squad over the remaining week of the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>And the Scot\u2019s response will no doubt bring a collective smile to the faces of the West Ham faithful, with the club\u2019s boss having confirmed his belief that \u2018one or two big signings\u2019 will make their way to the London Stadium over the days ahead:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">David Moyes on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WestHam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WestHam<\/a> approach to transfer window: \u201cI still believe before the window shuts we will make one or two big signings. Everyone can see what we need. Getting it is another matter. We will try hard to make the signings but I can\u2019t give anyone guarantees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Stone (@sistoney67) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sistoney67\/status\/1484948765282902021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Not for the want of trying\u2026\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>So, which area of his squad in particular is Moyes likely to strengthen?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it has long been common knowledge that West Ham have set their sights on fresh blood at centre-back, on the back of the season-ending injury suffered by Angelo Ogbonna.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, though, the capital outfit appear to be on the lookout for a new striker.<\/p>\n<p>When pressed on the possibility of attacking reinforcements being added to his ranks ahead of the 2nd-half of the campaign this evening, Moyes went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/west-ham-united-fc\/news\/west-ham-press-conference-live-22839983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explain<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn a perfect world, we would. We have been trying for two years to do that. It is not for the want of trying. It is trying to get in players who we think can help us. We will continue trying and keep looking.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/leeds-boss-bielsa-explains-tyler-roberts-substitution-and-provides-alarming-patrick-bamford-fitness-update\/\">Leeds boss Bielsa explains Tyler Roberts substitution and provides alarming Patrick Bamford fitness update<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/changed-the-game-surprise-man-uniteds-star-singled-out-as-the-difference-in-west-ham-win\/\">\u2018Changed the game\u2019 \u2013 Surprise Man United star singled out as the \u2018difference\u2019 in West Ham win<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 West Ham United boss David Moyes has confirmed his belief that reinforcements will yet arrive at the London Stadium, before the January transfer window is out. Moyes\u2019 comments, of course, came on the back of his side marking their return to action on Saturday afternoon. After a concerning 3-2 defeat at the hands of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-6909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}