West Ham United boss Slaven Bilic elected against signing Leicester City new boy Kelechi Iheanacho in the summer.
The Hammers signed Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Marko Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez over the summer to improve their first team.
But much of the talk since the window closed has focused on the players Bilic didn’t sign.
The manager has admitted William Carvalho and Andre Gomes were all but done before falling through just before the deadline.
But supporters and pundits were questioning Bilic’s judgement after he pulled the plug on a deal to sign Kelechi Iheanacho from Manchester City and the player went on to join Leicester City instead.
For much of the transfer window the Nigerian looked on the verge of a move to East London.
That was until Bilic made the bold call to pull the plug on the deal at the 11th hour, as reported by the Evening Standard.
Supporters were left disappointed and felt he would have brought much needed pace to their frontline.
Iheanacho has so far played barely featured for Leicester and has been playing for their Under 23s side or being given minutes in the cup.
It may be early days but his inauspicious start to life with the Foxes suggests Bilic may have been right to pull out of the deal.
And that view is reinforced by comments from Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas before Leicester’s Carabao Cup game against Liverpool as the former Arsenal star warned Iheanacho he could become a nearly man like another Premier League striker.
“This is a good time for Kelechi Iheanacho to come good,” Nicholas told Sky Sports.
“He’s in danger of being the next Saido Berahino in terms of just going through the motions and needs to seize his chance.”
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