West Ham United have a very capable goalscorer in Marko Arnautovic.
Speaking to West Ham United’s website, Ryan Fredericks has praised team-mate Marko Arnautovic and claims that he can score ‘bags of goals’ season.
The 29-year-old opened the scoring in West Ham’s defeat by Arsenal this past weekend for what was his second Premier League goal of the season.
The former Stoke hitman netted 11 in 31 league outings last season following a £25 million [The Guardian] move from the Potters – a club-record signing by the Irons at the time.
Arnautovic could and probably should have scored a few more goals at the Emirates, but Fredericks, who joined United on a free transfer this past summer, claims that his team-mate will get plenty this season regardless – providing the service is right.
“Marko is our focal point for most of our attacks,” he told West Ham’s website.
“He can occupy the centre-halves and if we can get the service to him he will score bags of goals, and that’s what we want him to do.”
West Ham have lost all three Premier League games so far – away to Liverpool and Arsenal, and home to Bournemouth.
This isn’t what Manuel Pellegrini would’ve been hoping for after splurging over £100 million on transfers, but Arnautovic certainly has enough talent supporting him to help Fredericks’s prediction come true.
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