West Ham United fans are not happy with how the club is being run since their move to the London Stadium and changes are afoot this summer.
West Ham United‘s owners David Sullivan and David Gold and their vice-chairman Karren Brady were full of promises to fans ahead of their move to the former Olympic Stadium.
But two forgettable seasons later they are in uproar and protesting for change.
Terrible recruitment is at the crux of problems which have left fans disgruntled over what they feel are broken promises when it comes to West Ham’s dealings in the transfer market and their big move to Stratford.
Supporters were promised big money, marquee signings as they made the move to the London Stadium.
Indeed the ability to compete with the Premier League elite as a result of the stadium move was held up as a carrot to fans dubious over the decision to leave the club’s famous Boleyn Ground home of 112 years.
Instead supporters have watched a glut of poor quality signings dilute a once promising squad as part of a net spend ranking just 13th in the Premier League table.
That has led to consecutive seasons struggling against relegation.
Recruitment has been so poor that Sullivan has pledged to rip up West Ham’s transfer process in a root and branch restructure this summer.
After embarrassing and failed attempts to land big foreign stars such as Carlos Bacca, Michy Batshuayi, Alexandre Lacazette and William Carvalho in recent transfer windows it seems the focus this summer will switch to the Championship.
Moyes has been linked with a host of the best players from the second tier including the likes of Fulham duo Tom Cairney and Ryan Fredericks and Middlesbrough’s Adama Traore.
The Scot has been spotted on numerous scouting missions at Championship matches.
Many fans won’t be happy after the grand promises over the calibre of player the club would be looking to sign.
But should supporters really be that concerned given their success over the years when it comes to recruiting from the lower levels.
The likes of Trevor Sinclair, Dean Ashton, Aaron Cresswell and Michail Antonio to name but a few have proved to be some of the best bits of business conducted in West Ham’s history costing the club just £19 million in total.
Often the best players from the Championship have more than enough quality for the top flight and just need the chance to prove themselves.
They also tend to be hungry to flourish when given their big chance and if that is to be the path Moyes and the club chooses to go down it can’t be much worse than their recruitment in the last two years.
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