Should West Ham United sell Winston Reid this summer as Manuel Pellegrini locks in on another centre-back?
Sky Sports claimed this afternoon that West Ham United have had a bid worth a potential £25 million turned down by Newcastle United for Jamaal Lascelles.
If the Lascelles bid is true then Manuel Pellegrini, who has already signed Issa Diop for a club-record £22 million, is clearly overhauling the defence, and what does that mean for Winston Reid?
Hypothetically, Pellegrini could have Diop, Balbuena, Lascelles, Reid, Angelo Ogbonna and Declan Rice as centre-half options next season, which seems like it might be overkill and at least one must leave.
Rice, one of the most exciting young players in the Premier League, is going nowhere, while Ogbonna has proven his class to the Irons over the past three years.
Reid has also proven his class to West Ham over the past eight years, and fans love him, but the 30-year-old is not the most reliable defender in terms of fitness anymore, having missed 21 Premier League games last season and it might not be hugely surprising if Pellegrini moves him on to accommodate the new faces.
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