The London Stadium may be about to welcome back Jordan Hugill, but West Ham fans are not happy.
Speculation that the 26-year-old will return to East London has come in for a lot of criticism from the fanbase online after West Ham News shared a report issued by Claret and Hugh, claiming that Middlesbrough have no intentions of trying to buy the striker in the summer.
C&H are suggesting that Boro’s fading aspirations of challenging for the Championship title, or even automatic promotion, has led Tony Pulis to second-guess whether the former Preston North End man would be worth keeping on.
At present, the Welshman is said to be leaning towards saying goodbye to the on-loan forward at the end of the term, who has only managed to find the back of the net six times in 32 games.
Hugill’s poor strike rate on Teesside is one of the leading reasons why his childhood side are struggling to mount a promotion challenge, as he is still Middlesbrough’s second top goalscorer despite his struggles – only four goals behind Britt Assombalonga.
When the news that the David Moyes flop could make a return was shared on Twitter, here’s what the fanbase had to say…
Funnily enough neither do we
— andrew bellinger (@205hammer) March 19, 2019
The Preston Geezer destined to run down a contract he never should have been given….
— Ⓟⓗⓘⓛⓘⓟ 父 Ⓦⓘⓛⓚⓘⓝⓢⓞⓝ 父 (@PW57WHU) March 20, 2019
Championship player, not good enough
— Christopher Cawley (@ChrisJCawlet) March 19, 2019
From what I’ve seen, I wouldn’t even say he’s up to the championship standard
— David O’Brien (@david_obrien1) March 19, 2019
Championship is his level. But not his fault we signed him. More likely to be at the club next season than Carroll though.
— Ian Deakin ⚒ ⚽️ ????️???? (@IanDeakin16) March 20, 2019
That’s because he is poo and he should never have been bought by the board who hit the panic button
— Stephen James (@Stephen4James) March 20, 2019
Through no fault of his own, Hugill will go down as one of West Ham’s worst signings in recent history based on the simple fact that he has signed for a PL club when really he is a League One or Championship standard striker at most. Brainless signing.
— Josh Verrills (@WestHamJoshV) March 19, 2019
What about Hugill, 10 Benson and and bag of chips? Surely worth a score of anyone’s ??????
— ⚒️Is Snodgrass your Dad?⚒️ (@BML152BML) March 19, 2019