Lots of West Ham United fans are unsure of David Moyes cashing-in on Andriy Yarmolenko following reports the Ukraine winger could be sold this summer.
Yarmolenko has suffered an injury-ravished time at the London Stadium since joining West Ham from Borussia Dortmund for £17.5million in 2018, and reports by the Mirror claim the 30-year-old’s time could be up with Moyes needing to raise funds for his own transfers.
The winger, alongside Felipe Anderson and Albian Ajeti, are expected to be forced out of East London in the current window so that Moyes can put his own stamp on the squad with younger options, such as Brentford forward Said Benrahma.
Yarmolenko started just one of his eight appearances since Moyes returned to the Irons for a second spell in charge, having been in the physio’s room until the season resumed nursing a tear in the abductor muscle sustained shortly before Manuel Pellegrini was sacked in December.
The 86-cap international provided two goals during his outings under Moyes in the Premier League, being the winning effort against Chelsea and the heavily-deflected strike against Aston Villa on the final day of the season.
The forward also found the back of the net against Norwich City, Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth earlier in the campaign following his return from a season-ending Achilles tendon rupture, while providing the one assist.
In fact, only Michail Antonio (10) and Sebastien Haller (seven) found the back of the net more often than Yarmolenko, who registered the Irons’ third-best shots per 90 minutes record with 2.4 among Hammers players who played more than two Premier League games this season, per WhoScored.
Lots of West Ham fans can see enough from Yarmolenko’s brief appearances to see why he would be worth keeping at the London Stadium for at least another season…
Can we start a movement? A movement to keep this man? ⚒ pic.twitter.com/mMQir0UOMO
— West Ham Central (@WestHam_Central) July 26, 2020
Yarmolenko shouldn’t be sold unless we get 12+ million for him, he adds something to our team and gives us a different look
— Mr.WestHam (@MrWestHam16) July 26, 2020
He might not be getting any younger, but you can see the guy is genuine quality. Sheringham was scoring goals for us into his 40s. Give Yarmo another season at least.
— Jimbo ⚒ #GSBout (@CaptnJimbo) July 27, 2020
Shouldn’t be sold at all, valuable squad player who can make a difference.
— The Wheezzer (@TWheezzer) July 26, 2020
Can’t understand why some want rid of him?
— Tony Homewood 🇬🇧🇮🇱🏴 (@TonyHomewood) July 27, 2020
He’d be good off the bench for one more season max . He’s losing his legs
— Headshots Stocks (@Caution_Cole) July 26, 2020
Lol people in the comments really don’t rate one of our players who scores when he only plays 20 minutes per match. Same people who think Lanzini is going to turn it around at West Ham https://t.co/w3wPAXT9wj
— Mr.WestHam (@MrWestHam16) July 26, 2020
While a lot of West Ham fans can see the quality Yarmolenko offers, even just from the bench, there are some who would consider parting ways this summer if it meant bringing in the young attacking talent that Moyes is after…
if it meant selling him we would get benrahma, would you?
— Shriv⚒ (@ShrivWHU) July 26, 2020
There are certainly a large number of West Ham supporters who would cash-in on Yarmolenko this summer regardless of the replacements Moyes may have lined up, but many question how much they can demand for a 30-year-old who is the club’s highest earner on a £115,000-per-week contract…
£12m we will be lucky to get £12 https://t.co/z23H0gGQpN
— Perry banks (@pbanks17) July 26, 2020
-Not a starter
-Ageing
-High wages
-Injury proneWhy would we keep him 🤔
— J o e (@BrysonJoe6) July 27, 2020
I think it is because he earns 115k a week, has only managed 32 league games in two years, is 31 next season and plays the same position as Bowen. Lot of wages for an injury prone reserve winger
— Adam Cox (@that_island) July 27, 2020
He’s on too much $$$, quality player but doesn’t suit our system
— Adelaide Hammer 96 (@guy41127238) July 27, 2020
We’d be lucky to get a fee for him https://t.co/9i9hxxuqUr
— AG (@alexjg0) July 27, 2020