David Moyes has rejected the chance to sign a striker in the January transfer window despite money being made available at West Ham, Claret & Hugh report.
The Scot was told that cash would be spent to bring in another forward in an attempt to address the goal scoring issues at the club, but he has turned down the offer.
Instead he wants to keep faith with incumbent pair Michail Antonio and Gianluca Scamacca, but as losses continue to pile up patience behind the scenes is running out.
As such it reportedly cannot be ruled out that the manager who took West Ham to the semi final of the Europa League earlier this year could be sacked sooner rather than later.
Claret & Hugh’s report says: “Insiders have made it clear that the manager is on thinner and thinner ice following the four defeats with one describing last night’s performance as very poor.
“An early sacking most certainly cannot be ruled out according to one well placed Claret and Hugh source who claimed that to be the case whilst at the same time desperately wanting him to turn things around.”
Disfunctional
Moyes has never been one to throw money at a problem that he doesn’t think will do any good, and in many ways it is an admirable trait.
But with his job on the line along with the Irons’ season, he is going to have to find an alternative solution fast because the Premier League table doesn’t lie.
Defeat at Arsenal wasn’t a huge surprise, and it was frustrating that the two goals that let the league leaders back in were fortuitous.
But West Ham have picked up no points from the past 12 on offer and scored just twice along the way, once from the spot, so however noble the manager’s intentions may be it just isn’t working currently.
Big money was spent at long last in the summer, but Moyes doesn’t look like he really knows what to do with the signings, so if the board are ready to bring in more firepower they might not be far from the conclusion that he isn’t the man to take advantage of it anyway.
The work that the 59-year-old has done since he returned to the London Stadium cannot be denied, but having made his side more than the sum of their parts before this season, they are now the opposite.
It certainly felt like he was getting as much out of a thin squad as anyone could in the previous campaign, so he has perhaps earned the right to have an off year.
But if the club is showing ambition to reach the next level it feels increasingly like he won’t be afforded that luxury without securing some results fast.
