After a late-night contact from Erik ten Hag, West Ham gains a chance to capture Chelsea player Ian Maatsen before the deadline.
After a late-night call from Erik ten Hag, West Ham United now has a chance to capture Chelsea player Ian Maatsen.
The abundance of left-back options for Chelsea has not gone unnoticed by David Moyes or Manchester United.
West Ham have been heavily linked with young Chelsea left-back Ian Maatsen all summer transfer window. But Man United are in the midst of an altogether more desperate hunt for a left-back ahead of Friday night’s deadline. And that Red Devils search looked like it might put a spanner in the works for West Ham’s reported plans to try and do a deal with Chelsea for Dutch star Maatsen.
After a late-night contact from Erik ten Hag, West Ham gains a chance to capture Chelsea player Ian Maatsen before the deadline.
According to a reputable writer, West Ham was optimistic of striking a deal with Chelsea to get Maatsen.
Additionally, earlier this week, writer Alan Nixon said that the Hammers are still highly interested in trying to sign the 21-year-old before the transfer window shuts.
There have been rumors that Maatsen is open to leaving Chelsea, as he competes for playing time with left-backs worth £120 million.
So when Manchester United made an approach for Marc Cucurella this week, it was terrible news for West Ham.
Loaning Cucurella to Man United would have left Chelsea with the injury-prone Ben Chilwell and Maatsen, making a Stamford Bridge stay much more plausible after allowing Lewis Hall to join Newcastle.
After a late-night call from Erik ten Hag, West Ham now has a chance to capture Chelsea player Maatsen on the final day of the transfer window.
A shocking overnight turn gives Hammers the chance to retry for the Dutchman
As a result of Chelsea’s demands for a £7 million loan fee, negotiations between Manchester United and Chelsea over Cucurella ended in an unexpected twist.
And Ten Hag promptly changed course to bring Cucurella’s fellow Spaniard Sergio Reguilon to Old Trafford in place of the misfit from Spurs.
The transaction to replace injured teammates Tyrell Malacia and Luke Shaw progressed quickly Friday night when Reguilon passed his medical exam at Manchester United.
And it has given West Ham the opportunity to pursue Maatsen once more in a deal on the last day.
With Cucurella on a long-term deal and Chilwell serving as vice captain, Maatsen would have little opportunity to play given that Chelsea is not in the European League.
Maatsen might perhaps have a more active future at West Ham than Chelsea.
The likelihood of West Ham completing more deadline day additions was described as “fifty-fifty” by a key insider to Hammers News last night. However, given that a potential loan with obligation agreement with Chelsea has been discussed over the past several months, this event may very well have increased their prospects.
Maatsen’s transfer to the Hammers might finally make it possible for Aaron Cresswell to join the Wolves.
Furthermore, the young Blues player would be given the opportunity to become the team’s long-term starting left-back at West Ham, who will play in another season of at least 50 games in European competition.
