West Ham ‘in talks’ to sign wonderkid nicknamed ‘Hurricane’ as Kyle Macaulay makes his mark

West Ham are reportedly in talks over a bargain move for an exciting wonderkid as Kyle Macaulay starts putting his stamp on the club’s transfer business.

The Hammers’ head of recruitment Kyle Macaulay is having a very different experience than he was used to at Chelsea and Brighton.

When both clubs – but especially Chelsea – wanted a player, they invariably went out and got the deal done.

West Ham are not Chelsea but Graham Potter has put on record that he wants them to be more like Brighton

Macaulay’s influence on West Ham plans becomes clear

Potter has stated he wants to emulate that Brighton model where the Hammers go out and sign top young talents they can develop who have big resale value potential.

West Ham paid Chelsea £1.2m to reunite Macaulay with Potter in January.

But the Hammers are a world away from the Blues in terms of finances and PSR position.

It means West Ham must sell to buy.

But with no sales made as yet, Macaulay can do little to actually start Potter’s much-needed West Ham rebuild around young players.

There is new hope West Ham will bring in around £17m soon.

And now it is being reported that West Ham are ‘in talks’ to sign a wonderkid nicknamed ‘Hurricane’ as Macaulay makes his mark.

While Macaulay is working closely with Potter to identify West Ham’s targets, it is up to de facto director of football David Sullivan to try and get deals done.

Potter has made it clear he wants to drastically lower the age of the Premier League’s oldest squad.

There has been doom and gloom around West Ham’s summer transfer window so far.

West Ham ‘in talks’ to sign wonderkid nicknamed ‘Hurricane’