David Moyes trolls West Ham by finally moving for a striker now he’s at Everton and it’s Graham Potter’s dream target

West Ham fans were often left exasperated by David Moyes’ reluctance to sign a striker but he’s changed his ways at Everton.

One position that most certainly needs strengthening at West Ham and Everton this summer is the forward line.

The Hammers have Danny Ings and potentially Michail Antonio both leaving their 99-year-old attack as their contracts expire.

Everton forward – and perennial West Ham target – Dominic Calvert-Lewin is also out of contract and looks set to depart.

It’s claimed David Moyes does not see Beto as a starting striker despite an improvement from him.

West Ham and Everton’s forward-thinking this summer

Injury-prone but impressive forward Niclas Fullkrug’s future at West Ham is unclear while on loan Evan Ferguson will be sent back to Brighton.

When West Ham sold Sebastien Haller for a £25m loss to Ajax, Moyes waited 18 long months before he finally replaced him.

Much to the frustration of West Ham fans who felt the team could have made the Champions League that season as they fell short by a solitary win.

But Gianluca Scamacca did not work out either.

Moyes turned down a host of golden striker opportunities at West Ham including – by his own admission – a younger Fullkrug, Viktor Gyokeres and Julian Alvarez to name but three.

Now there is no lack of irony at what the Hammers’ fantastic but stubborn former boss is up to.

Because Moyes is trolling West Ham by finally moving for a striker now he’s at Everton and it’s Graham Potter’s dream target.The Everton boss said at the time he felt there was a dearth of strikers across world football and wouldn’t sign a player for the sake of it.

Instead Moyes announced he was going to start using Jarrod Bowen as a striker when Scamacca was sold.