West Ham board issue major update to reassure fans over summer transfer plans

The West Ham United board have added to a renewed sense of positivity around the club with a major update designed to reassure fans ahead of the summer transfer window.

• Hammers News exclusive

With speculation swirling and questions mounting amid PSR concerns, the West Ham owners have calmed nerves by telling supporters there’s a clear plan in place.

The penny seemed to drop for the Hammers at Man United.

While the opposition lacked credibility given how disinterested they looked with the Europa League final looming large on the horizon, West Ham still put in arguably their best performance yet under Graham Potter.

West Ham were solid and concentrated for the entire match and carried a threat going forward.

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The 30-pass move for West Ham’s opening goal at Old Trafford has whetted the appetite for what might be to come when Potter gets his own team in place.

For that, all eyes now start to turn to the summer transfer window.

West Ham have made it clear for some time that players need to be offloaded to raise money for signings due to PSR.

The wage bill also needs to be trimmed for the same reason.

At the same time Potter and head of recruitment Kyle Macaulay want to drastically lower the average age of the Premier League’s oldest squad, working alongside de facto director of football David Sullivan.

The Irons did both by announcing the ruthless decision to release veteran quartet Aaron Cresswell, Vladimir Coufal, Lukasz Fabianski and Danny Ings last week.

That trims the wage bill to the tune of £14.5m per year and age of the squad by 139 years.

The move has sparked concerns West Ham are letting too