West Ham: Journo drops Maitland-Niles declare

Journalist and swap insider Pete O’Rourke has dropped a declare regarding Arsenal midfielder, Ainsley Maitland-Niles,  who has reportedly been supplied to West Ham United.

What’s the focus on?

Speaking to Soccer FanCast, O’Rourke had this to say regarding the participant and the chance of him changing into a member of the Hammers.

He acknowledged:

“He would tick a lot of packing containers for David Moyes, Ainsley Maitland-Niles. He’s so versatile, he can play right-once more, left-once more, in midfield as properly, which I assume is his preferred place.

“I assume Maitland-Niles merely doesn’t seem like he has a future at Arsenal correct now as properly.”

In 185 appearances for Arsenal all through their senior and U21 sides, the Englishman has seven targets and 15 assists to his title.

The 24-year-old has moreover had three mortgage spells away from the north London membership with sides comparable to Ipswich Metropolis and West Bromwich Albion, along with his latest one in Italy with AS Roma.

A dream deal

Having made 87 appearances inside the Premier League, this experience must make it easy for him to settle into life at West Ham and hit the underside engaged on the pitch.

As O’Rourke talked about, the Arsenal decide has been acknowledged to play all through fairly a number of midfield and defensive positions all through the pitch, highlighting the pliability he has and the way in which he’d be a useful decide for Moyes if he had been to make a switch to the London Stadium this summer season.

All by means of the 15 Premier League video video games he carried out for West Brom by means of the 2020/21 season, solely three totally different avid gamers inside the squad on the time made additional worthwhile pressures than Maitland-Niles (104), exhibiting merely how tenacious he could possibly be in making an attempt to win the ball once more for his workforce.

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Taking into consideration how the Hammers presently rank bottom for the number of worthwhile pressures (84) they’ve made as a workforce thus far this season, together with a participant identical to the £51k-per-week midfielder, who has been described as a “Rolls-Royce” by Gunners legend Martin Keown beforehand, may be a dream signing for them at this stage of the summer season window.

Shifting forward, counting on what sort of deal Arsenal could possibly be eager to easily settle for for the participant, West Ham must undoubtedly not transfer up the prospect to strengthen their squad and add a most likely very useful participant like Maitland-Niles to their ranks sooner than the summer season swap window ends.