West Ham manager David Moyes has addressed the club lack of January signings.
The club’s fans were frustrated by the lack of signings before the window closed, but Hammers boss Moyes said they tried to get some over the line.
“It wasn’t for the want of trying, that’s for sure,” Moyes said.
“West Ham supporters can be reassured that we were really ambitious in what we were trying to do. We were really ambitious in trying to get good players and players who could help us and make a difference, but it just became pretty difficult in the end and we missed out on one or two late on.
“I didn’t necessarily want to be in the situation where we were bringing players in just because we kept getting it said: ‘You need to buy a striker’. We’ve also got Jarrod Bowen and it would be very difficult to get a better back-up to Micky Antonio than Jarrod.
“We probably made three record transfer bids from the club in this January window and let’s be fair, January is never really a great time.
“I also believe it’s probably been tougher because we’re looking at a much different level of player now and trying to attract some of the top players throughout Europe.
“I want to make sure that the supporters at West Ham can trust that I’m trying to spend the money wisely and we’re trying to bring in good players but also, we don’t want to bring people in who I think are only here just to pad it up. The idea in this job is to try and sign good players.”
Source: Talksport
