West Ham United have been dealt an enormous blow of their bid to carry Aaron Wan-Bissaka to the London Stadium this summer time.
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That’s based on Simon Stone, with the BBC Sport journalist revealing in a latest submit on Twitter that, regardless of earlier reports suggesting that Manchester United might be keen to half with the right-back within the subsequent 24 hours, Erik ten Hag has now confirmed that the defender is not going to be leaving Old Trafford previous to Thursday’s switch deadline.
In his tweet, the journalist mentioned: “Erik ten Hag confirms Aaron Wan-Bissaka will stay at Man Utd beyond Thursday’s deadline. Once Antony + Dubravka deals are complete ‘We will go from September to minimum January with this squad’.”
Big blow for Moyes
Considering simply how spectacular a full-back Wan-Bissaka evidently is, the news that Manchester United should not ready to sanction the £10m defender’s departure over the rest of the summer time switch window is bound to have come as an enormous blow to David Moyes and his West Ham switch group.
Indeed, the £22.5m-rated expertise proved simply how astute a signing he would’ve been for the Hammers over his 34 Premier League fixtures in 2020/21, with the full-back scoring two objectives, offering 4 assists and creating two huge possibilities for his teammates, along with making a mean of 0.9 key passes and finishing one dribble per sport.
The £90k-per-week defender additionally impressed in metrics extra typical of his place, serving to the Red Devils maintain 13 clear sheets, in addition to making a mean of two.6 tackles, 1.8 interceptions, 1.8 clearances and successful 5.1 duels – at successful charge of 58% – per fixture.
These metrics noticed the previous England U21 worldwide who Dan Gibbs dubbed “unreal” common a merely sensational SofaScore match score of 7.14, rating him as Manchester United’s third-best performer within the prime flight of English soccer that season.
As such, when contemplating the truth that United spent £50m on the signing of Wan-Bissaka as just lately as 2019, ought to Moyes have been in a position to land the right-back for simply £10m this summer time, it’s clear to see that the 59-year-old would have been sealing one thing of a steal for his facet.
However, following Stone’s newest replace, it could now seem as if the Scot should flip his focus over the rest of the summer time switch window elsewhere – an end result that’s certain to have come as a giant late blow.