A look at the month for WHUFC.
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00:00So, James, looking at West Ham and obviously the January window now concluding. Obviously,
00:06it was quite a strange window. They were obviously in search for a forward and they got that
00:11over the line in the last few days with Evan Ferguson's loan deal. James Ward-Prowse returning
00:16from his Nottingham Forest loan as well. He had some good moments at West Ham during his
00:21time there. What do you make of the January window as a whole? Do you think it was navigated
00:26well? Obviously, Graham Potter coming in, it's sort of a difficult situation when you
00:32have a managerial change and then you have to go into a transfer window. So, what did
00:36you make of the January window for West Ham?
00:40I think looking back in the immediate aftermath, I think we should be relatively pleased with
00:48the business that we did. I think a lot of fans and probably even Graham Potter and the
00:52club would have liked to have probably got another centre half in, a little bit of defensive
00:56cover as well. The decision to recall James Ward-Prowse made so much sense. It made sense
01:01right at the beginning of the month. I'm not too sure why it took an entire month to get
01:04that over the line. He was barely playing at Forest and we needed someone with some
01:10legs in the middle.
01:11Obviously, the striker with Evan Ferguson, we needed a striker desperately. We spoke
01:17about that last week. That was the one sign that if we needed to get one done, it had
01:22to be a striker. I think Evan Ferguson, 20 years old, needs a lot of game time. He's
01:26had a few injury problems over the last eight or nine months. He has struggled to get back
01:32into the Brighton team. It makes sense for him. We need a striker, so it makes sense
01:35for us.
01:36So, I think all in all, we can be relatively pleased. I think the frustration is that it
01:42took so long to get that business done. James Ward-Prowse being recalled and Evan Ferguson
01:46coming in happened on the last day. But the change of manager, Tim Stuyton leaving the
01:51club, there was a lot of upheaval at a time when the club would have wanted to be really
01:57focusing on working on the shortlist, bringing in some players, strengthening the team. But
02:03Lopetegui leaving and Graham Potter coming in, and obviously that means that there's
02:06a completely different profile of player that he wants compared to what Lopetegui may have
02:10been looking at. And then the recruitment team's ripped up and that started again.
02:14So, all in all, with all of that in mind, I don't think we can be too disheartened that
02:19it's only a striker and a lone recall. I think we can be pretty pleased and confident that
02:24it was the right business.