West Ham could find Antonio upgrade

West Ham are reportedly main the race for Blackburn Rovers striker Ben Brereton Diaz and the Chile worldwide may very well be an enormous improve on Michail Antonio in David Moyes’ facet.

In accordance with Football League World, the Hammers are in pole place to signal the previous Nottingham Forest man, regardless of curiosity from fellow Premier League facet Manchester United.

Brereton Diaz has exploded onto the scene throughout the previous two Championship seasons, hitting 22 goals within the 2021/22 marketing campaign for the Ewood Park outfit, whereas he already has nine goals to his identify this time period.

The 23-year-old is an integral a part of Jon Dahl Tomasson’s facet at Blackburn and contemplating they at present sit second within the Championship, the Lancashire facet will certainly be determined to maintain him in January.

Nevertheless, his contract at Ewood Park is set to expire on the finish of the season, that means that they may very well be compelled to promote in January in the event that they need to keep away from dropping him for nothing in 2023, and West Ham may very well be the beneficiaries.

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The Hammers signed Gianluca Scamacca in the summertime switch window as they appeared to part Antonio out of the primary group, as whereas he’s their top goalscorer in Premier League historical past, the 32-year-old appears as if he’s already starting to say no.

This was emphasised in final weekend’s defeat towards Crystal Palace, because the Jamaica worldwide got here off the bench however wasted passes in two golden attacking areas, earlier than the Eagles went on to seize a last-gasp winner.

Antonio has averaged a surprising 6.39 score from WhoScored for his performances this season after scoring simply twice within the prime flight, in comparison with a 6.92 within the 2021/22 marketing campaign, which emphasises how poor he has been and means that it’s time he was dropped for good.

Brereton-Diaz, in the meantime, has averaged a robust 6.89 rating for his performances within the Championship and has averaged extra pictures per recreation (3.1 vs 1), a greater move success price (76.6 vs 56.6) and extra key passes per recreation (1 vs 0.5) than the West Ham ahead.

Subsequently, it appears clear that the 23-year-old could be a greater slot in Moyes’ squad if the Hammers are to show their kind round this season, so GSB ought to look to signal the “extraordinary” £10m-valued striker – as dubbed by Tony Mowbray – after the World Cup.