West Ham United have been handed some unsavoury information surrounding their newest defensive star Konstantinos Mavropanos within the final couple of days.
Moyes and Mavropanos a match made in heaven
After loads of hypothesis, Mavropanos lastly turned a West Ham participant final summer time after a transfer for Premier League outcast Harry Maguire broke down over private phrases, leaving Moyes with the Greek large as an alternative.
The Ex-Arsenal man had rebuilt his profession within the Bundesliga with Stuttgart, and at 26-years-old is simply coming into his prime years, convincing the Hammers to shell out round £20m to take him to the London Stadium in a bid to reinvest the cash raked in from Declan Rice’s sale properly.
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He will not be staying on the membership previous this season.
And after a tough integration interval through which he performed simply two Premier League video games earlier than December, he has gone on to nail down a spot in Moyes’ beginning XI, and has performed the total 90 minutes 11 instances within the final 14 Premier League outings, solely substituted within the 6-0 thrashing towards his former aspect.
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Mavropanos vs West Ham centre backs PL 23/24 |
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Statistic |
Mavropanos |
Nayef Aguerd |
Kurt Zouma |
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Appearances |
16 |
20 |
26 |
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Targets |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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Tackles + Interceptions per 90 |
3.29 |
2.04 |
1.43 |
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Blocks per 90 |
1.5 |
1.58 |
1.19 |
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Aerial duels gained % |
66.1% |
61.1% |
57.1% |
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Cross accuracy % |
73.8% |
79.5% |
82% |
With the defender now firmly a first-choice choice forward of Nayef Aguerd in David Moyes’ backline, outcomes have improved and there stays an opportunity that the Hammers finish the season with Europa League silverware and a spot in subsequent season’s European competitions by way of both that or their Premier League end, with the membership at the moment seventh in a congested Premier League desk.
Bump within the highway forward
Nevertheless, there might be issues this summer time for Moyes and co, with the most recent studies providing regarding updates on Mavropanos and his London Stadium future.
His type has not gone unnoticed, and studies have claimed that Serie A sides are sitting up and taking inventory of his state of affairs in east London, regardless of the Greek having signed a deal till 2028 simply months in the past.
Get Soccer Information Italy claimed final month that Italian league leaders Napoli specifically had been maintaining tabs on the defender as they appeared for a future past Francesco Acerbi this summer time. Now, CalcioMercato have supplied additional perception into the state of affairs, and it might nicely come as a blow to the Hammers. As per their report, Mavropanos is ‘serious about saying goodbye’ to the London Stadium already following curiosity from each Roma and Inter.
After all, West Ham are in a powerful bargaining place for the defender, with a mammoth deal nonetheless to run in east London. It stays to be seen whether or not any Serie A aspect might put collectively a proposal that may tempt the Premier League aspect to money in on their summer time addition, however with Mavropanos’ head seemingly turning on the alternative, there might be hassle forward.
