If you ask any fellow West Ham fan ‘where would you most like to see an improvement in our side?’ the answer from the majority would probably be, ‘a creative central midfielder, who can also score goals.’
Kevin Nolan had been a regular goal scoring threat from that position in the past but old father time seems to have caught up with his legs and Ravel Morrison, the bright, creative, attacking spark that could lifts bums off seats, failed to settle and left the club in January.
Stewart Downing excelled at the top of the diamond for the first half of last season but he faded badly and so other options are needed to help share the creative burden.
Players in this mould are very difficult to find for a club like West Ham that are outside the elite. Let’s take a look at five possible options the Hammers could look at.
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Click on Tony Vilhena to reveal the five creative midfielders
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