West Ham legend Geoff Hurst brutally destroyed Jack Wilshere and Yaya Toure by claiming that his former club were wrong to even be considering signing either of them.
The World Cup winner, who played 411 times for the Hammers, shared that his former side shouldn’t be looking to sign cast-offs and that there surely must be enough money to buy a bit of quality instead.
The Daily Mail previously reported that Manuel Pellegrini was looking to bring Toure to the London Stadium with his club in talks about signing him while the Daily Star stated in early June that the Hammers were first in line for Wilshere if he left Arsenal.
“When I see them linked with Toure I just think that’s completely and utterly off the wall, I absolutely cannot believe as a club we’re looking at him,” said Hurst in an interview with the Daily Star.
“But looking at Toure – with his comments about Pep Guardiola and the business with his birthday cake a few years ago – for West Ham to even think about talking to him is a very, very poor decision.
“There comes a time when a player is past his best and we shouldn’t be buying cast offs from other teams.”
“Wilshere is injury prone and you don’t want to sign players like that, we’ve already got Andy Carroll.
“Wilshere again for me is a complete no. There’s enough players in the world. West Ham don’t need to sign cast offs, injured players and players that are too old.
“For God’s sake surely we have enough money to buy a bit of quality.”
OPINION
Hurst has absolutely slammed the thought of Toure and Wilshere pulling on the famous Hammers shirt anytime soon and even managed to insult Andy Carroll in the process. The club legend has held nothing back with his assessment and it’s refreshing to read. While his comments on Wilshere are harsh as the midfielder seemed to turn a corner with his injury problems in his 2017/18 campaign, his opinion of Toure is hard to argue with. The former Manchester City midfielder has had a fabulous career in football but doesn’t seem like the person the Hammers should be asking to take them to the next level. Toure at the age of 35-years-old hasn’t exactly got many years left at playing at the highest level and after making only 10 Premier League appearances in his last season for Man City, clearly he’s not worth a huge investment. Toure’s signature may not require a transfer fee being paid out to get him but his wages will be eye watering.
