OPINION
West Ham must steal Crystal Palace’s reported desire to sign Galatasaray attacker Garry Rodrigues as he has the ability to make jaws drop at the London Stadium.
According to Italian publication Calciomercato the Hammers’ London rivals are keen on the 27-year-old winger who has scored three goals in 14 appearances this season.
Rodrigues has even managed to score in one of his four Champions League appearances this campaign, which shows his quality.
With the winger in the Hammers’ team they could continue playing some very exciting football as Rodrigues is not only pacey, with the potential of being clinical, he is silky-skilled as well.
The 27-year-old is the type of player who is able to make jaws drop due to his exciting style of play and there’s easily space for him in Manuel Pellegrini’s current team, especially given Andriy Yarmolenko’s injury.
Rodrigues can dazzle on either flank and has even at times been deployed on the very rare occasion up front and given his stats last season, he might flourish in that role.
The winger managed to score 10 goals while playing on the left flank in his 2017/18 campaign so his finishing ability can’t exactly be doubted.
Also aside from being able to effectively get pulses races among Hammers fans due to his ability, if Rodrigues rocked up it would help Pellegrini take the club to the next level.
The experienced manager would benefit recruiting a player who has made 26 appearances across the Champions League and Europa League in his career if he wishes to one day soon see the Hammers able to not only qualify for European competitions but to compete in them as well.
Therefore the Hammers must steal Palace’s desire to welcome Rodrigues to the Premier League as he is an exciting talent who can flourish at the London Stadium.
