How much have you thought about Cheikhou Kouyate in the last 18 months?
In the last 24 hours, fans on Twitter have been discussing his sale in 2018 and they all agree on one thing about the transfer decision.
The actual sale of the 6 ft 2 midfield monster wasn’t the mistake, not finding a proper replacement for him was and it’s hard to disagree with.
Only Carlos Sanchez was brought in during that window in terms of defensive midfielders with Edimilson Fernandes going out on loan to be let go of a year later.
Whilst Rice did move into midfield around this time, we’ve paid the price for not having sufficient cover in the position since and only now has Tomas Soucek arrived…
No not replacing him with better was the mistake
— Adam #GSBout (@adambrown93) February 10, 2020
Nope
Not replacing him was the huge mistake— ⚒Mitchell⚒ (@WHUMitchell) February 10, 2020
Yes … as we didn’t replace
— mikejoyce (@hammersmikey) February 10, 2020
Not replacing him and many others was the mistake
— Andy (@andyaustin67) February 10, 2020
Selling him isn’t the “huge” mistake – he seemed disinterested and also didn’t really nail a position (cm, dm, rb, cb). Not reinvesting the funds in someone to replace is the huge mistake
— Niall Tasker (@tiskyboo) February 10, 2020
Nope not investing in a better player was
— will earle (@willearle_) February 10, 2020
Selling Kouyate and Obiang and not replacing them with a box to box midfield was a mistake – yes.
— Gary Prince (@GaryAPrince) February 10, 2020
No. The mistake was not replacing him. Additionally he was hated on so much at the end of his time with us and i feel that was uncalled for because when he was with us he always had a good attitude and tried hard.
— |⚒️⚒️| (@WHUFC_USA_2008) February 10, 2020
No but not replacing him was
— Totally West Ham (@Totally_WestHam) February 11, 2020
Mistake was not replacing. He was stale and lazy.
— Glenn Spencer (@GlennSpencer4) February 11, 2020
