Lopetegui’s West Ham, the third highest spending team on transfers

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Julen Lopetegui’s West Ham putting their Premier League rivals on notice by creating a dream team. And the board wanted to turn the team around, first with change of coachfrom David Moyes to the Basque coach, and now with much more.

Behind this ambitious project, whose mission is to compete with the best to ensure a top 4 in the league, there is a huge cost. To the extent that West Ham is currently the third team that has spent the most money on the transfer market.

Yesterday the latest addition to the London squad was made official, with him further strengthening the team’s defensive line. Leaving 17.6 million euros, they have signed Aaron Wan-Bissaka to Manchester United, a proven full-back who knows the Premier League well.

Lopetegui signs at West Ham

To this name we have to add a long list in which they have invested a lot of money. Completing the defensive back, they are signed Max Kilmancoming from Wolverhampton already Jane-Claire Todibo borrowed from Nice. In addition, they have also secured the services of Wes Foderingham to compete for position between the three outfits.

An old acquaintance from LALIGA EA SPORTS and Real Betis has also joined the ranks of Julen Lopetegui. And after several months with his future up in the air, Guido Rodriguez He chose to leave West Ham the green and white team.

As for the offensive part, they have entered Chrysencio Summervillefrom Leeds United, Luis Guilhermethe young Brazilian from Palmeiras and one of the most promising of the previous season, Niclas Füllkrug.

according to transfer marketthe sum of all costs would give 144.4 million euros. In a list of the teams that have spent the most money, it would be found only behind the Chelsea (189M) y Aston Villa (176.2M). The top 5 would be completed by Bayern from Munich (142M) and the Atlético from Madrid (141.5M) with, of course, some players still to be signed.

Julen Lopetegui at the West Ham game (Source: Cordon Press)

In an interview, the coach of the Basques recognized the freedom that the board offers him to be able to sign. “They have done a good job financially. We can spend money and we don’t have to sell players” he noted.

“The last few years have been good. We have a great foundation, but my desire as a coach is to get better and better. We came here with the idea of ​​making a big noise“Lopetegui warned.

Furthermore, in that same interview he was very happy with his signing for the London team. “I’m where I want to be. We had other opportunities, but I’m glad they chose me because I chose them too.”