da premier bet： West Ham United’s Robert Snodgrass has been attracting some attention recently.
da cassino： The Scotland international is thought to have caught the eye of former club Leeds United this summer as reliable insider ExWHUemployee revealed on the West Ham Way podcast (Thursday 20 June) that the Whites were keen on a loan deal.
Ex also stated that any deal between the two clubs would be rather difficult as the Hammers are thought to be against the idea of letting ‘Snoddy’ leave on loan and would rather keep him at the London Stadium if they were unable to sell him.
However, perhaps that stance is wrong and maybe West Ham should not think twice about letting the winger leave the club on loan this summer.
Sure, the 31-year-old was a revelation last season for the Hammers under Manuel Pellegrini and he certainly looked a lot better than the dire individual he was under Slaven Bilic.
Just taking a look at his stats from last season on WhoScored would suggest just as much as well, as he proved to be a valuable member of the side. He provided five assists and two goals in 32 Premier League appearances for the Irons but his play on the pitch was what pleasantly surprised many of the fans in the stands.
Snodgrass, who is valued at £6.3million by Transfermarkt, managed an average of 1.8 key passes in those appearances whilst he completed 1 dribble per game. His passing is something worth highlighting though as he managed an average of 29.4 passes per game with a success rate of 82.1%, helping the attacking line tick and get going in a number of instances.
But, with that all being said, perhaps it might not be wrong to question what chance he has in the first-team next season.
Pablo Fornals was recently added to the side and has looked extremely impressive with each performance he puts in whilst on international duty with Spain’s Under-21 side in their European Championship tournament.
Also, Andriy Yarmolenko is set to come back and he will feel like a new signing at the club after injury robbed him of what was a very promising debut campaign. Although he only made nine appearances in the Premier League and was clearly adapting to the English game, the Ukrainian still managed to average 0.6 key passes and 0.2 dribbles per game, scoring twice (WhoScored).
On the face of it, those figures are not very good, but there was physical evidence that his game was getting better and he would surely have had more opportunities as the season went on.
Indeed, the midfield is a hugely congested area of the pitch and one where West Ham have a ridiculous amount of talent available to them already. Michail Antonio excelled as the year went on, whilst it would not be a surprise to see Jack Wilshere in the side more often if he were able to remain fit – fingers crossed!
So, with that in mind, perhaps it would be worth loaning out Snodgrass this summer as he could have an extremely limited role in Pellegrini’s side in 2019/20.
Hammers, how would you feel if Snodgrass left this summer? Join the discussion by commenting below…