{"id":626285,"date":"2023-08-08T14:37:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T18:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=626285"},"modified":"2023-08-08T14:37:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T18:37:12","slug":"edson-alvarez-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/08\/edson-alvarez-west-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"Romano Guarantees Midfielder &#8216;Will Become New West Ham Player&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winning the Europa Conference League last season was a big accomplishment for West Ham. Securing European silverware, even if it was the third-ranked competition, gave The Hammers something to brag about. Building on that success requires the addition of skilled players.<\/p>\n<p>Italian journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1688676262049468416?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> posted about a potential signing, Mexican centre-back and defensive midfielder Edson Alvarez. Medical tests for the player have already been booked, and the fee was previously agreed on between West Ham and Ajax.<\/p>\n<h2>Edionson Alvarez Prepares for West Ham Medical<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Edson \u00c1lvarez will fly to London on Tuesday morning \u2014 medical tests have been already booked \u2692\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd<\/p>\n<p>He will become new West Ham player on \u00a334\/35m on Tuesday night. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uyn7Klceeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Uyn7Klceeg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1688676262049468416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Big Fee for Potentially Big Player<\/h3>\n<p>At a reported \u00a334 million, Alvarez arrives with weighty expectations. David Moyes&#8217; charges will be competing in the Europa League and the Premier League. Balancing two campaigns like that can cause turmoil for a team that does not possess the necessary depth to handle the wear and tear of two major competitions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/28\/west-ham-zakaria-midfielder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">\u2018It\u2019s Now up to West Ham\u2019: Hammers Must Act Now to Secure &#8216;Midfield Powerhouse<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez will need to be at his best to keep his new club afloat this year. The Mexican international and former Concacaf Gold Cup winner is seen as a replacement for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenal.com\/news\/declan-rice-completes-transfer-arsenal\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Declan Rice<\/a>, who left for another London-based Premier League club in this summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<h3>A Big Move<\/h3>\n<p>Normally a bottom-half finish in the table would not thrust a club into the spotlight, but as winners of a European competition West Ham are living with more eyes on them than usual.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/21\/west-ham-manchester-city-carlos-borges\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">&#8216;Agreement in Place&#8217;: West Ham Now &#8216;Closing In&#8217; on Signing \u00a314m Man &#8211; Fabrizio Romano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the Italian journalist guaranteeing that the midfielder &#8220;will become new West Ham player&#8221; the Irons&#8217; fanbase is on the edge of their seats. The English side are gaining a promising new player who joins the team with a winning mentality. Alvarez, the Mexican starlet, jumps to a major league. He also joins a team who can pay him big money and a bigger stage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_625235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-625235\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-625235 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/West-Ham-United-Upton-Park-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"West Ham United mascot celebrates - Carlos Borges\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/West-Ham-United-Upton-Park-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/West-Ham-United-Upton-Park-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/West-Ham-United-Upton-Park-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/West-Ham-United-Upton-Park-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/West-Ham-United-Upton-Park-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/West-Ham-United-Upton-Park.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-625235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Joshjdss: https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/109430286@N06 CC by SA-2: https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Special:EntityPage\/Q19125117<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winning the Europa Conference League last season was a big accomplishment for West Ham. Securing European silverware, even if it was the third-ranked competition, gave The Hammers something to brag about. Building on that success requires the addition of skilled players. Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano posted about a potential signing, Mexican centre-back and defensive midfielder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4764,"featured_media":625235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1691452800","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Edson alvarez","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"300","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,8426,8425,3,7188],"tags":[4969],"class_list":["post-626285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-ham","category-ajax","category-eredivisie","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-edson-alvarez"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}