West Ham managed to clear out plenty of deadwood during the summer transfer window. Tim Steidten – Director of Football at the London Stadium – found new homes for the likes of Thilo Kehrer, Said Benrahma, Flynn Downes and Nathan Trott, while also bringing ten players to east London too. However, there was one fringe player at West Ham who Julen Lopetegui actually prevented from departing the London Stadium, after being left impressed in pre-season… Julen Lopetegui wanted to keep Andy Irving at West HamA story from La Ola 1 in Austria now claims that Andy Irving was blocked from leaving West H…
