West Ham United head coach Julen Lopetegui failed to strengthen his left-back ranks at the London Stadium in the summer. That came as somewhat of a surprise to me, with West Ham star Emerson Palmieri lacking any kind of quality competition and cover. Julen Lopetegui had plenty of cash to spend this summer, but chose to prioritise strengthening other departments of his squad. The Spaniard does have Aaron Cresswell in reserve of course, but he should be nowhere near a Premier League starting XI in my opinion – we should have got rid of him two years ago. I had initially thought that Lopetegui ma…
