Tim Steidten has spoken out and says his signing Edson Alvarez is now West Ham’s key player – an opinion shared by many fans. When West Ham signed Kalvin Phillips on loan from Man City last month, many believed it would be bad news for Tomas Soucek or James Ward-Prowse. And that tells you everything you need to know about how highly regarded Edson Alvarez is in east London. Last week The Mirror journalist James Nursey made a baffling claim that he had been told David Moyes has signed Phillips to start ahead of El Machin in the Hammers midfield. Hammers News called out that claim for what it wa…