TBR View: West Ham should step up their reported interest in Joe Rodon

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West Ham go into the international break with serious positivity after back-to-back comprehensive Premier League wins over Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City, but there has been an ongoing frustration from fans about a lack of signings.

The Hammers did sign right-back Vladimir Coufal, who had an impressive debut against Leicester, but he was the only new addition alongside Tomas Soucek after his loan move was turned into a permanent one.

The window may have shut on Monday, but the domestic market remains open for a while longer and that gives the club a chance to sign players from the lower leagues.

It looked liked David Moyes’ side were set to sign Fikayo Tomori on loan from Chelsea yesterday, but that failed at the very last moment.

According to the Sun, a deal had been agreed for 22-year-old centre-back to join the Hammers on loan for the season, but with just 10 minutes left in the window he completed a U-turn by deciding he wanted to stay at Stamford Bridge to fight for his place.

It’s clear that West Ham could do with a centre-back addition to their squad to compete with current options Fabian Balbuena, Issa Diop and Angelo Ogbonna.

Despite missing out on Tomori, they should now turn their attention to a highly-rated ace in the Championship and push hard to sign him before the domestic market shuts.

Sky Sports reports that Tottenham are in talks to sign centre-back Joe Rodon from Championship side Swansea, but they are someway off his £18million price tag at present.

The report claims that West Ham have also shown interest in the 22-year-old, so now is the perfect reason for them to step up their pursuit and go all out to try sign him.

He is a senior Wales international that is calm playing out from the back and already such a mature defender, so it seems a no-brainer to try sign someone with so much potential.

One obstacle is the lack of money injected to the club on signings during this window, but perhaps some outgoings can still help raise funds.