Liverpool garage sale: West Ham snap up Carroll and Downing in decent window

West Ham

In:
Adrian - Real Betis – Free
Andy Carroll - Liverpool - £15m (reported)
Razvan Rat - Shakhtar Donetsk – Free
Danny Whitehead - Stockport County – Undisclosed
Stewart Downing - Liverpool - £5million

Out: 
Gary O’Neil - QPR – Free
Carlton Cole – Released

Another decent window for Fat Sam Allardyce, as he added Liverpool’s Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing as well as Shakhtar Dontetsk’s Razvan Rat to his already impressive squad. West Ham are not a bad team and have started the season with 4 points from three matches. They will be looking to secure another mid table position this season after a 10^th place finish last term. Their singings add depth as well as fire power in the case of Carroll and if they can get him firing then he could be a good source of goals for the Hammers this season. A mid table finish seems the prognosis after a decent but not electrifying window from West Ham.

Grade: C-

A solid window but nothing special. Downing and Carroll can be very useful if utilised correctly.

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