West Ham United have a new-look strike force in the form of Taty Castellanos and Pablo Felipe.
Both players arrived at West Ham United during a busy 2026 January transfer window and the duo have both become instant starters under Nuno Espirito Santo.
Callum Wilson, meanwhile, stayed at the club despite links with the likes of Celtic and Everton during an earlier stage of the window.
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Jarrod Bowen remains as reliable as ever in front of goal, while Crysencio Summerville has stepped up in recent weeks.
While the jury remains out on whether the two new signings can score the goals required to fire the Hammers to safety, Taty and Pablo have helped West Ham improve off the ball at least.
However, had January played out slightly differently, perhaps another forward in the shape of Eddie Nketiah could have been leading the line.
West Ham agreed £27m fee for Eddie Nketiah but injury stopped transfer from happening
That’s because, according to The Athletic, West Ham did actually agree a £27million fee with Crystal Palace over a move for Nketiah.
The 26-year-old has scored two goals this season and could well have made the move to east London from Selhurst Park, it seems.
However, an injury the former Arsenal youngster sustained in January has ruled him out of several games now and the report suggests that it was enough to see his move to West Ham break down.
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Credit: Getty Images/Warren Little Eddie Nketiah’s little-known England U21 scoring record
Nketiah has been linked with a move to West Ham before, though quite why they wanted to pay such big money for him is unclear.
The striker’s move to Palace from Arsenal has not worked out and little he has done there would suggest he’d walk into this Hammers side and instantly improve them.
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That’s not to say Nketiah is not a good striker, of course. This has been a reasonably rough period in his career but he is an England international after all.
Interestingly, a perhaps little-known achievement in his career is that Nketiah is in fact the record goalscorer for England at U21 level, having bagged 14 goals for them.
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