West Ham are looking to appoint a new head of recruitment — someone who can help convince transfer targets to move to the London Stadium.

Yes, you did read that correctly. The Hammers are indeed searching for yet another head of department, just one month after sacking Kyle Macaulay.

As you may remember, Macaulay was brought in nine months ago from Chelsea for a compensation package of £1 million. The head of recruitment replaced former director of football Tim Steidten, who had been dismissed just two weeks before the arrival of Graham Potter’s right-hand man.

At the time, Claret & Hugh asked a top club source whether West Ham would look to recruit anyone else to oversee transfers and were told:

“No, we’re fine. Why rock the boat? It’s a very happy ship.”

Macaulay is set to be replaced by West Ham

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