Decrying the appointment of a director of football, West Ham’s board stagger from one transfer window to another, one crisis to the next and one dodgy managerial appointment after another seemingly without a plan or a strategy. In any other business it’d be a recipe for disaster.

The treatment of Europa Conference League medalist and Hammers veteran of 180 appearances Vladi Coufal sums up everything that is wrong at the football club.

Speaking to talksport, Coufal lifted the lid on the internal workings at board room and management level, showing clearly that he’s still smarting from being shown the exit door by Graham Potter in such an unceremonious manner along with team mates Aaron Cresswell, Lucas Fabianski and Michail Antonio who all left the club at the same time.

“Ex-West Ham star still baffled by ‘weird decision’ to block Premier League transfer”

Is the TALKsport headline, in which Coufal confirms that West Ham blocked his transfer across London to Fulham – refusing the opportunity to get millions in transfer fees – yet just six months later released him for nothing:

“In January last year, the full-back, a £5.4million signing from Slavia Prague, was the subject of several deadline day...