{"id":184502,"date":"2025-06-14T19:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T19:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184502\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T19:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T19:20:19","slug":"sheffield-uniteds-sydie-peck-told-what-he-must-tell-west-ham-as-hammers-links-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184502\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United’s Sydie Peck told what he must tell West Ham as Hammers links emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With West Ham chairman David Sullivan harbouring doubts as to the kind of value which can really be found in the Championship market, fans of Norwich City and Sheffield United can maybe sleep a little easier.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hammers News <\/strong>have been informed that, following Flynn Downes\u2019 disappointing stay at the London Stadium and with Crysencio Summerville yet to justify his \u00a330 million price-tag, Sullivan has reservations about West Ham<\/a> delving below the Premier League in pursuit of further EFL additions.<\/p>\n

So, while it is understood that Norwich City duo Borja Sainz and Josh Sargent do have admirers at the London Stadium, a potential \u00a335 million double deal for the Carrow Road pair feels pretty unlikely.<\/p>\n

Director Ben Knapper admits Norwich cannot rule out selling Sainz or Sargent<\/a> this summer. Between them, the two yellow-and-green clad forwards scored 33 Championship goals last term to catch the eye of the likes of Porto, Napoli and Roma.<\/p>\n

But, as West Ham pursue Emanuel Emegha and Baris Alper Yilmaz<\/a> of Strasbourg and Galatasaray, any new forwards arriving over the summer appear destined to instead come from further afield.<\/p>\n

Sullivan\u2019s singed Football League fingers have not stopped speculation emerging regarding a potential swoop for Sheffield United midfielder Sydie Peck, however. <\/p>\n

EFL pundit Don Goodman has reservations of his own, meanwhile, about a deal that would take the Enfield-born Arsenal academy graduate back to the English capital.<\/p>\n

\"SydiePhoto by Marc Atkins\/Getty ImagesDon Goodman shares Sydie Peck to West Ham United doubts <\/p>\n

Still only 20, Peck emerged as the beating heart of the Blades\u2019 midfield last term. He started 35 Championship matches and appeared in all-but one as Chris Wilder\u2019s side finished third in a three-horse pursuit for automatic promotion. <\/p>\n

Despite Sullivan\u2019s wariness, The Guardian<\/a> reports that West Ham have scouted Sunderland sensation Chris Rigg<\/a> and Middlesbrough dynamo Hayden Hackney alongside England Under-20 international Peck.<\/p>\n

But, while there is certainly room in Graham Potter\u2019s midfield for a new signing to immediately establish himself as a starting option, Goodman feels that a departure from Bramall Lane could come too early in Peck\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he went to West Ham, he probably wouldn\u2019t be getting the same amount of game time that he would if he stayed at Sheffield United,\u201d Goodman argues, in conversation with Football League World<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I think for his development I\u2019d think about maybe staying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sheffield United suffered play-off heartbreak yet again in May, losing at Wembley thanks to Tommy Watson\u2019s stoppage time Sunderland winner.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you were Sheffield United, I should imagine you\u2019re now beyond desperate to get back to the Premier League after what happened in the play-off final last season,\u201d adds Goodman, formerly of Nottingham Forest, West Brom and Southampton.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, with that in mind, you would imagine you\u2019d want to keep all your best players. [With Peck, it will be] interesting to see what happens there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Club Brugge ace Raphael Onyedika is West Ham\u2019s first pick<\/p>\n

In an interview with The Star<\/a> this week, Peck credited Sheffield United with helping him make the step up to Championship level on the back of a loan spell in non-league with Oldham Athletic.<\/p>\n

A tenacious operator who racked up seven yellow cards in 2024\/25, Blades boss Chris Wilder raved about Peck\u2019s \u2018outstanding\u2019 displays. He also credits the youngster with providing a \u2018calmness and an assurance\u2019 in the middle of the park despite his obvious lack of first-team experience.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Hammers News <\/strong>understands that the midfielder at the top of West Ham\u2019s summer wishlist is not Peck, however, but Raphael Onyedika<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Club Brugge enforcer Onyedika was identified by Kyle Macauley<\/a> \u2013 the Hammers\u2019 head of recruitment \u2013 as a potential \u00a320 million addition capable of adding physicality and athleticism in the place of the exit-linked Tomas Soucek.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With West Ham chairman David Sullivan harbouring doubts as to the kind of value which can really be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,9030,38014,393,4884,101,1620,4239,75658,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-184502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-championship","10":"tag-david-sullivan","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-sheffield","15":"tag-sheffield-united","16":"tag-sydie-peck","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114683342081739418","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}