{"id":249111,"date":"2025-07-08T22:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249111\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T22:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:16:11","slug":"tim-steidten-shares-what-niclas-fullkrug-told-him-and-how-much-west-ham-really-paid-dortmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249111\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Steidten shares what Niclas Fullkrug told him and how much West Ham really paid Dortmund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tim Steidten, the former West Ham United technical director, appears to be a man in self-preservation mode four months after his departure from the Premier League outfit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A man whose reputation plummeted from the literal sky-high heights of sharing a private jet with Mohammed Kudus to the bitter lows of an ill-fated 2024 summer transfer window.<\/p>\n

Tim Steidten pulled off a major coup convincing Kudus<\/a> to join West Ham United<\/a> alongside his former Ajax teammate, and the similarly coveted Edson Alvarez. <\/p>\n

One year later, however, the struggles of Luis Guilherme, Guido Rodriguez and Niclas Fullkrug<\/a> meant that the former Bayer Leverkusen chief would bid farewell to the London Stadium to as many \u2018good riddances\u2019 as heartfelt \u2018goodbyes\u2019.<\/p>\n

The jury remains out, meanwhile, on both Max Kilman and the injury-hit Crysencio Summerville. Not to mention Jean-Clair Todibo.<\/p>\n

Steidten came under fierce criticism for Fullkrug<\/a>, in particular. While prolific in Germany, the late-blooming targetman has looked ill at ease with the speed of English football. <\/p>\n

Speaking to Sky Germany<\/a> this week, however, a bullish Steidten is refusing to write off the deal which brought Fullkrug from Borussia Dortmund to the London Stadium.<\/p>\n

\"TimPhoto by Visionhaus\/Getty ImagesTim Steidten backs Niclas Fullkrug to come good at West Ham United<\/p>\n

As James Ward-Prowse backs Fullkrug to silence his critics<\/a> over the coming months, Steidten is confident too that a man with 14 goals in 24 Germany caps will come good in the end. <\/p>\n

The German also claims that, while many reports have focused on a total potential sum of \u00a327 million, West Ham actually paid an initial fee of \u00a319 million to take the former Werder Bremen talisman away from Signal Iduna Park.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe ended up paying 22 million euros with Dortmund, and I would do the same transfer again anytime,\u201d Steidten argues. \u201cDortmund said he was too expensive. For me, he was still too cheap! <\/p>\n

\u201cNiclas wasn\u2019t just the type of player I was looking for on the pitch, but also someone who could lead the team off it. I would have paid even more if it had been my own money!\u201d<\/p>\n

Fullkrug is determined to bounce back at West Ham<\/a>. Like Summerville, injuries restricted his involvement and limited his impact. A tally of three goals and two assists from six Premier League starts is a tantalising insight into what Fullkrug is capable of when fully fit, while the 32-year-old also impressed briefly in an Olivier Giroud-esque link-man role during the spring.<\/p>\n

\"NiclasPhoto by Rob Newell \u2013 CameraSport via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cNiclas is fit. I wrote to him a few days ago. Physically, he\u2019s in top shape,\u201d Steidten adds. \u201cI\u2019m sure he\u2019ll perform 100 percent in the Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fullkrug has already made his plans at West Ham clear <\/p>\n

The departures of Danny Ings, Michail Antonio and former Brighton loanee Evan Ferguson mean Fullkrug is Graham Potter\u2019s only senior centre-forward<\/a> at present. Once the Hammers finally succeed in bringing in a new number nine \u2013 and they surely will, despite various centre-forward targets slipping through the net already \u2013 Fullkrug should have fresh competition. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Though this is not something he is likely to shy away from.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t join a club at 32 to use it as a springboard,\u201d Fullkrug told Kicker<\/a> in the spring. \u201cI\u2019ve never had any intention of leaving West Ham, and that\u2019s not even on my mind right now because I\u2019m really enjoying this job at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find a challenge like this appealing. Moving to a club that isn\u2019t yet where you want to be.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Steidten, the former West Ham United technical director, appears to be a man in self-preservation mode four…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[4113,3019,94,20144,101,79,96252,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-249111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-borussia-dortmund","9":"tag-bundesliga","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-niclas-fullkrug","12":"tag-premier-league","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tim-steidten","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114819929849522042","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249111","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=249111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}