{"id":400207,"date":"2025-09-05T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/400207\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:36:11","slug":"gabby-agbonlahor-says-west-ham-have-a-27m-player-who-simply-cant-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/400207\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabby Agbonlahor says West Ham have a \u00a327m player who simply can\u2019t run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>West Ham United have had a difficult start to this new Premier League season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Hammers beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 last time out, but before that, they had slumped to two miserable defeats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/how-west-ham-feel-about-potter-after-fernandes-agreement-60m-double-swoop-imminent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graham Potter is under some pressure<\/a> at the moment, and a lot of the London club\u2019s recent decisions have been called into question.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btbf-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BeyondTheBackFour?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on TalkSPORT, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/gabriel-agbonlahor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gabriel Agbonlahor<\/a> has been dissecting some of the issues at <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/west-ham-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Ham<\/a> right now, and he\u2019s picked out <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/niclas-fullkrug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niclas Fullkrug<\/a> as a player who simply isn\u2019t good enough.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"611\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2168129360-1024x611.jpg\" alt=\"West Ham United v AFC Bournemouth - Carabao Cup Second Round\" class=\"wp-image-865693\" \/>Photo by Rob Newell \u2013 CameraSport via Getty ImagesGabriel Agbonlahor slams Niclas Fullkrug<\/p>\n<p>Agbonlahor spoke about Fullkrug and his impact since joining West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>The German signed for the Hammers last summer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/crglg4xj499o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a327m<\/a>, but he hasn\u2019t quite hit the heights expected of him.<\/p>\n<p>Agbonlahor was brutal in his summary of the striker, claiming that he can\u2019t even get around the pitch properly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/people-at-west-ham-are-starting-to-think-27m-player-might-finally-come-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fullkrug had supposedly impressed in pre-season<\/a>, but that hasn\u2019t translated so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, they signed Niclas Fullkrug for near \u00a330m,\u201d Agbonlahor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, he runs like he\u2019s like got no hips. He can\u2019t get around the pitch honestly. Like, what a bad signing. Yes, he did well at the Euros. But he\u2019s not a good enough player for me. So, that was a strange signing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Niclas Fullkrug\u2019s stats for West Ham<\/p>\n<p>Agbonlahor was very critical of the Fullkrug signing, and it\u2019s easy to understand why.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the German really hasn\u2019t adapted to the Premier League, and at the age of 31, he\u2019s unlikely to get much better.<\/p>\n<p>His stats for West Ham make for grim reading, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td\/>\n<td>Niclas Fullkrug\u2019s stats for West Ham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Games<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assists<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>West Ham have struggled for such a long time to get a reliable striker, from Sebastien Haller to Gianluca Scamacca all the way to Fullkrug, and that\u2019s something that does need addressing at some point.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham aren\u2019t in a great situation at the moment, and Fullkrug is a bit of a problem player, it has to be said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Ham United have had a difficult start to this new Premier League season. 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