Yunus Musah: The American Midfielder Eyed by West Ham to Replace Declan Rice

This Wednesday it was announced that Yunus Musahmidfielder for the United States National Team, is one of the options contemplated by the West Ham to make up for the loss of Declan Rice, after the England midfielder will leave the team for the 2023-24 season. With this, a new American player could reach the Premier League.

According to information from CBS Sports, The Hammers group has already asked Valencia about its situation and the Mestalla institution would be willing to sell it for the following season. All this, taking into account that after the World Cup in Qatar 2022, rumors of interest in Musah also arose from the English league, but it was mentioned that he would not leave until the end of the season.

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Right now, The 20-year-old soccer player is concentrated with the USMNT to play the Concacaf Nations League semifinal against Mexico, this Thursday, June 15, but after these Nations League games he will have plenty of time in the summer to take a new destination in his career. After having formed part of the Arsenal academy, Musah would have the possibility of returning to London with those of the Olympic Stadium.

It should be noted that throughout his life, the person born in New York has had great experiences of changing countries, so this would not represent a big problem and he could adapt quickly. In addition, His style of play could be more similar to the one he plays in the Premier League in relation to the one he has in La Liga Santander and his route in ‘box to box’ mode would be of great help to West Ham.

Different challenges in England

Despite the fact that in the 2022-23 campaign they were fighting not to be relegated to the Smartbank League in Spain, and that the Hammers had a difficult season in the English top flight, next football year he would have the option of debuting in European competitions, since West Ham won the UEFA Conference League and they will play the UEFA Europa League 2023-24.