Another player has rejected the chance to join West Ham. Karim Adeyemi from Borussia Dortmund turned down the move despite being available for transfer.

It’s reported that the jet-heeled wonderkid is looking for European football, making the Hammers’ run in the second half of the season even more frustrating.

The reasons cited for rejecting a move to the London Stadium have been echoed by numerous players during the current transfer window. It now appears that performances in last season’s run-in against Burnley, Palace, and Fulham in particular have had a direct impact on the club’s ability to recruit players.

In many respects, West Ham missed the perfect opportunity to strengthen last January when the club was in the knockout rounds of the Europa League.

Unfortunately, at the time, there seemed to be a club-wide acceptance that we could just allow the season to fade away, let David Moyes depart on his own terms, and start afresh this campaign.

While West Ham were still mathematically capable of qualifying for Europe until near the end of the season, the writing was on the wall far earlier.

While no club has a given right to participate in European competition, the Hammers hierarchy missed the opportunity to qualify again by not strengthening sufficiently in the transfer window and allowing David Moyes to continue to oversee regular thrashings due to some perceived notion of decency and gratitude.

Just like Jean-Clair Todibo, Karim Adeyemi has let us know that it was a grave error.