Andy Irving signed up with West Ham from SK Austria Klagenfurt on transfer due date day back in the summertime of 2023.

However, he is still yet to play a competitive minute for the first-team, although he did reveal peeks of his quality throughout pre-season.

It was an actually odd finalizing by David Moyes at the time. The reality that he’s still at the club though shows that he might have something about him right?

It looks like though that remains in reality the case.

Jaw-dropping Andy Irving claim will leave West Ham fans shocked

It was a big shock when Irving joined us in the summertime of 2023.

However, it was possibly an even larger surprise when he stayed at the London Stadium.

After he was related to Celtic, it was recommended that he wished to stay with West Ham to combat for his location.

It now appears like that in fact might not have actually held true though.

According to The Athletic, it was in fact Lopetegui and Steidten who wished to keep him:

“Andy Irving had interest from Celtic, St Pauli and Sturm Graz in the week leading up to due date day. But Steidten and Lopetegui wished to keep Irving for team depth and the 24-year-old midfielder chose to remain.“

Now, I’m not rather sure I comprehend this. Why did we require more depth in main midfield – a location where we’re extremely well-stocked as it is?

Irving is currently behind Edson Alvarez, Guido Rodriguez, Tomas Soucek, Lucas Paqueta and Carlos Soler in the main midfield chain of command.

The Hammers would need to experience an extreme injury crisis for the Scot to even be thought about for game-time.

Andy Irving’s West Ham dream still alive

Last season, the 24-year-old midfielder recommended that it was his dream to bet West Ham in the Premier League.

That appeared a little far brought at the time, however Lopetegui provided the Scot lots of opportunities to shine throughout the friendly video games this summertime.

James Ward-Prowse just recently confessed that he has actually been actually impressed by Irving throughout pre-season.

He in fact looked good sometimes, and even scored a marvel objective throughout our win away at Dagenham back in July.

However, if we’re all being sincere here, he’s a long method off of the levels needed to play Premier League football.

I am extremely shocked that Andy Irving stayed at West Ham beyond completion of the summertime transfer window.

A return to Scotland or possibly to his previous club in Austria undoubtedly beckons for the 24-year-old eventually in the future. He isn’t sufficient to be at West Ham.

I actually hope he shows me incorrect however I simply can’t see it. The reality he’s still a Hammers gamer is a huge surprise certainly.

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