{"id":400055,"date":"2026-01-08T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/400055\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:15:08","slug":"im-not-a-scout-manager-fuming-about-west-ham-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/400055\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI&#8217;m not a scout\u201d &#8211; Manager fuming about West Ham agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taty Castellanos made his debut for West Ham in their loss to Nottingham Forest earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>This came just a day after he was announced as a new signing, with Lazio earning about \u20ac30m from the sale. They\u2019ve signed RB Salzburg\u2019s Petar Ratkov as replacement, with the striking joining for \u20ac13m.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all this, not everyone at the Italian side is happy. Even if it helps them emerge from a difficult financial situation, Maurizio Sarri has again taken a shot at the dealings.<\/p>\n<p>He sent a dig a few days ago, saying Lazio <a href=\"https:\/\/sportwitness.co.uk\/we-couldve-been-ready-manager-sends-dig-to-club-after-player-sold-to-west-ham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">could have been better prepared.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the 2-2 draw against Fiorentina, Sarri made it clear he doesn\u2019t really know who the new arrival is.<\/p>\n<p>He said \u2013 relayed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calciomercato.it\/2026\/01\/08\/sarri-rivela-il-colloquio-con-raspadori-ratkov-non-lo-conosco-cataldi-netto-sugli-arbitri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calciomercato IT<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m not a scout, I don\u2019t follow the Austrian league, he\u2019s a player I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll see, he\u2019ll definitely be a good player, and if the club signed him, they must have had their reasons. It wasn\u2019t a criticism, it\u2019s literal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no time to watch a hundred leagues, that\u2019s what scouts and scouts are for. I was at Chelsea, and there were more than 30.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West Ham will hope Sarri\u2019s anger is justified<\/p>\n<p>The media specifically questioned Sarri on the departures of Castellanos to West Ham and Guendouzi to Fenerbah\u00e7e.<\/p>\n<p>He responded: \u201cThey were very important players for us. We\u2019re moving into a high-level environment. If wage offers come in that we can\u2019t match or even come close to, it\u2019s clear the player will leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is perhaps indicative that West Ham wages were a big reason behind Castellanos\u2019 move.<\/p>\n<p>Lazio aren\u2019t known for paying massive salaries and they don\u2019t always spend big. They\u2019re more synonymous with signing lesser-known talents and bringing most out of them. Ratkov is a classic example of that.<\/p>\n<p>That is, unfortunately, the scenario Sarri finds himself in. He can be annoyed about it but considering the club\u2019s financial scenario, they can\u2019t be spending over the top at this point.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham will now hope the 27-year-old can show why Sarri is so annoyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taty Castellanos made his debut for West Ham in their loss to Nottingham Forest earlier this week. This&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,212842,85,212843,66279],"class_list":{"0":"post-400055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-lazio","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-taty-castellanos","14":"tag-west-ham"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}