{"id":502406,"date":"2026-02-25T04:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502406\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T04:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:38:10","slug":"west-ham-are-rueing-david-moyes-call-after-new-gianluca-scamacca-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502406\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham are rueing David Moyes call after new Gianluca Scamacca claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Everyone knows West Ham and strikers mix like oil and water at the best of times but the Hammers will be cursing David Moyes after a galling new Gianluca Scamacca claim.<\/p>\n

Did West Ham<\/a> \u2013 and more specifically David Moyes<\/a> \u2013 give up on Gianluca Scamacca<\/a> far too soon?<\/p>\n

That has been the divisive question that raises its intriguing head almost every time anything of significance happens regarding the 6ft 5in tattooed Italian striker.<\/p>\n

Now it looks like the big Scamacca question may have been definitively answered once and for all, much to the chagrin of West Ham\u2019s owners<\/a> and fans.<\/p>\n

West Ham \u2018flop\u2019 Scamacca so good he could bag Premier League return claims expert<\/p>\n

Now a new claim about Scamacca will have West Ham rueing former manager Moyes calling time on the Atalanta forward after just one season.<\/p>\n

Fans were divided when\u00a0the Hammers\u00a0sold Scamacca to Atalanta for a \u00a33m loss after signing him for \u00a330m just 12 months before.<\/p>\n

What do you make of Scamacca\u2019s remarkable goal? <\/p>\n

West Ham made a terrible mistake by selling him after one season\u2026<\/p>\n

Moyes took a lot of stick over his handling of the former Sassuolo star, who became the latest in a long line of forwards to struggle \u2013 for one reason or another \u2013 after joining West Ham.<\/p>\n

Tall, powerful and with a shot like a traction engine, Scamacca seemed to have everything you would want in a modern Premier League<\/a> striker.<\/p>\n

\"GianlucaPhoto by Paul Harding\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

But Hammers fans viewed the fact things didn\u2019t work out as further damning evidence of the \u2018West Ham striker curse\u2019.<\/p>\n

There has been plenty more evidence where that came from since with the likes of Niclas Fullkrug and Evan Ferguson proof it is more than just a conspiracy theory.<\/p>\n

Moyes looked to have been vindicated over his decision to ship Scamacca back to Serie A.<\/p>\n

Because a couple of months into the return to his homeland, then manager\u00a0Gian Piero Gasperini publicly slammed Scamacca<\/a> suggesting he was lazy and had to work harder for the team.<\/p>\n

Scamacca has since opened up on feelings of depression<\/a> and was ruled out for almost a year with serious knee injuries.<\/p>\n

Moyes gave up on Scamacca too soon at West Ham and would kill for him at Everton<\/p>\n

The former Hammer has scored nine goals and laid on three assists in just 17 starts since his return to action, though.<\/p>\n

It is that form and his all-round game which are attracting admiring glances from the Premier League again and may soon haunt West Ham \u2013 and have the Hammers board and supporters cursing Moyes.<\/p>\n

West Ham\u2019s record when it comes to BIG MONEY signings isn\u2019t great \ud83d\udcb8 <\/p>\n

Who will be the player to break the curse?<\/p>\n

\"West <\/p>\n

According to European football expert Andy Brassell, a shortage of forwards of Scamacca\u2019s ilk is making the Hammers flop a potential target for a surprise return to England.<\/p>\n

Brassell says Scamacca is looking more dangerous and effective than ever.<\/p>\n

And he believes it could persuade other Premier League clubs to look past his difficult spell with West Ham and move for him in the summer.<\/p>\n

\"GianlucaPhoto by Gabriel Calvino Alonso\/BSR Agency\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what? If he hadn\u2019t failed at West Ham already, people would be looking at Gianluca Scamacca and the way he\u2019s played over the last couple of months and thinking, \u2018Yeah, some Premier League club is going to pick him up\u2019,\u201d Brassell told talkSPORT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people would judge him less harshly if he hadn\u2019t picked up that ACL injury relatively soon after going to Atalanta because that made him sort of leave West Ham and then sort of fade from view.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the way he\u2019s played since he\u2019s come back the way he\u2019s played in the first half of this season he\u2019s been really good. He\u2019s looked dangerous.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything he does in the game in terms of fighting defenders in terms of holding the ball up I look at him and I\u2019m like if you didn\u2019t know he\u2019d been at West Ham and you just didn\u2019t know who he was; if he was just some random player you\u2019d think yeah this guy would do a great job in the Premier League if you had no idea of the history at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if it wasn\u2019t for his age and injury history and the fact that he\u2019d fallen at least partly flat on his face in the Premier League, people would be looking at him in an entirely different way.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scamacca certainly is a problem for West Ham \u2013 one they may live to regret for years to come.<\/p>\n

And ironically Moyes would probably kill for a striker like Scamacca at Everton right now.<\/p>\n

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