{"id":390744,"date":"2026-01-06T08:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/390744\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:12:12","slug":"mls-cup-winner-castellanos-leaves-lazio-for-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/390744\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS Cup-winner Castellanos leaves Lazio for West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON — West Ham United<\/a> signed Lazio<\/a> striker Valent\u00edn “Taty” Castellanos<\/a> on Monday in a move credited to under pressure coach Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo.<\/p>\n

In a potential sign of support for Nuno, the statement announcing Castellanos said he had been “identified as a key target” by the West Ham coach.<\/p>\n

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In an interview on the club website, Castellanos was also asked about Nuno wanting him in the squad and was quoted as saying: “The guys have welcomed me really well, the coach and all.”<\/p>\n

Nuno has only been in charge since September and there had been speculation about his future following Saturday’s 3-0 loss to previously winless Wolverhampton, which left the team 18th in the Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following the loss to Wolves, Nuno called it the worst result of his career<\/a>, adding that he and his team had been embarrassed.<\/p>\n

West Ham next plays Nottingham Forest<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Castellanos joins on a four-and-a-half-year contract with an option for a further year, West Ham said, without confirming the transfer fee.<\/p>\n

Castellanos has scored twice in 12 games for Lazio this season after a hamstring injury interrupted his campaign. He’s played twice for Argentina<\/a> and also won the MLS Cup with New York City FC<\/a> in MLS, scoring in all three of his playoff appearances for the team, including the first goal in the final.<\/p>\n

He joined Lazio in 2023 and leaves with 22 goals from 98 games.<\/p>\n

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON — West Ham United signed Lazio striker Valent\u00edn “Taty” Castellanos on Monday in a move credited to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-390744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}