West Ham United have seen many players sign to the east London club over the past few years under GSB’s ownership.
While not all of the deals that have been completed at the London Stadium can be described as being totally successful, one player that the Hammers certainly hit the jackpot with is defender Vladimir Coufal.
Signed towards the end of the 2020 summer transfer window in a deal worth a reported fee of £5.4m from Slavia Prague, the right-back has gone on to make 62 appearances for David Moyes’ side across all competitions, providing an impressive number of 11 assists along the way.
His debut season with the Hammers saw the Czech international play in 34 of their 38 league games and immediately show what he’s made of by racking up the joint-highest number of tackles per game (2.1) alongside his club and country teammate Tomas Soucek.
The defender’s overall performances in that campaign earned him a solid season rating of 6.95, making him their fifth-highest rated player according to WhoScored.
This backs up what Kevin Campbell had to say about the full-back, who is currently picking up a weekly wage of £27k-per-week according to Salary Sport, when he called him a “revelation” for the Hammers.
Even the club quickly recognised what a standout player they had on their hands by offering him a new deal just a year after he initially arrived.
Despite not being as prominent in the team as he was last season with just 19 league starts to his name, the 29-year-old has still shown how useful he can be for the team up and down the pitch by providing three assists and racking up 1.7 tackles per game.
In July 2020, shortly before he made the move to England, Transfermarkt rated Coufal’s market value listed at £1.8m, whereas it now stands at £10.8m, showing a massive increase of 500%, based on what he’s delivered for the east London club since his arrival.
Taking all of this into account, it’s safe to say out of all the moves that have taken place at West Ham under their current ownership, bringing Coufal to the London Stadium has been one of the more positive and successful ones.
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