Riding to the rescue: Gianluca Scamacca celebrates an important goal for West Ham at Leeds
(Picture: Getty Images)When David Moyes laid out the best part of £80million to sign Gianluca Scamacca and Lucas Paqueta in the summer, it was with a view to delivering the firepower that could take West Ham to the next level, following back-to-back top-seven finishes.
The pair were hailed as statement signings and significant displays of faith in Moyes: Italy’s No9, the marquee centre-forward addition that West Ham had been searching 18 months for, and Brazil’s playmaker, a club-record fee paid for a player the Hammers thought was out of reach and destined for bigger things until late in the transfer window.
