A few weeks back, a West Ham source mentioned Gianluca Scamacca’s conduct in training wasn’t impressing his coaches. ‘He’s chucked it,’ claimed the contact.
There was no sugarcoating the situation, though at the time, Scamacca was still working his way back from a knee complaint and could be given the benefit of the doubt.
But since then, he has been an unused substitute in four Premier League games in a row, including Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Aston Villa which prompted boos at full time.
When Danny Ings was removed after 86 minutes, it wasn’t the only striker sitting on the bench that David Moyes turned to.