Edson Álvarez's West Ham suffered a humiliating defeat on their visit to Chelsea

West Ham Edson Alvarez He emerged humiliated from his visit to Stamford Bridge where Chelsea achieved a resounding 5-0 victory that allows the Blues to remain excited about accessing European competition positions for next season.

The team of the Mexican midfielder, who has been the protagonist of rumors about a possible departure from the club for the next campaign, was clearly surpassed by the troop led by the Argentine Mauricio Pochettino who had Nicolas Jackson as his great offensive figure.

The Senegalese striker excelled by scoring a pair of goals (m.48 and m.80) and also provided the assists for the first goal of the match scored by the English sensation Cole Palmer (m.15). Chelsea’s other goals came courtesy of Conor Gallagher (m.30) and Tristan Madueke (m.36).

With the match practically decided after the first half hour of play, the West Ham coach chose to rest Edson Álvarez, who came out in the starting eleven but ended up being replaced after the first 45 minutes to give entry to James Ward. Prowse.

“Machín” is one of the fundamental pieces in West Ham’s starting eleven and in recent days there has been speculation about the possibility of him leaving for another team. According to England Football Insider, one of the interested parties would be Chelsea..

In that same report from the English media there is also talk that the 26-year-old Mexican midfielder could end up in the German Bundesliga where Borussia Dortmund would be a strong candidate to take over the services of the player trained in the Águilas del América in Aztec soccer. .

The one who does seem to have everything ready to leave West Ham at the end of this season is the coach David Moyes, who according to the specialist in the European transfer market, Fabrizio Romano, has already reached an agreement to terminate his contract. .

The decision would have been made even before this Sunday’s match against Chelsea, taking into account the season that West Ham is having, which fell short of its objective of securing a ticket to European competitions next season.

Edson Álvarez’s team is in ninth place in the Premier League standings with a record of 13 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses for a total of 49 points, 11 points behind Tottenham, who occupies fifth place in the table. gives access to the next edition of the Europa League.

West Ham competed in that competition this season, being eliminated in the quarterfinals at the hands of the inspired Bayer Leverkusen of Spanish coach Xabi Alonso.

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