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RIGHT-BACK
This season, Behrami, Neill, and Spector have been used in this position.
Behrami has performed well, but to me, his best position is right-wing, as he does not have the defensive awareness necessary to be a good right-back.
Lucas Neill, as mentioned above, is a fine player, but his contract runs out, and might not be there much longer.
Jonathan Spector is a decent player, but is not first-team material for a team that is chasing European football.
As such, a right-back is someone West Ham should be looking to sign.
In my opinion, the ideal right-back for West Ham is Gianni Zuiverloon. An explosive player with exhilarating pace, Zuiverloon seems tailor-made for West Ham's brand of slick, attacking football.
Valon Behrami did well at right-back, mainly because of his explosive pace, which also helped to cover some of his defensive deficiencies. With the signing of Zuiverloon, it will be like putting Behrami at right-back, except this time, the defending is better. An added advantage of this move would be the freeing up of Valon Behrami to play in his favoured wing position.
Unlike Newcastle and Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion probably do not need to sell all of their players, but they will struggle to hang on to Zuiverloon should an offer from West Ham come in.
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