‘Challenge I’m excited for’ – West Ham star on 2024/25 Premier League opportunity
Andy Irving, a West Ham loan star, is eager to start playing in the Premier League as soon as his time with SK Austria Klagenfurt expires this summer.
Before moving to Turkgucu Munchen in the Bundesliga, the 23-year-old started his career with Hearts in the Scottish Premiership. After a year of financial troubles for the German team, the midfield player moved to Austria. Irving was the first player signed by Klagenfurt as an affiliate club after West Ham appointed Tim Steidten as their technical director in the summer of 2023. Irving was loaned back to the Austrian Bundesliga for the duration of the contract.
He did, however, recently express his delight at the idea of making an impact in Stratford in an interview with LondonWorld’s sister website, Edinburgh Evening News, and dates for his London Stadium comeback have already been established.
The former Jaguars player commented on his move to the Irons, saying: “My agents informed me of the possibility roughly ten days prior to the window closing [last August].” Obviously, every child dreams about having games to focus on, but it was a lot to take in. Both my family and I were excited,” he recall.
“My journey to London was a little chaotic. The flight to Brussels and the subsequent drive to London with my agent weren’t the easiest because it was during the period when the UK control towers were down, but it was totally worth it. I am confident that I can go to West Ham and perform well. I’m really looking forward to this challenge. I know what level I’m going to play at, and it’s up to me to demonstrate my ability to do so.
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Even though West Ham women’s manager Rehanne Skinner stated she was still satisfied of her players’ performance, there were undoubtedly positives to take away from their 2-0 loss to Chelsea on Sunday afternoon at home.
The Hammers had plenty of chances to steal at least a point, but Chelsea’s goals from Erin Cuthbert and Aggie Beever Jones secured all three points for Emma Hayes’ team and propelled them back to the top of the WSL table.
The fact that Honoka Hayashi’s equaliser in the first half was incorrectly given an offside call gives Rehanne Skinner’s team every reason to feel badly done by. The Hammers may undoubtedly draw encouragement from their performance on Sunday given their victories at home against Manchester United and Arsenal.
Manager Rehanne Skinner noted the sure topic of conversation following the game in an interview with the team’s official website: “The obvious thing that people are going to talk about is Honoka Hayashi’s goal, which was disallowed.” In a million years, it is never offside. “We were on the end of two goals last week that shouldn’t have stood, the one against Tottenham and the one today that puts us in at halftime at 1-1,” the speaker continued. I know that it won’t affect the game’s conclusion, but the frequency of bad choices is still unacceptable.
Even though she was disappointed that the goal was not allowed, Skinner felt as though there were
