Kevin Campbell is concerned that Gianluca Scamacca may leave West Ham United only months after signing for them.
Scamacca has struggled to settle in east London since his arrival that so far has only produced six goals in 21 games across all competitions (via Transfermarkt).
A recent report (via ArenaNapoli) from Italy revealed Serie A leaders Napoli’s interest in the 23-year-old should there become an availability in the squad despite him only arriving from Torino in July.
Scamacca has scored double the amount of goals in Europe as he has domestically this season, showing his yet inability to truly adapt, which has led Campbell to share with Transfer Insider his thoughts on a shock exit amid the concerns surrounding Declan Rice’s future:
“Listen, I think he’s done alright. The results haven’t been great for West Ham – but he’s learning a new league and he’s been a difference-maker at times.
“But I’m not surprised to see clubs in Serie A looking at him. He’s an international, did well in Italy last season. He’s not fully integrated into that West Ham system yet, and he has looked a bit isolated at times.
“If the likes of Napoli test the water, come in with a bid – you just never know. It could always happen,” Campbell said.
TIF Thoughts on Campbell’s comments…
Scamacca definitely looked more comfortable in Italy last year where after only two goals in the first 12 games, he soon turned a corner and consistently found the net, ending the season with 16 Serie A goals.
David Moyes will be hoping he can click into gear as the season progresses once again as he will inevitably have concerns that his big-money signing brought in to reduce the burden on Jarrod Bowen and Michail Antonio for goals is potentially open to leaving already.
Despite this, Scamacca is West Ham’s joint-top scorer so far this season, which goes more to show how much they’ve struggled to find goals compared to the striker’s success, with their 12 league goals the fourth lowest in the top flight.
West Ham must back him and keep him until at least the end of the season to give him every chance to find his feet, at only 23-years-old he’s nowhere near the finished article that should be ignored.
Campbell hears, like everybody else, that Napoli could be interested in Scamacca, and says a move could happen. His (hardly profound) thought then gets written up as though it’s a really valuable insight. It’s speculative BS. I say Scamacca won’t be going anywhere, is happy in London and is keen to prove himself in the Premier League. Now write that up as a serious insight – it’s a more considered view than Campbell’s and equally worthy of dissemination. Or are journeyman ex-footballers the only people worth listening to?