West Ham entered the transfer window that needed reinforcements, particularly in attack, with Michail Antonio and Jarod Bowen on the sidelines.
However, the main change for Hammers this month has been on the bench with the dismissal of Julen Lopetegui, followed by the appointment of Graham Potter as a club chief coach.
The Hammers have been analyzing their summer transfer spending of £ 130 million led by technical director Tim Steidten, who has had a reduced role in January before his expected output of the club.
The co -owner David Sullivan has assumed a main role in the negotiations this month, while Potter has brought a new recruitment manager at Kyle Macaulay, with whom he worked in Chelsea and Brighton.
The recruitment team now only has limited time to strengthen the Potter team. Here, our West Ham James Sharpe expert answers five key questions that Hammers face before the window closes on February 3.
West Ham's head, Graham Potter, will wait for reinforcements in the attack before the deadline
Kyle Macaulay, on the right, has met with Potter and will serve as his recruitment leader
What business has West Ham did so far in January and will be happy with him?
None. Nothing incoming anyway. The only movement of the first team has been the loan of the Maxwel Cornet end in Southampton and he joined the Italian club Genoa in another loan until the end of the season.
Fans will not be happy with the lack of businesses, having been linked to all available forward's agents are eager for the roof, but I don't think Graham Potter is too worried, actually.
He feels that panic buying a striker just for the good is likely to do more damage than he resolves.
He is still familiar with his squad and what is important for him, as he continues to tell us, is to obtain the right player, who is the right and the right person, for the correct price.
Maxwel Cornet's Southampton loan ends so that Genoa is one
What do they need and have money to spend?
It is possible that Potter does not want any old striker, but he does need to reinforce his front line. Niclas Fullkrug is out for a while with an injury to the hamstring, Michail Antonio is still recovering after his car accident, Crysencio Summerville takes longer to recover from his injury to what was expected and Jarrod Bowen has left since December with a fractured foot.
Danny Inings is the only striker of Potter Fit, but the chief of the Hammers has preferred to start Lucas Packet or Mohammed Kudus as man of the improvised front. Pay is also a doubt of injuries for the trip to Chelsea the day of the deadline.
All messages from the top of the club at the beginning of the window was that West Ham needed to sell players before buying anyone, but, suddenly, he found almost £ 60 million in the back of the couch to offer for Jhon Duran.
As is the case with West Ham, they find the money somewhere.
Who do they go to?
About what Mail sport Understanding, is likely to be Brighton Evan Ferguson striker or nothing for West Ham.
The club and Potter are interested in move and negotiations rumble on whether it is a permanent agreement or a loan, either with an option or obligation to buy or nothing.
Potter knows Ferguson well, giving him his debut in Brighton, although the International of the Republic of Ireland has not played since December with an ankle injury.
The Hammers were interested in Ajax striker Brian Brobbey, but their sale price was too high and wanted effective in advance instead of a loan with the potential or a sale at the end of the season that West Ham would have preferred.
West Ham wants Evan Ferguson from Brighton, with ongoing conversations on a permanent agreement or loan
Who could leave?
If something encapsulates the SCATTERGUN Summer Transfer Strategy of West Ham, is the future of Brazilian end Luis Guilherme.
The 18 -year -old signed for £ 25.5 million in the summer, has not started a single Premier League game and could now leave half the price eight months later with Shakhtar Donetsk presenting an offer of £ 12 million.
The man responsible for taking him to the club, the technical director Tim Steidten, is finishing his departure from West Ham and has had access to club transfer data.
Luis Guilherme, a summer firm of £ 25.5 million, could leave West Ham for only half the price
Jarrod Bowen's return of a fractured foot will be a significant impulse for Hammers
What West Ham players have tried in January and could be “like a new signing” for the rest of the season?
He has not yet intensified since he has been injured since December, but Bowen's return will be monumental for Potter.
The captain of the Hammers has returned from a fractured foot earlier than expected and could appear in Stamford Bridge on Monday night.
The young left side Oliver Scarles has had a chance under Potter and impressed.
A word, also, for packet, who was winning the party to responsibility under Julen Lopetegui, but under Potter he has scored a couple of goals and has performed some excellent performances in unknown positions, although all the eyes remain in their audiences in March for his alleged role in a spots fixing scandal that saw him collect four suspicious yellow cards.