According to a report from Football Insider, West Ham boss David Moyes now wants to try and offload Carlos Sanchez this month, having been keen not to sell anyone earlier on in the window.

The 33-year-old joined the Hammers from Fiorentina in the summer of 2018, for a fee believed to be worth £3.9 million (Viola Nation).

He has been nothing short of an unmitigated disaster for West Ham, however.

Sanchez has made just 17 appearances for the Hammers, failing to rack up either a goal or an assist.

The Colombian also failed to impress during his time in England previously with Aston Villa.

Moving Sanchez on is the right call

In 61 combined Premier League appearances for Villa and West Ham, the defensive midfielder boasts a poor tackle success rate of just 68%, and has only won just over half of his 526 duals (premierleague.com). Sanchez has also made just 86 clearances and 73 interceptions in those games – very average numbers for a defensive midfielder.

The 33-year-old is out of contract with West Ham in the summer, but Football Insider claims that David Moyes wants to sell him now.

Football Insider claims that the 56-year-old originally didn’t want to sell any of his first-team players. He has now changed his mind, however, and is willing to sanction Sanchez’s exit, if the club can find a buyer for the South American.

The midfielder could be available for just £1 million this month, according to Football Insider.

If the Hammers do get that kind of money for Sanchez, it will be an absolute miracle.

Every single West Ham fan would surely be delighted to see the back of the former Villa man. Even if his contract was just terminated.

Sanchez isn’t fit to wear the Hammers shirt. And the sooner he leaves the club, the better. That sounds harsh. But West Ham cannot afford to have a player as poor as the Colombian taking up space in their squad.