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Niclas Fullkrug is a throwback to the old style striker, a 6ft 2in German together with his broad shoulders and lacking entrance tooth – and simply what West Ham have to take them ahead.
The 32-year-old has twice come off the bench to offer Graham Potter’s facet the focus in assault they’ve lengthy missed.
Fullkrug suffered a hamstring harm quarter-hour into Potter’s first recreation in January and since then the brand new boss has mixed-and-matched varied mixtures of Lucas Paqueta, Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen, none of them strikers, to steer the road.
The £27million summer season signing from Borussia Dortmund has solely simply returned, coming off the bench towards Wolves after which Bournemouth on Saturday and each occasions he modified the sport.
In opposition to Wolves he arrange Tomas Soucek for a terrific late probability to grab a degree and hit the bar with a good header. Then, simply seven minutes after approaching towards Bournemouth, scored a bullet header from a James Ward-Prowse nook.
‘In the event you watch a few of my profession objectives, you will note extra headers like that,’ mentioned Fullkrug. ‘That’s one in every of my strengths. With the crosses from Prowsey, it’s simpler.’
Fullkrug has stepped up for West Ham these days, scoring in two of his final three league video games
The German striker could also be hitting his stride after what has been an injury-riddled debut season on the London Stadium
Fullkrug and Danny Ings are West Ham’s solely two out there pure strikers for the time being
It’s not simply his meat-and-potatoes physicality and aerial risk that’s impressed, but additionally his means to convey these round him into play. Bowen added a second not lengthy after transferring again out vast.
Fullkrug admits himself that it’s been a tough journey, requiring behind-closed-doors friendlies and warm-weather coaching in Dubai to get him so far and, even now, he’s not prepared to begin a recreation.
‘What ought to I do? I needed to settle for it – and get the most effective out of it,’ added Fullkrug. I must be intelligent and clever like now. I nonetheless have to adapt. We have to work increasingly more and extra to get me totally match for the line-up.
‘It’s a very, very tough season. I got here right here to benefit from the Premier League with an enormous membership. Now I can and I’m very glad about it. So, let’s see what the season will convey on the finish.’
Fullkrug is nicknamed Lücke again in his homeland, German for ‘the hole’ in reference to the one in his entrance enamel. As soon as he’s again to full health, he’s proven he can fill a large one within the West Ham assault. A toothless striker to repair a toothless assault.
