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title: "West Ham United: Fans react as club is linked with Eric Dier transfer"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-united-fans-react-as-club-is-linked-with-eric-dier/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Seychell"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2020-04-12T12:50:17Z"
modified: "2020-04-12T12:50:17Z"
---

# West Ham United: Fans react as club is linked with Eric Dier transfer

**A lot of West Ham fans have been raging at the latest transfer news which has linked the club with a summer move for Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier, according to the Daily Star, via [West Ham News](https://twitter.com/whufc_news/status/1249094996923383810?s=20).**

The defensive midfielder could be a useful signing for the club. At the age of  26, per [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/eric-dier/profil/spieler/175722), he could be a good replacement for 32 year-old captain Mark Noble who is entering the twilight years of his career, per [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mark-noble/profil/spieler/31835).

His defensive statistics are better than the Irons captain this season as he has on average per game managed more blocks, interceptions and clearances than Noble in the Premier League, per [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/PlayerComparison).

However fans aren’t pleased with the English international being linked with the club and feel like it is a step back rather than forward. You can sort of see their point given the player has been in and out of the team at Tottenham for the past couple of years, both under Jose Mourinho and Mauricio Pochettino ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/eric-dier/profil/spieler/175722)).

He also received bad press recently as he ran into the crowd to confront a Spurs fan after the side were knocked out at home to Norwich City in the FA Cup, via [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/04/eric-dier-confronts-fan-in-stands-after-tottenhams-fa-cup-defeat-to-norwich).

Here is how fans reacted to the transfer link:

> Backpage of the Daily Star tomorrow links West Ham wirh Eric Dier……thanks but no thanks. We don’t need a poor man’s Rice [pic.twitter.com/fNvb7bty0N](https://t.co/fNvb7bty0N)
>
> — West Ham News (@WHUFC\_News) [April 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/WHUFC_News/status/1249094996923383810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Poor mans Noble \*
>
> — GameRiot (@GameRiotArmy) [April 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/GameRiotArmy/status/1249218585056116737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> [@Sambrooks90](https://twitter.com/Sambrooks90?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@YGTTommy](https://twitter.com/YGTTommy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) this would be my worst nightmare
>
> — Bradders (@bradleyjames22) [April 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/bradleyjames22/status/1249104217165500416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> No thanks !!!!
>
> — gavin dunstan (@changedstate) [April 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/changedstate/status/1249227158326779906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He would be a very expensive sub.
>
> — Hayden Reed (@TheHFactory) [April 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/TheHFactory/status/1249243699222941697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Good to see we are looking at championship players just in case we go down
>
> — Peter goulding ⚒ (@Goulding1Peter) [April 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/Goulding1Peter/status/1249259320065302528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Pls NO\
> Awful player. [https://t.co/X8rmhodAYJ](https://t.co/X8rmhodAYJ)
>
> — Steven Pridmore (@spridmore66) [April 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/spridmore66/status/1249271884933447681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***West Ham fans, who would you sign to replace Noble? Comment below!***