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2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
This now gives us a balanced side to put out against Burnley, which is good
I think he’s another smart, clever signing, to go along with Veltman, & at £5m it is a sensible bit of business & likely a bargain -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
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2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
If only we had 110,000 miles out of Fulkrug, he spent most of his time in the garage. -
Not Sure What Thread/Where to put it (from Feb 2026)
I think he may have slowed down a tad.
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Burnley V West Ham, Sunday 16th Aug, 16:00 - Match thread
Just 6 months since we last visited Turf Moor and as Expat says quite a few faces have gone
They had a bit of trouble replacing for Scott Parker, were rejected by Craig Bellamy and Rob Edwards before finally landing Genk’s Nicky Hayen 4 weeks ago
Jaidon Antony (£17m Brentford), Martin Dubravka (free Spurs), CB Maxime Esteve (£27.3m RB Leipzig) and LW Loum Tchaouna (£20m Coventry) have all gone
DR Congo’s CB Axel Tuanzebe rejected a new contract and has been linked with Hull, Everton, Lazio and the Saudi league
LB Quilindschy Hartman and CM Lesley Ugochukwu have both left on season long loans with Espanyol and Galatasaray
CM Florentino was a Burnley player for 53 days, they had him on loan from Benfica last season, signed a permanent deal in June but he joined Ipswich last week
Top scorer Zian Flemming is still there but has been linked with Leeds
Another face that won’t be around is club captain Josh Cullen, still recovering from an ACL suffered in December
They have given Ashley Barnes a new one year contract, he’ll be 37 in October, plus they’ve signed 23yo DM Ugo Raghouber (£3.5m Lille) and 36yo GK Ben Amos (free, Port Vale) as back up for 22yo keeper Max Weiss
Otherwise it’s the same squad we beat 3-2 at home and 2-0 away last season
They played Notts County (newly promoted to League One) in the Carabao, like us they went behind in the first half, Flemming equalised shortly after half time but despite dominating the game they failed to score again and eventually won on penalties.
Hayen picked a 3-4-2-1
Weiss
Walker Worrall Humphreys
Sonne Hannibal Raghouber Larsen
Edwards Ramsey
Flemming
One faint ray of sunshine in an otherwise gloomy East Lancashire sky is the return of FW Zeki Amdouni who missed most of last season with an ACL. He was called up by Switzerland for the World Cup, made three substitute appearances and scored in the penalty shootout against Colombia.
He didn’t play in the pre-season but came on in the second half yesterday
Jane Austen says "win, baby, win" -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
Füllkrug transfer falls through at the last minute
Niclas Füllkrug must continue to wait for his departure from West Ham. According to reports by BILD, the former Germany striker had already reached an agreement with the Italian top-flight club Venezia. However, the transfer collapsed because West Ham demanded an excessive transfer fee.
It is particularly frustrating for the 33-year-old: he has long since ceased to play a role in the English second-division club's sporting plans. He is currently not training with the squad but is maintaining his fitness individually. The forward did not even take part in the club's official media day.
From Bild via Google translate. -
2026 Summer Transfer Speculation
There is the winger we are missing on the left
Sure there will be a few more through the door -
West Ham v Portsmouth match thread, Saturday 8th August, 15:00
Soo good to have the football back.
Dodgy streams that keep buffering, Bowen doing what Bowen does and boundless optimism on here.😃 -
West Ham v Portsmouth match thread, Saturday 8th August, 15:00
Co-commentator keeps using the phrase ‘sense and sensibility’ to mean common sense. It’s making me miss Alan Smith
Just said Bowen has worked an oracle... -
West Ham v Portsmouth match thread, Saturday 8th August, 15:00
Co-commentator keeps using the phrase ‘sense and sensibility’ to mean common sense. It’s making me miss Alan Smith
