Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

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  • LukerzLukerz
    Telegraph report we're after Nathan Ake of Chelsea.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    How many did he score last season? ;hmm
  • LukerzLukerz
    Jeez if we'd just signed Defoe we'd have been sorted for 12 months!
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

    I'll make a bold prediction and say I'm pretty certain Ross Barkley will be a West Ham player come September.

    Oh no

    First it was "piqi will come good"

    Then "Sam would definitely be gone by June 14"

    Then "nobes HOTY season 15/16"

    And now this....

    ;lol

    ;hmm
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    As much as I'd have loved to sign our 2 new strikers ASAP it never happens,not just with us , but when u talking about players/strikers who more than 1 team want , it always drags on and goes to the wire, hope I'm wrong tho & Giroud & Bats/ ihanecho are Hammers very soon...
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    The cat has spoken....

    Phil Parkes on Hart: "I’ve never really rated him – he makes too many mistakes. I can't see how the club justify spending high wages on him"
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    Wasn't this the dude who couldn't get a game at Chelsea?

    BREAKING: Liverpool have signed Mohamed Salah for €45M. #LFC
  • Moore_than_a_nickMoore_than_a_nick
    Salah was excellent for Roma last season. Will he be too light-weight for the EPL? Time will tell. I don't think Serie A is very strong, outside of the top 3.
  • Moore_than_a_nickMoore_than_a_nick
    However, Moses couldn't get a game at Chelsea for many years. Didn't look too shoddy last season, though, did he?

    Moral of the story - loan Salah to us for a season and then take him back!
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    To be fair, Moses couldn't get a game for US at the end of the season 15/16
  • Moore_than_a_nickMoore_than_a_nick
    May have been a motivation issue. But when things clicked last season, they sure clicked.
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    Shows what a good coach Conte is...

    He made Luiz into a defender too...
  • Moore_than_a_nickMoore_than_a_nick
    By the way, talking of Roma, if we did want to cheaply improve our GK position, I'd love us to buy Szczesny. Apparently his price is only 15mn, and he was amazing for Roma last season. Don't know why they can't buy him from Arsenal, but at the moment they seem destined to lose him to Juve or Inter.
  • McHammerMcHammer
    When he says "the club justify" does that indicate that he knows hart is coming?
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Hart will be our" sorry chaps, couldn't get any strikers so we bought Joe Hart instead" summer buy.
  • Moore_than_a_nickMoore_than_a_nick
    Or are we buying up all City rejects so they let us have Iheanacho and Nasri?
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    ;hmm Let's look at the facts:

    We've let our third choice and youth team 'keepers go, so there is a place in the squad for a new one.

    We've freed up £45k a week by letting Nordtveit go.

    We desperately need a striker.

    So yeah, you know what, I can see us signing Hart in the near future.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    baracks_a_hammer said:

    To be fair, Moses couldn't get a game for US at the end of the season 15/16

    Moore_than_a_nick said:

    May have been a motivation issue. But when things clicked last season, they sure clicked.

    Up until Moses pulled his hamstring at Old Trafford on 5 December 2015 he had started 11 out of 12 games while Antonio had only made three substitute appearances. He was replaced by Antonio in the 37th minute.

    After that Moses only made four starts when Antonio, Payet or Lanzini were unavailable while Antonio started every game but one and earned himself a call up to the England squad in the summer.

    Victor Moses didn't have a motivation issue, he had a Michail Antonio issue......
  • LukerzLukerz
    Sun reports (I know) that Arsenal are close to concluding a deal for Lacazette, and will allow Giroud to leave once that deal is done. They say we are in poll position as staying in London is important to the player.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    While Adrian and Randolph might be content with sharing goalkeeping duties at the moment if Hart comes then one of them has absolutely no chance of first team football. Most likely Randolph would ask for a transfer as he is Ireland's No.1 and needs playing time.

    And we'd be back to two goalkeepers
  • alderzalderz
    I would imagine we're on the hunt for a young goalkeeper too
  • alderzalderz
    Or maybe we aren't...

    The player profile on the OS for Nathan Trott says:
    Bermudan keeper is one of the best young keepers around
    http://www.whufc.com/teams/development-squad/squad/nathan-trott
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    But so was Spiegel who, by the way, was one of two keepers to save a Payet free kick.
  • alderzalderz
    Just for the record, I'm not actually suggesting that Nathan Trott is any good, because I have no idea. I just find it quite funny that the club say he's one of the best around, because that feels like a very unsubstantiated claim.
  • adecokeradecoker
    edited June 2017
    "baracks_a_hammer

    June 22

    To be fair, Moses couldn't get a game for US at the end of the season 15/16


    Moore_than_a_nickMoore_than_a_nick

    June 22

    May have been a motivation issue. But when things clicked last season, they sure clicked."


    I think it was more a question of eligibility rather than motivation that prevented him playing for US. He's Nigerian rather than American.

  • alderzalderz
    It's the Mail (spits on floor), but this article says that PL clubs are allowed to increase their wage expenditure by £7m per year. If Ozil & Sanchez agree to the terms on the table, they would jointly receive an increase of £15m per year.

    Assuming they are after more signings, they will definitely need to sell some players.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4632274/Arsenal-breach-Premier-League-wage-control-rules.html
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    That's assuming Arsenal are already on their max wages. ;hmm
  • alderzalderz
    Herb

    According to that article, teams are free to reach £67m per year, and then beyond that is the £7m increase. It also says that according to last figures published with companies house, Arsenal's was £191m per year.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Arsenal could offload Sanchez to make room for a cheaper Lacazette and keep Giroud not sure because Lacazette is going there it means Giroud is available its more likely because Sanchez is going.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    There are 4 assumptions built in to that Mail (more spitting on floor) article:

    1. They know what Sanchez and Ozil's current weekly wage is
    2. They know what are the terms of the new conracts being offered
    3. Arsenal won't generate any additional commercial revenue this season compared to last
    4. Arsenal won't generate any additional matchday/ticket revenue this season compared to last.



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