Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation (continued)

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  • Andre Gomes of Barcelona and Abdul Majeed Waris of FC Lorient linked as potentials coming in.

    Andy Carroll to Newcastle on loan as potentials going out! Yaaaawn
  • edited August 2017
    Carroll linked to Newcastle? ;nonono

    That's a bit left field. No one would have seen that coming...
  • That's a bit like saying "Grey linked to Spetses" ;biggrin
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    IronHerb said:

    That's a bit like saying "Grey linked to Spetses" ;biggrin

    I thought he'd already gone to Watford

  • Sami Nasri for GBP 3.2m. Surprised we weren't linked with him. We've been linked with every other Man City player.
  • edited August 2017
    Think I had him on a short list of replacements for Payet long time ago. I haven't seem his performances for Sevilla, but surely he couldn't have lost so much of his quality that he wouldn't have been a great signing for us. Maybe wasn't available when we got the Snod in the Jan window, and maybe would have cost a PL club a lot more than a Turkish club. In the end, given Nasri's 30, perhaps Bilic just preferred a younger player still performing in the PL: hence Arnie. Does seem a shame for him to be playing out in Turkey, mind you.
  • I can't help wondering whether Bilic has the final say on player recruitment. Often players do well within a system but struggle in another system. A manger would normally buy players who he thinks fit best the way he wants to play.

    Tore was a star player in Turkey but looked rubbish at WHU. Feghouli was a good Algerian international but flopped at WHU. Some say that it was because of the transition to EPL and they could not hack it. What about the players already proven in EPL? Fonte, Ayew and Snodgrass were doing well at the previous clubs but have not been the same players at WHU. have the same concerns about Anautovic. Perhaps, these players don't fit the way Bilic wants to play. If not, why were they bought? Zaza was terrible last year but seems to be doing after leaving WHU. Maybe his new team's system/style and tactics suit him.

    So I have some unease about player recruitment. One could argue that good managers bring the best out of the players that they do have and make tactical changes to secure that. If so, why is Bilic not able to do that? Our results and performances have not been too good since the second half of last season.
  • You're implying that Bilic actually has a system which is something that's not always apparent when we play.
  • Crikey!! Sakho has barley kicked a ball in the last one and half seasons but is now rumoured to be wanting a move (https://talksport.com/football/west-ham-united-fc-transfer-news-diafra-sakho-eyeing-exit-lazio-and-bordeaux-register). I know he wanted a move and the West Brom deal fell through because of medical problems, but supported have welcomed him back and he could have waited to score a few goals before sulking again. Club (supporters) paid him whilst he was unfit. Not sure if this is really a gambit for a new contract and a wage rise or really a statement that he does not like WHU hierarchy and wants to move ASAP.
  • Pengeman said:

    Crikey!! Sakho has barley kicked a ball in the last one and half seasons but is now rumoured to be wanting a move (https://talksport.com/football/west-ham-united-fc-transfer-news-diafra-sakho-eyeing-exit-lazio-and-bordeaux-register). I know he wanted a move and the West Brom deal fell through because of medical problems, but supported have welcomed him back and he could have waited to score a few goals before sulking again. Club (supporters) paid him whilst he was unfit. Not sure if this is really a gambit for a new contract and a wage rise or really a statement that he does not like WHU hierarchy and wants to move ASAP.

    To be fair, it's TalkSport and they don't offer any indication that he actually said he wants to leave - just that teams want him, apparently.

    Might not be a bad thing for him to go. I like him as a player but we haven't seen much of him for a while, so if someone's willing to pay something...
  • Outcast,

    How much is something? ;hmm
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    take ;cake ;biggrin
  • The opening line starts "West Ham's out-of-favour forward Diafra Sakho", Well he's not been out of favour, he's been injured and the moment he's fit he gets game time.
    ;doh
  • May be the thinking process is sell Sakho or Carroll & get Waris Majeed in? Still reckon we should go for Kara Mbodji to be a Centre Half or CDM. ;pray
  • Reports are he, that is Waris, is going to Burnley for £9 million?
  • IronHerb said:

    The opening line starts "West Ham's out-of-favour forward Diafra Sakho", Well he's not been out of favour, he's been injured and the moment he's fit he gets game time.
    ;doh

    And the photo caption says "Diafra Sakho is out of favour at Aston Villa". ;doh

    Must have been ghost-written by David Cameron!
  • The photo caption is pretty certain to be correct. Not sure Steve Bruce has him in his plans. ;lol
  • I know it's only the Sun but I just spotted this -

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/4303085/manuel-lanzini-barcelona-west-ham-transfer-philippe-coutinho-ousmane-dembele/

    Also a few stories that Chelsea are going to hijack our Carvalho deal!!
  • Clever, go and wash your mouth out ;biggrin
  • Snodgrass moving on loan to villa it seems

    Doesn't make loads of sense would rather we just sell him even if for a loss a loan doesn't really do much for us
  • It seems Villa want to buy but can't due to FFP. Other clubs are interested who may be able to buy though.
  • edited August 2017
    Stop the bus!! Dirty Harry to the rescue???

    “I’d like him as well at Birmingham. Good player.”
  • Snodgrass moving on loan to villa it seems

    Doesn't make loads of sense would rather we just sell him even if for a loss a loan doesn't really do much for us

    I think a loan makes the most sense. If he plays well we might recover more of the cost than if we sold him now.
  • edited August 2017
    Sporting won 5-1 without our man playing...

    Not sure if that good or not for the deal....
  • Vorse,

    You could say it means they will get more money from the Champions League so can now stop mucking us around over the fee but as they seem to do that all the time like Mr Levy does at Tottenham then it probably makes no difference to the deal. I understand it's final decision time tomorrow but don't like the idea of Ndong being the consolation if we bale out! Why don't we show that we are genuine and go for Danilo from Porto?
  • Fortune I wonder that they may want to keep him now they're though... ;hmm
  • Vorse,

    That might be the case but I understand he was promised, for what that is worth, a move last season and he stayed and now he has set his heart on a transfer away. IF it doesn't happen we can expect the "we tried all we could and here is the cheaper and poorer ability wise alternative". That is why I made reference to Danilo @ Porto as being a decent alternative.
  • Barcelona eye shock move for West Ham ace Manuel Lanzini
    Ha ha! Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha!
  • Swap deal involving Lionel Messi with Lanzini and Ginge going the other way.
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