Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation (continued)

claretandbluesky

I do not know what is going on behind the scenes but I do not imagine Sakho is being allowed to go without a significant signing coming our way. Only a fool would allow sakho to leave and have only Chico and Carroll (who is nothing but a luxury nowadays) up front. If that was the case it would be a most blatant mis management by either Slav or Sully and they would deserve all they get.

I think some news will come soon that we are happy with.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Would be interesting to see if a late loan move for Batshuayi may happen

We are definately interested and he seems second choice to Morata. Looks like they will sign llorente soon so he will be 3rd choice

OldCastleSwift

Champo, C&B ;ok

I'm hoping the £9m will fill the gap between ours and Sporting's valuation of Carvalho.

I'm also hoping that the club wouldn't be daft enough to let Sakho go without being confident of replacing him.

And I still think we need to be looking to replace Feg/Snod on the wing. No way will Arnie and Antonio stay fit/suspension-free enough to see us through the season

OldCastleSwift

SSN reporting we're in talks with Abdul Majeed Waris as we look to replace Sakho.

I don't know either.

sweepy23

Sky reporting we are in talks with this man:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Majeed_Waris

Not exactly a big signing.

I see that Tony Gale just said that in our last two seasons our net spend has been £4m. Pathetic if true, what with all the extra money and government subsidies. The Chairmen though are still saying that we are heavily in debt. That 8% interest really is a lovely cash cow for them.

I do hope that the club make some significant signings before the deadline.

By the way I've also seen all the spite online directed towards Noble and even if people don't rate him, it is bang out of order. Do us 'fans' really think this will help the team.

I also heard Bilic got some abuse in a restaurant. We really have some moronic supporters.

sweepy23

And is Sakho does leave, I hope he sorts his head out. If he stays fit, he's a £30m player.

Huttonhammer

Our board will have to pull out some masterstroke if they are to sign a decent striker by the deadline.
The way the team has been performing and the disastrous results we have had. Along with the fact the manager will probably be sacked in a couple of weeks.
What player in their right mind would come into a club that is in such a rapid decline?
Oh yes, we are looking at Abdul Majeed Waris from Lorient a French league 2 side.
He will cost about 5 quid!!!
Now if we had started the season with a bit of promise like Watford or West Brom etc we would be a different proposition but why would you come to a club that always seems to shoot itself in the foot and also seems to ruin most of the players it signs eventually.
Also there is another issue why do players like Payet, Valencia ,Snodgrass and Sakho dislike being at the club so much?

sweepy23

Waris is supposedly a DS buy

OldCastleSwift

Stand down. Little Jack has said Sakho isn't going anywhere.

Well isn't this all very exciting.

grey_til_I_dye

I see that Tony Gale just said that in our last two seasons our net spend has been £4m. Pathetic if true,

Whichever 2 seasons he is talking about it is just not true, and I fail to see how anyone who takes an interest in our club could imagine it was.

http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2802&comp_id=1&teamTabs=transfers

15/16 Spent 48.6 m recouped 19.6m - net spend 28m
16/17 58.9 spent, recouped 25m - net spend 33.9
17/18 (so far) Spent 40m recouped 29.9m - net to date 10m

Last 5 years we have the 8th highest PL net spend £106.5m

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premier-league-last-five-seasons/transfer-league-tables/premier-league-table-last-five-seasons

It seems that people are happier to read and believe any old nonsense rather than actually look at, you know, the facts.

How much of that interest on their loans have the DDs taken out of the club?

Pearces_Left_Foot

Gold explained the loans on twitter I think the other day. Basically he cashed in some investments on which he was earning 10%. He repaid external debt on which the club were being charged 10% in return for a loan to the club for which he is charging 6%. So the club is being charged 4% less and the debt is to the owners which is a lot safer than being to an external debtor. Overall it has cost him 4% on his own investments.

Huttonhammer

I wouldn't think Jack has any better sources than the tea lady at the club as nobody would want him spouting off over twitter as he used to do.
Sakho cannot stand being at the club and I am putting a fiver on him going asap!!

MrsGrey

Tony Gale ;doh

Bluntest knife in the box?

And a rubbish commentator to boot.

Pearces_Left_Foot

Sakho out for 9 mil for Waris who scored 9 times in Ligue 1 last year for a team that was relegated . Seems like ok business, Sakho who does not play much(last year of contract) for a player that played 40 odd games last year. If the profit between the two deals get Carvalho over the line then it make sense. ;hmm

steve

Carvalho wont be fit for 4-6 weeks according to some reports .so whats the point ............just fed up ;weep

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Sakho is a better player imo, albeit i only have this fellas record to go off of which to me is underwhelming, but the injury yrecord probably is a key point as we need someone who is reliable which Sakho isnt and someone who isn't going to moan and ruin the team morale if they aren't first team which Sakho does

brookingsirons

we go from strength to strength every season don't we ..

So a net spend of 40m wow .

Like i said yesterday i think our squad is ok but that doesnt mean we dont need to strengthen it with some more quality , i will pass my verdict tomorrow night
we could still get a good surprise yet ;biggrin

OutcastLondoner

This transfer window is starting to look pretty bad and Carvalho wouldn't save it. Even if Snodgrass and Feghouli underperformed (felt latter was improving though) we're now so thin on those positions and up front. Hernandez has been the only one of our new signings who has so far shown signs of improving us.

Pearces_Left_Foot

Carvalho's agent reported to be in London to tie up deal , Waris can play on both wings so maybe signing as a winger rather than a CF ;hmm

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steve said:

Carvalho wont be fit for 4-6 weeks according to some reports .so whats the point ............just fed up ;weep

If he is as good as he is supposed to be waiting a month or so is not really a problem we have an international break aswell ;hmm

Pearces_Left_Foot

Maybe its all a ploy to get us to watch Sky Sports News all day tomorrow ;lol

Huttonhammer

If we sign Carvalho at least Andy will have somebody to sit in the stands with and Watch the games.

If we really have spent that much over the last 5 years we are a joke club ending up with such a shambles on the pitch every week.

It doesn't seem to matter who manages this club it always ends up in a complete mess!!

MrsGrey

Pearces_Left_Foot said:

Carvalho's agent reported to be in London to tie up deal , Waris can play on both wings so maybe signing as a winger rather than a CF ;hmm

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steve said:

Carvalho wont be fit for 4-6 weeks according to some reports .so whats the point ............just fed up ;weep

If he is as good as he is supposed to be waiting a month or so is not really a problem we have an international break aswell ;hmm

Other reports say it's a 'transfer window' injury.

Has anyone got a link to a reputable source (not a gossip page or blog) that can shed the light of fact upon this rumour? ;pray

Pearces_Left_Foot

We need Rav and his yellow tie to give us the facts ;lol

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

OldCastleSwift said:

Stand down. Little Jack has said Sakho isn't going anywhere.

Well isn't this all very exciting.

At least nobody over-reacted, then.

Pearces_Left_Foot

http://www.football.london/west-ham-united-fc/transfer-news/diafra-sakho-west-ham-rennes-13550297

Sounds like Sakho is trying to do an Odenwinge

grey_til_I_dye

If we really have spent that much over the last 5 years

Not sure why you would doubt it, but you can easily check for yourself.

So, either the club are joke because the owners are tight, and won't spend money, or the club are a joke as the owners have spent loads of money but the squad isn't great.

jay_in_cpt

It's gonna be a interesting day
From SSN....
TWIST IN SAKHO TALE

Diafra Sakho is expected to leave West Ham having passed a medical at French club Rennes.

But Sky sources understand Crystal Palace have now made a late move for the striker...

What's going on......

sweepy23

Now palace have supposedly made a £10m bid (SSN)

Pearces_Left_Foot

Don't go to bed ;run

tomkinsworldclass

Any players leaving must be replaced immediately with at least a like for like player who can come in and hit the ground running without any bedding in period. Going to be an interesting end to the window; could be some surprising deal done.