The Transfer Window 2: Electric Boogaloo

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  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    When one considers that a worse version of mignolet and karius cost £12.5m I’m struggling to see many other options outside of signing someone like Fabianski given that we were down to one keeper

    Or would people have preferred us to sign Hart for another season?

    ;hmm
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Who says Ward is a worse case than Mignolet and Karius? And he's probably better than Hart too.
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    I hope Kouyate stays.
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    EXETERHAMMER said:

    I hope Kouyate stays.

    I’m unsure the kouyate of season before last definitely but last season something wasn’t right and on that evidence is unfortunately a sell for me
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    edited July 2018
    I agree last season Kouyate was overall quite poor. However, he is a player who has proven he can score goals and play in a number of positions ie CB, RB, CM. He also hasn't thrown his toys out the pram when asked to fill in at the back.

    The something not quite right last season could be true about a number of players as well as a number of other things at West Ham.
  • alderzalderz
    I've seen people saying a lot that Noble will improve because he was best in the 2015/16 season with attacking players like Payet around him. That was also Kouyaté's best season for us, IMO, but nobody has given the same argument for him. I trust in Pellegrini to get the best out of him if he stays.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Mawson having Fulham medical. Currently recovering from surgery, though.

    £15m fee, rising to £20m with add-ons.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited July 2018
    Struggle to see where his place is in this team. We need him as a defensive mid but hes a box to box mid. Perhaps he would excel in a mid 3 with a proper holding mid but he doesnt work well with obiang

    Yes we can keep him and hope he regains his form, but hes 28, on a reported £50k+ a week, coming off 2 seasons he was oretty awful and possibly doubling the money he came in for
  • LukerzLukerz
    I think he played as a DM at Ipswich, so Pelle is obviously trying them all (bar Wilshere) out there.
  • McHammerMcHammer
    This was from HITC

    According to Record, West Ham have agreed a deal to sign Portuguese starlet Xande Silva from Primeira Liga side Vitoria Guimaraes for a fee that could rise to around £3 million.
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Hughill to Villa on loan according to the Sun
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    So do I have this right - Swansea were baulking at our £20m offer for Mawson, however are content with Fulham’s £15m??

    ;hmm
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    Barracks, I was thinking that myself maybe West London really is posher
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    edited July 2018
    I suppose we either didn't make an offer or they thought we would go higher. Now it's getting closer to the window shutting, they've been forced to accept a lower offer so they have time to get a replacement in.
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    Maybe its the '15M up front' quoted (with 5M add ons) that got the job done ;hmm
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Did we bid for him though this summer?

    Think we did in Jan, but selling him couldve cost them the premier league money (even though they did)
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    We bid for him and Fabianski at the same time apparently....
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Xande Silva on way for his medical, Kouyate move to Palace may progress a bit more today, in discussions with Jordan Ayew
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Signing a potential striker makes me feel nervous, surely AC / Hernandez / Arnie is enough (assuming Hugill goes) it makes me think we are losing another striker unless that's Antonio which is he goes for 15m I will facepalm...
  • McHammerMcHammer
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xande_Silva
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited August 2018
    Yeoldhammer said:

    Signing a potential striker makes me feel nervous, surely AC / Hernandez / Arnie is enough (assuming Hugill goes) it makes me think we are losing another striker unless that's Antonio which is he goes for 15m I will facepalm...

    We lost him about 3 weeks ago to *slither injury.

    *another
  • McHammerMcHammer
    snaaaaaaake
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited August 2018
    Got no problem with the club investing in young players for the future even if they may only be uses to turn the club a profit
  • yoyoyoyo
    SSN :West Ham have had a £27m bid for Uruguay's Maxi Gomez turned down as manager Manuel Pellegrini steps up his search for another striker, according to the London Evening Standard.

    The Celta Vigo man scored 18 goals for his club last season
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited August 2018
    Ex says he has news on three new signings ;hmm

    Based on what I've seen today on Twitter I'm guessing it's the young American lad, the young Portuguese lad and the young Swedish lad.
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    Don't get why we need any signing other than a DM.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    With the surname being Lad, are all three related? ;hmm
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    No issue with buying for the future, which I think those three signings would be.

    But yeah, DM should be out No1 priority, IMO.

    I do think we need another striker. If Arnie gets injured (or sold), we're looking at Hernandez and Martinez as our striker options, neither of which I think can effectively play the Arnie role.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Pelli has said the squad still needs strengthening but he feels he may not have enough time.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Preston
    With the surname being Lad, are all three related?
    Is one of them named Shane?



    ;biggrin
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