Transfer rumours and speculation to take us through to summer.

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  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Lukerz said:

    We got done on the counter so many times last season & that was because once we were pushing & lost the ball, it only took them to get behind Rice & it was often the oppo vs our CB’s. Somebody who can get back in that transition is what we need.

    I agree that that's what we need, and I think Lobotka fits that particular bill. Certainly more than Fornals, who seems to be much more similar to Lanzini, Anderson and Wilshere.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    MrsGrey said:



    If he still thinks that, and with Reid back to add competition (provided he can recover fully from his injury layoff and it seems as though the boss thinks he can) there's another perfectly good CB.

    Well the rumours around Maripan have died away recently so maybe you're right. A fully fit Reid, Diop, Balbuena and Ogbonna would be just fine, but I have serious doubts that Reid will come back the player that he was (if at all)
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited June 2019
    The Guardian has linked us with Stuttgart's 19yo CB Ozan Kabak who was awarded the Bundesliga "Rookie Der Saison 2018/19". Stuttgart were relegated, he has a £13.2m release clause but Bayern Munich and other Bundesliga sides are interested.

    Maybe we could offer them Oxford on loan as a sweetener (he seems to like Germany).
  • McHammerMcHammer
    West Brom linked to Reece Oxford now
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    I think Issac Hayden will be the DM he wants to come back to London for personal reasons and would add legs to our midfield a big(if) we got him Gomez and Fornals Iwith a couple of loans we could be on for an exciting season. We will probably end up with Shelvey, re signing AC and a traditional south American players no one has heard of :lol:
  • LukerzLukerz
    If Reid comes back half the player he was in his prime the defence will be sorted next season.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    I really don't see why we need Fornals, we've got plenty of options for LW/AM/RW already. If we're offloading Sanchez and Obiang then we need CM/DMs so I can see the logic behind signing Hayden.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    http://sportwitness.co.uk/west-ham-signing-will-announced-shortly-expected-next-hours/

    Don't go to sleep :wahoo: Fornals is on according to Spanish press. :hmm:

  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    It may not necessarily be the type of player I thought we'd be targeting (for reasons aslef suggested).....but this is surely an exciting signing if it's true

    Technically gifted Spaniard who is available for a fairly affordable price (what else can £24mil yet you these days)

    He is only 23 and get get better, plus his versatility (can play as a CM, AM and a winger) suits pellegrini who hasn't quite settled on his favoured formation and likes roaming players (see how he used Isco, Silva, Nasri, Navas etc)
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Ex has tweeted the Spanish flag, which in the Twitterverse means Fornals has or is about to sign.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Guillem Balague thinks its happening
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Sounds like it is done bar the fornalities
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    edited June 2019
    https://www.transfermarkt.com/pablo-fornals/profil/spieler/357885

    Guillem Balague on Fornals :-
    On Fornals (who might be confirmed as a new @WestHamUtd player soon, around £24m). Brilliant signing, 23yo. In the mould of a FCB midfielder, genius in the pass, drives the ball with quality. Big gaps in concentration without ball but can be added to his game. Winning mentality
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    edited June 2019
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Ex has tweeted the Spanish flag, which in the Twitterverse means Fornals has or is about to sign.

    So it's a fornalsity, then...

    :yercoat:
  • McHammerMcHammer
    And will soon be fornalsly announced
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    You don't think we went into a Spanish ironmongers and asked for four nails do you?

    :yercoat:
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Pearces_Left_Foot said:

    Big gaps in concentration without ball

    So not much of a CM, more a AM.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    edited June 2019
    I think Baracks was the first with the formalities pun. :clap:

    Unless of course that was a genuine mis-spelling being as n and m are next to each other. :lol:
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    edited June 2019
    Herb, do you mean a ferretería, which by the way is not a pet shop specialising in trouser loving animals. :biggrin:
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    BubblesNeverDies said:

    I think Baracks was the first with the formalities pun. :clap:

    Unless of course that was a genuine mis-spelling being as n and m are next to each other. :lol:

    BND, it was deliberately written that way
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    That anyone should question a pun on this site, well, I find it quite shocking. :lol:
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Happy Pablo Fornals Day :wave:
  • HamstewHamstew
    edited June 2019
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Happy Pablo Fornals Day :wave:

    :wave:
  • HamstewHamstew
    Happy refreshing twitter every 2 minutes day :wave:
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    https://thisisfutbol.com/2019/06/blogs/west-ham-keen-on-william-carvalho/

    I thought this was from two years ago at first :lol:
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Hamstew said:

    Happy refreshing twitter every 2 minutes day :wave:

    Exhausting, this
  • HamstewHamstew
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Hamstew said:

    Happy refreshing twitter every 2 minutes day :wave:

    Exhausting, this
    Share the load? I'll do every other 2 minutes?
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Its strange Skysports transfer thing does n't even mention Fornals its all big six news surprise surprise
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift

  • AdamAdam
    Hammer time in Spanish, backwards?
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