Transfer rumours and speculation to take us through to summer.

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  • HamstewHamstew
    Well we need to replace him imo. Otherwise we may have well kept him as a squad player and let him run down his contract. If we replace him then that's ok imo.
  • alderzalderz
    What was the reported fee?
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    But he was not a squad player when was the last time he played for us ? you could say that Johnson has taken his place as a squad player
  • HamstewHamstew
    Just over £2m with us not seeing much of it. Whatever that means.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    His leaving makes space for another academy player to step up. I honestly don't see how anyone can see his going as diminishing our squad.
  • stevesteve
    What happend to the 6-8 mi that was talked about not that long ago :puzzled:
  • alderzalderz
    steve said:

    What happend to the 6-8 mi that was talked about not that long ago :puzzled:

    “Not that long ago” he was the next Rio. Then a squad player. Then worth £8m. Then trouble. Then available to the highest bidder.

    I really liked what I saw of him, but he clearly wasn’t worth more than £2m to us or to anyone else.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    pity we did not hang on to Ravel, we could have got £ 50 & A portion of cod n chips
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Could be we've done the decent thing by him, letting him go for a low figure, when if we'd held out he might not have got the move.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    So Bournemouth get £10m for a French striker who barely played, and we get £2m for an English defender/midfielder who barely played. I don’t think we’ve got a terribly good deal.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Oxford didn’t barely play. He never played. He was miles and miles from our first team.

    Mousset played 58 games for Bournemouth.

    A player is worth what somebody is willing to pay. It’s not a supermarket.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Surprised Cullen is still here barely featured in pre-season and seems to be behind Sanchez should move him on to Charlton perm.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    But Obiang played on a regular basis, Oxford didn't.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    simonc said:

    Aslef
    IMO Cahill, and all the other rumors make no sense if we are out of funds, but if Diop goes and we get a big cash infusion, Cahill then makes sense and the other rumors have some validity as we would have some spending power.

    Cahill is out of contract, he'd join on a free.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    If we are tight of money, I’d rather we consider a loan or two rather than paying a six figure salary to a thirty plus year old has been
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited August 2019
    Are we tight of money?

    I read somewhere that Roberto's and Martin's combined wages are about the same as Adrian's. Losing Arnie, Carroll, Obiang, Perez, Fernandes, Byram, Oxford and Nasri must have cut a sizeable chunk out of our wage bill. Somehow I doubt that Fornals and Haller will have swallowed up all of that so we still have a bit of money to play around with.
  • HamstewHamstew
    I can't help but feel we've messed up with the Marcus Browne transfer.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Hamstew said:

    I can't help but feel we've messed up with the Marcus Browne transfer.

    Why? He's an attacking midfielder/winger, we've got plenty of options so he wouldn't get much playing time if he'd stayed. He was on the bench last night, only got 20 minutes.

    Load of ex-Hammers played last night, Ashely Fletcher, Dan Potts, George Moncur, Darren Randolph, Elliot Lee.
  • alderzalderz
    Pelly Ruddock too :ok:
  • HamstewHamstew
    edited August 2019
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    Hamstew said:

    I can't help but feel we've messed up with the Marcus Browne transfer.

    Why? He's an attacking midfielder/winger, we've got plenty of options so he wouldn't get much playing time if he'd stayed. He was on the bench last night, only got 20 minutes.

    Load of ex-Hammers played last night, Ashely Fletcher, Dan Potts, George Moncur, Darren Randolph, Elliot Lee.
    Because I think he's good and is worth a lot more than £300k that's why :ok:
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    They should have sold him to you, then. :biggrin:
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    Are we tight of money?

    I read somewhere that Roberto's and Martin's combined wages are about the same as Adrian's. Losing Arnie, Carroll, Obiang, Perez, Fernandes, Byram, Oxford and Nasri must have cut a sizeable chunk out of our wage bill. Somehow I doubt that Fornals and Haller will have swallowed up all of that so we still have a bit of money to play around with.

    Depends what you believe. The ITK community on social media are reporting we have in the region of £5m-£8m available to spend in terms of transfer fees.

    Wages wise I agree, we should have plenty available. Arnie £120k, Carroll £90k, Nasri £80k, Perez £70k. Throw in the other players' and I reckon you're looking at £500k a week.
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    So thats an Alexis Sanchez or nearly a Gareth Bale on loan then... Simple :thumbsup:
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited August 2019
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Depends what you believe. The ITK community on social media are reporting we have in the region of £5m-£8m available to spend in terms of transfer fees.

    Wages wise I agree, we should have plenty available. Arnie £120k, Carroll £90k, Nasri £80k, Perez £70k. Throw in the other players' and I reckon you're looking at £500k a week.

    The article that linked us with Cahill also mentioned that we were considering Aaron Long (problems with a work permit) or Guillermo Maripan (too expensive). Alaves supposedly want £21.5m for Maripan and if we've only got £5m-£8m left to spend then that makes sense.

    If we're low on transfer fees but have room for wages then Cahill on a free for a season long contract as 4th choice CB looks like an okay-ish deal.

    Maybe go back for Maripan next summer when we've got the cash to spend. He'll only have one year left on his contract by then so might be a bit cheaper.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    It’s no surprise if we are tight of money - we splash out on transfers - esp obviously last summer, pay pretty decent wages (eg apparently the weekly wage of Sanchez and Eriksen is only £10k apart), and then we recoup only a pittance when it comes to selling
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    edited August 2019
    Whatever the whys and wherefores, I personally think it is tragic that Oxford and Byram have left the club for a combined total of £2.75m
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    baracks_a_hammer said:

    Whatever the whys and wherefores, I personally think it is tragic that Oxford and Byram have left the club for a combined total of £2.75m

    Include Marcus Browne and it's only a little over £3m.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    I just hope with Marcus Browne we at least included a sell on clause, I think he will be sold in a year or so for a fair bit...
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    The way I see it right now, if we have any lengthy injury to Fab, Rice or Haller our season would likely be significantly compromised.

    And I’d be very concerned if either first choice centre back was unavailable too.

    And that doesn’t even take into account loss of form.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    baracks

    So, you're looking forward to the season, then... :wink:
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