The Next Transfer Window

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  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Unless they valued him at more than £5mil it doesn't really change much

    Was never going to be a straight swap without a fee, now we have access to a greater fee
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    £5m for a player that scored 15 goals in the Championship last season? Seems a bit cheap, that.
  • alderzalderz
    Fortune

    Maybe we’re using him to lower the Cantwell price...

    OCS

    I think it’s more that he’s allegedly on £40k a week so we’re not going to get a good fee for him
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    I think championship clubs will be very wary of spending as they wont know when crowds will be back and do not receive anything like to TV money of the premiership. From our point of view he doesn't even get onto the pitch so any return and to get rid of the wages is probably a good move. If he goes we will have 10m with the money from celtic and possibly 40-80k saved in wages. That will hopefully be re-invested.

    I think we were connected to a Czech player that Soucek used to play with, I feel that could be an avenue to explore as Soucek may have the inside on who is worth a punt and I feel he may be pivotal for us this season so bringing in a friend could help him settle also.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Agree with Alderz/claretandbluesky, think the club needed him off the wage bill, plus with covid any fee now will likely be about 30% cheaper for unwanted players

    We may have only got £10mil for Hugill & Ajeti, but we have also got £100k p/w off our wage bill

    If you include the wages of Zaba, Sanchez and Ngakia (and some compensation) we have probably cut almost £250k p/w off the wage bill for players who genuinely didnt have much (or any) influence on last season

    That's probably the reason we are likely to take hits on some of the other high earners, or we have to hold out that they start earning their money

    You see some of the reported earnings for our players (the below is likely not 100% accurate but probably not far off)
    Yarmo - £110k
    Wilshere - £100k
    Anderson - £80k
    Lanzini - £70k
    Reid - £70k (reported we pay 85% of his wages while hes on loan)
    Cresswell - £50k
    Masuaku - £40k
    Balbuena - £40k
    Roberto - £25k

    You could argue any, if not all, of the above are open to offers, and the above cost us half a million every week!!
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    Lazio are considering a move for West Ham and Brazil midfielder Felipe Anderson, 27, after being turned down by David Silva. (Star)
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    The Sun

    West Ham are ready to sell Issa Diop to Manchester United for a £45m transfer fee.
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    Diamantis_Are_Forever said:

    The Sun

    Enough said really
  • mikemike
    The Sun=The Wapping Liar.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Diamantis_Are_Forever said:

    The Sun

    West Ham are ready to sell Issa Diop to Manchester United for a £45m transfer fee.

    Why?
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    Fortuneseeker said:

    Diamantis_Are_Forever said:

    The Sun

    West Ham are ready to sell Issa Diop to Manchester United for a £45m transfer fee.

    Why?
    Because it says so in the sun of course, so what's not to believe ?
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    NO CHEAP DEAL FOR WILSON

    Bournemouth will not let leave England international Callum Wilson leave on the cheap despite interest from Tottenham, the Daily Mail reports.

    After signing Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Joe Hart, Spurs' attentions are now reportedly turning to a back-up for Harry Kane with Wilson the man they want.

    However, according to the newspaper, Bournemouth want £30m for their striker and are unwilling to move much further from that valuation. West Ham, Everton and Crystal Palace are also interested in England forward
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Expat, on the other hand. =)

    https://www.claretandhugh.info/hammers-pour-scorn-on-new-diop-story/
  • stevesteve
    I think the sun still thinks Mourinho is at man u,And went back to when he called him a beast =)
  • KuchinghammerKuchinghammer
    Interesting that everyone has been seeing Johnson as our new RB. I think he could be our new LB, if Fredericks stays injury-free. He's got a good left foot and put some good crosses in. Either way, for me he's the first choice at either LB or RB
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    I'd be a bit wary about Johnson

    Dont get me wrong, thought he was fantastic and imo I'm counting him as a new signing this season....but playing 38 games in comparison to, what, 3(?) Is a compeltely different scenario

    And with any young player his form is likely going to be erratic

    Would prefer him in his natural position, but you are right he may be an option at LB as well
  • KuchinghammerKuchinghammer
    True Champo, but I've been impressed with his positional play, and he's improved every match. Much like Rice did. All his games have been against top teams or 6 pointers, and he's not let anyone down yet.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    QPR have signed 24yo Aussie striker Lyndon Dykes from Livingstone which suggests they're no longer interested in Hugill.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    At least with the lack of spending amongst the majority of teams hopefully a lot more youngsters start coming through from a number of teams. I reckon we could see a record number of appearances for U21s this season throughout the league.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited August 2020
    Youd like to think so, however you have to have the players at the right stage of their careers before you lump them in

    I do like that some of our better prospects are a little older and further along their development, like Dianagana (22), Holland (22), Johnson (20), Coventry (20) and Cardoso (19)

    Compare that to Diallo, Baptiste and Fevrier who are talked about as some of our best prospects, they are all still 17 and probably not ready for many minutes

    Either way I agree we will likely see more minutes given to younger players which is (imo) good for the league
  • alderzalderz
    I don't think we were ever officially linked with him, but he came up a lot earlier in this thread so I thought I'd share that Antonee Robinson has signed for Fulham for £2m.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53853586
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    edited August 2020
    I posted this on July 23 on this thread.
    That Robinson tackle is up there with the most cynical I have ever seen. If that is typical of his play and character he should be banned from playing forever. I, for one, would never want to see that type of player pull on a West Ham shirt.



    Obviously coached in the Roy Keane method of defending. I'm very happy he's gone to Fulham.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Can't say I'm disappointed as I had never seen him play nor had I even heard of him before we were linked, but seems like a savvy move in this climate, young LB who cost £2mil could be a bargain for Fulham

    That said, in the championship alone, Manning and Rico Henry appear to be superior players to him, both of whom we've been linked with

    Also we've been linked to Mykolenko and I think the LB at Slavia Prague, so maybe we think we can do better and weren't seriously after him

    I do want us to sign a new LB (imo if we had 1 signing it would be at LB), but would rather we get one we actively want and not just a cheap option (Fredericks was a freebie and the jury is still out on him)

  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    WHU, problem is we are supposedly skint so we may need to consider low transfer fee deals?
  • yoyoyoyo
    Perhaps the reason Moyes wants Pearce back on his staff is so he can cover left back!?
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Yoyo, Buffy beat you to it. =)
    buffybegood said:

    Whitehorsehammer said:

    New contracts signed with coaching staff, so we can afford to employ them..

    Are we sure that they've only signed on as coaches? Could be cover at LB (Pearce) and attacking midfield (Nolan) knowing how G&S like to get value for money.
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    Brazil attacking midfielder Felipe Anderson, 27, is considering leaving West Ham. (Sun)
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited August 2020
    The Times reporting that West Ham are in talks with Jack Wilshere over paying off the final year of his contract or finding him a new club with his salary partly subsidised, to get his £100k weekly wage off the books.
  • alderzalderz
    I cannot see a situation where he gets any game time, so not having him on the wage bill makes sense.

    HOWEVER, paying up his contract doesn’t get him off the wage bill it just means paying him everything now instead of spread out.

    AND, realistically is anyone going to want to take him on loan? Presumably we’d want at least like 50% of his wages covered to make it worth our while. I can’t see (m)any clubs wanting to spend £50k pw on keeping their physios busy.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Gazzetta Dello Sport and Sport Media Set both report that Juventus are looking to sell players (who isn't?) and have been touting around the Premier League.

    Among the list of players they're supposedly offering is 33yo German international CM Sami Khedira (77 caps) who Calciomercato linked with West Ham and Wolves in April

    He's had serious injury issues, he hasn't played since December and only managed 17 appearances the season before, he's 33 and on mega wages.

    A slow news day on the sports desk...
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