The Transfer Window

IronHerb

Not sure we can discuss contracts with a player without his owners consent.

alderz

IronHerb said:

Not sure we can discuss contracts with a player without his owners consent.

That doesn't really seem to be the case anymore. In almost all transfers that get reported on there seems to be personal terms agreed first and the details of the deal get sorted last.

Also, I'd imagine that in this case Chelsea are happy for us to speak to him, but the final settlement needs to be signed off before it can all be completed.

IronHerb

alderz said:

That doesn't really seem to be the case anymore. In almost all transfers that get reported on there seems to be personal terms agreed first and the details of the deal get sorted last.

Also, I'd imagine that in this case Chelsea are happy for us to speak to him, but the final settlement needs to be signed off before it can all be completed.

'personal terms agreed first' agreed, but that doesn't mean the owning club has'nt given permission. Why would you expend time, resource and expense only to be told, once it is all agreed, that the club won't sell?

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

So much of transfer are through agents, I'm sure that personal terms getting agreed early means the agents have been given permission to speak to the club while the club are agreeing a fee

Because if the club spend 3 weeks negotiating only for personal terms to get nowhere....neither club wins

So it makes sense they are done in tandem so the move doesn't stall at the club or personal term stage once one side has spent time negotiating

IronHerb

C@H pouring cold water on Fabrizio Romano Broja update.

OldCastleSwift

Yeah, the rumour mill has slowed down since this morning.

Would be very unlike West Ham to get three deals done in a week this early in a window, as was being suggested earlier.

Lingard would appear to be the easiest one to complete. Still think that'll be the next one announced.

Fortuneseeker

We need a new left back more than Lingard, unless he can play there?

OldCastleSwift

Fortuneseeker said:

We need a new left back more than Lingard, unless he can play there?

Yep, agreed, we need a left back. But as with Broja and Onana, our LB targets will be subject to bids and negotiations. Lingard should be able to be done quicker as he's free and, supposedly, finally made up his mind.

OldCastleSwift

You remember last weeks cryptic post by Lingard that had people thinking it was a West Ham reference? Well, he posted this earlier:



So he's either a fan of a Moss Side chicken outlet, or he's giving another subtle clue about his next club.

Hamstew

Spurs?

Ravel49

Broja’s ownership on FPL has increased by .4% today

#uselessfact

Slacker

Please explain for those of us with limited intelligence.

OutcastLondoner

Wouldn't be surprised if Lingard doesn't know what the Chicken Run is

OldCastleSwift

Hoffenheim's Raum and Stuttgart's Sosa are the left backs we're in negotiations for, according to Ex.

Whitehorsehammer

I would be surprised if he didn't know. He must have played in front of it several times, has played for West Ham and must know something about the club's history and the Boleyn Ground.

thornburyiron

As Lingard didn’t break into the Utd side until 2015/16 season there’s a chance he never played at the Boleyn ground unless Nobes filled him in with the folklore.
He could just be teasing between us (chicken run) and Spurs (cockerel) to keep people guessing. I would say that Spurs would have the edge on us at the moment for European football but would he get regular first team games.

whupathman

thornburyiron said:

As Lingard didn’t break into the Utd side until 2015/16 season there’s a chance he never played at the Boleyn ground unless Nobes filled him in with the folklore.
He could just be teasing between us (chicken run) and Spurs (cockerel) to keep people guessing. I would say that Spurs would have the edge on us at the moment for European football but would he get regular first team games.

he would get into our side, not the spuds given their front players imho

OutcastLondoner

Whitehorsehammer said:

I would be surprised if he didn't know. He must have played in front of it several times, has played for West Ham and must know something about the club's history and the Boleyn Ground.

Yes, he probably should! But I don't think it's used as much outside of West Ham circles as it once would've been and the only thing Lingard ever seems to show interest in is his social media. Just saying it could be a coincidence and not a hint about his move (but hopefully it is)

Yeoldhammer

Raum would be a great signing

thornburyiron

Whitehorse I doubt he would have played in front of it several times. We’d moved before he became a regular. 2015/16 was his first full season for Utd.

steve

Rum and Coke would be a great double signing

Whitehorsehammer

I didn't realise he only broke into the first team 2015/16. Hoping that Mark Noble spent hours talking to him about playing at the Boleyn in front of the Chicken Run on long journeys to Newcastle or Liverpool.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Sounds like it's an exciting time to be a Hammer

Obviously a lot to do still, officially only the three so far but it's looming promising

Think Lingard will be a fantastic addition but not a hugely pressing concern, but he's improves the first XI imo

Broja I like, and I like we've already started talks with Scammacca as Broja could fall apart....we are often too slow to react whe our primary target can't be signed

Raum I'd love, tbf I'd like either Kostic and Sosa as well but think they're more LWB instead of LB....so if we can get Raum it would be amazing, but it'll be tricky

Onana again, sounds exciting....but it appears we're miles away from agreeing a fee

But its still mid July, this seems like it'll be an exciting (and proactive) window

IronHerb

Not sure we are miles apart on the Onana fee. We've submitted a third bid of around €35m and it hasn't been turned down out of hand. Considering they only paid €7m last summer we must be getting close to a figure they want. Let's hope so.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

IronHerb said:

Not sure we are miles apart on the Onana fee. We've submitted a third bid of around €35m and it hasn't been turned down out of hand. Considering they only paid €7m last summer we must be getting close to a figure they want. Let's hope so.

Only going off what Ex has said, apparantly they value him closer to €50mil

Dodger58

Lingard was on the Subs bench for the last match at the Boleyn, came on in the 83rd minute. Doesn’t mean he knows what the Chicken Run is though …

nychammer66

Chelsea and Albania striker Armando Broja will join West Ham on a season-long loan. The Hammers wanted to sign the 20-year-old on a permanent deal but the Blues were reluctant to sell the player who spent last season on loan at Southampton. (Mail)

IronHerb

Mail Online 11.40am -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11024305/West-Ham-close-agreeing-terms-Chelsea-PERMANENT-deal-Armando-Broja.html

yoyo

Well, that cleared that up!

Bazshuayi

Yeoldhammer said:

Raum would be a great signing

It'll be tricky but as his personal trainer once said, 'Raum wasn't built in a day'...