Summer Transfer Speculation (its just two months away)

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  • stevesteve
    Just read Andy Carroll has left his French club .Just saying =)
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    On crutches?
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Ex says Kyle Walker-Peters "is no longer a priority for the club this summer"

    https://www.thewesthamway.com/2025/06/24/no-longer-exwhuemployee-west-ham-interest-in-walker-peters-update/
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    Ex says Kyle Walker-Peters "is no longer a priority for the club this summer"

    https://www.thewesthamway.com/2025/06/24/no-longer-exwhuemployee-west-ham-interest-in-walker-peters-update/

    Seems like a no brianer tbf he can play either flank, is a free transfer (which is key as we have no money this summer), is homegrown, has lot so experience but also in his peak years
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    1, GK: Areola
    2, GK:Foderingham
    3, RB: AWB
    4, LB: Emerson
    5, LB: Scarles *U21
    6, CB: Mavropanos
    7, CB: Todibo
    8, CB: Kilman
    9, CM: Soucek
    10, CM: JWP
    11, CM: Alvarez
    12, CM: Guido
    13, CM: Irving
    14, AM: Paqueta
    15, WG: Summerville
    16, WG: Kudus
    17, WG: Bowen
    18, WG: Guilherme* U21
    19, ST: Fulkrug

    Intentionally left out Cornet and Aguerd, just can't see them playing for us again

    Also internationally left out the youth players who didnt feature last season, so no Earthy, Carey, Potts, Sywer etc.

    So 19 players, 2 of whom are U21 so don't need registering (so 17)

    Of the 17, 6 are homegrown and 11 are foreign, so we have 2 more HG spots and 6 non-HG without even looking at sales

    Of that list it wouldn't be surprising to see 5 or so players leave....Kudus, Guido, Irving, Emerson and Soucek likely according to ""reports"

    Gonna be a rough summer, club will have to get creative
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    Intentionally left out Cornet and Aguerd, just can't see them playing for us again

    Cornet's exit looks to have taken a step closer as Fiorentina took up the option to buy Icelandic AM/LW Albert Gudmundsson after a season on loan

    Patrick Vieira is Genoa manager, took over in November when they were 17th, finished 13th

    However Aguerd might be staying as C&H reckon we want £20m with Roma and Bayer Leverkusen both looking elsewhere

    Reckons Marseille could be interested even though they've just signed Burnley's CB CJ Egan-Riley on a free
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    Also internationally left out the youth players who didnt feature last season, so no Earthy, Carey, Potts, Sywer etc.

    One of the more reliable sources reckoned that Potts would be part of the first team and that was why Irving was looking elsewhere
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited June 28
    The point is until players leave, they are our players. So there is no point saying we have a big/rough summer ahead. At the moment our (most experienced) starting 11 is:

    Areola
    Wan-Bissaka - Todibo - Kilman - Emerson
    Bowen - Álvarez - Souček - Paquetá
    Kudus
    Füllkrug

    It doesn’t matter how many leave, at the moment that is our 11. It’s not great but it’s not bad. We’d have to expect Potter to improve players. Until we start moving players on, there is really not much to be done apart from adding some youth to the side - which will also be cheaper if we decide to buy youth in.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited June 28
    Lukerz said:

    The point is until players leave, they are our players. So there is no point saying we have a big/rough summer ahead. At the moment our (most experienced) starting 11 is:

    Areola
    Wan-Bissaka - Todibo - Kilman - Emerson
    Bowen - Álvarez - Souček - Paquetá
    Kudus
    Füllkrug

    It doesn’t matter how many leave, at the moment that is our 11. It’s not great but it’s not bad. We’d have to expect Potter to improve players. Until we start moving players on, there is really not much to be done apart from adding some youth to the side - which will also be cheaper if we decide to buy youth in.

    We have 8 spots available, obviously don't need to have a full 25 but need more than 17 senior players

    Also based off that XI our bench would be: Foderingham, Mavropanos, Scarles, JWP, Guido, Irving, Summerville, Guilherme and Potts

    That's it, that bench is weak and that's not including any potential injuries which...because were west ham... will be considerable
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    Also internationally left out the youth players who didnt feature last season, so no Earthy, Carey, Potts, Sywer etc.

    One of the more reliable sources reckoned that Potts would be part of the first team and that was why Irving was looking elsewhere
    Good, him and Earthy look like they could be realistic options for us after excellent seasons

    Our midfield is pretty poor and very old, it needs legs and energy and these 2 could provide that
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    Our midfield is pretty poor and very old, it needs legs and energy and these 2 could provide that

    That "very old" thing always makes me smile

    Gundogan is 34, Salah and De Bruyne 33 (so is Casemiro but...), Son 32, Kovacic 31, Bruno Fernandes 30, Rodri 29

    Age isn't so important with the levels of fitness these days and youth is no match for quality in the top flight

    Alvarez is 27, hardly ready for his Freedom Pass
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    Our midfield is pretty poor and very old, it needs legs and energy and these 2 could provide that

    That "very old" thing always makes me smile

    Gundogan is 34, Salah and De Bruyne 33 (so is Casemiro but...), Son 32, Kovacic 31, Bruno Fernandes 30, Rodri 29

    Age isn't so important with the levels of fitness these days and youth is no match for quality in the top flight

    Alvarez is 27, hardly ready for his Freedom Pass
    City have spend £130mil on Gonzales (22), Cherli (21) and Reijnders (26) because of the drop off of Gundogan/KDB/Kovacic etc.

    Liverpool bought Gravenberch (22), Mac Allister (24) and Szoboszlai (23) in a single window to repalce their midfield of Fabinho, Henderson ans Thiago who all dropped off around 30

    Its not just the age, its energy and this midfield lacks energy...and no energy isnt fitness, it's show you get around the pitch and how you engage and press

    We need new legs, legs to provide a spark and new impetus
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    Its not just the age, its energy and this midfield lacks energy...and no energy isnt fitness, it's show you get around the pitch and how you engage and press

    We need new legs, legs to provide a spark and new impetus

    "New legs" doesn't mercenarily mean "energy", "spark" or "Impetus", it could just mean inexperience
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    City have spend £130mil on Gonzales (22), Cherli (21) and Reijnders (26) because of the drop off of Gundogan/KDB/Kovacic etc.

    Nico Gonzalez made his first team debut when he was 19, he made 37 appearances for Barcelona, 26 for Valencia and 68 for FC Porto.

    Cherki was just 16 when he made his first team debut for Lyon, 185 appearances including Champions League and Europa League. Supposedly the greatest talent ever produced by the Lyon youth system

    Reijnders had 104 appearances for AC Milan and has 23 caps with Holland

    £13om for those three seems an absolute bargain!
  • LukerzLukerz
    Calvert-Lewin to West Ham & Antonio to Everton. Wonder what odds are on that?
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Lukerz said:

    Calvert-Lewin to West Ham & Antonio to Everton. Wonder what odds are on that?

    Can't see it myself tbh.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Various sources saying we will accept £60m for Kudus even though he has a £85m release clause

    Spurs seem to be the only club interested as Chelsea have already signed Joao Pedro from Brighton and Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund

    Also Tammy Abraham is going to join Besiktas (managed by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer) so we definitely won't be signing him
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    I would keep him at 60m unless we have an agreed high end target ready to sign. He didn't have the best season but the whole season was a mess from start to finish. He is however what we need in a forward moving winger/midfielder who has pace.

    Unless there is an exceptional offer or we know we can spend the money better on a ready target I would be hoping he can have good season for us and for him use it to get the big move he would probably like. Spurs may have slipped into the Champions League but they are not a big club at present and need rebuilding.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Well if any of what is said in the media is true we can’t buy anyone unless he goes.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Cue a stream of new players.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    thornburyiron said:

    Well if any of what is said in the media is true we can’t buy anyone unless he goes.

    The other option is the owners could put some money in, if reports are to be believed, but these same stories also say they won’t.

  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    edited July 1
    I’m not sure it works like that. Owners can put money in by buying shares in the club to mitigate the profit and loss limits but as they own most of them then that seems a limited option.
    We are not in a position to do things like selling assets to sister companies etc as Chelsea and Villa have done with their women’s teams and Chelsea with hotels etc. Chelsea sold their women’s team for £200M.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    thorn, I heard Mr Sullivan could loan the club say £90 million and earn high interest on his money if he wanted to.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    But it's a loan. That won't improve the balance sheet in terms of profit and loss, as it will be recorded in the accounts as a debt.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    MrsGrey said:

    But it's a loan. That won't improve the balance sheet in terms of profit and loss, as it will be recorded in the accounts as a debt.

    But it would help if the issue is cashflow rather than PSR rules.

  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Fabrizio Romano on Twitter

    West Ham had a proposal rejected in the recent days for El Hadji Malick Diouf worth around €20m. SK Slavia Prague value the player at higher price with more clubs keen on signing him.

    20yo Senegal LB/LWB
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    Fabrizio Romano on Twitter

    West Ham had a proposal rejected in the recent days for El Hadji Malick Diouf worth around €20m. SK Slavia Prague value the player at higher price with more clubs keen on signing him.

    20yo Senegal LB/LWB

    He played well in the recent international against England.

  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    I think the issue is with the rules.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    We've confirmed the signing of Daniel Cummings, but, given that he was only playing in the Celtic second team, I suspect this is more for the U21s this season:

    https://www.whufc.com/news/hammers-sign-daniel-cummings
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    buffy, I heard he wouldn’t have signed if he wasn’t going to be part of the first team squad otherwise he would have stayed at Celtic.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2
    Would be great if he's a genuine addition to the first team squad, but an enormous step up from the Lowland League to the Premier League; can't see it happening this season tbh. The article on the OS even says he "will this week join up with Mark Robson’s Academy U21 development squad for pre-season training".
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