2026 Summer Transfer Speculation

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  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    edited May 29
    As agents sort nearly everything anyway and medical are held anywhere in the world I doubt it will make much difference.
    We also currently only have 2 confirmed players in the World Cup.
    All depends too on who we want to shift.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    thorn, The majority of the players I want us to keep are going to be the ones we unfortunately have to let go.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    According to football finance expert Kieran Maguire on Talksport we still owe £196m in transfer fees at the end of 2025 and we were losing £2m a week.

    We're going to need the board to fund the club otherwise we're not going to be signing anyone even if we sell a bunch of players

    https://talksport.com/football/4285634/west-ham-transfers-relegation-psr-declan-rice/
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    Right at the end 🤦‍♂️

  • IronHerbIronHerb
    But when is that £196m due? is it this financial year or over 4 or 5 years?
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Apparently the club's financial report didn't specify how much has to be paid by the end of 2026 but if you take that we were already losing money as a Premier club and our revenue will go down as a Championship club we're not in a good place financially.

    The board are going to have to inject cash into the club but I imagine PSR will limit how much they can invest
  • alderzalderz
    PSR doesn’t exist from this summer, in England anyway. It’s Squad Cost Ratio now, and the penalty for exceeding is a fine, I believe. If the owners want to stump up money to get us back into the Premier League they do have the option to do so.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    A fine and possible points deduction.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Is there some sort of leeway for relegated sides? Seems unreasonable to expect that they will be in the best financial shape after relegation.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Parachute payments.
  • PengemanPengeman
    IronHerb said:

    But when is that £196m due? is it this financial year or over 4 or 5 years?

    WHU 2024/25 annual accounts are here.
    https://assets.ctfassets.net/zl2jjr3puakk/4sRKoDQyFLPLY2S8gtakAG/adee382d6d8b8c51de797bb72aa9b08b/WH_Holding_Limited_FY25_-_SIGNED.pdf

    Note 16 on page under the heading "Creditors Amounts falling due after more than one year" said:
    "The undiscounted value of creditors arising from player transfers due within one year is £112.9m (2024: £101.4m) and due after more than one year is £98.6m (2024: £103.2m).

    Creditors arising from player transfers include a total of £14.0m payable to a Russian football club. The Club is currently prevented from making this payment due to the sanctions imposed by the UK Government. Despite the Russian club taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the ruling was upheld by CAS in favour of West Ham United which confirmed that payment could not be made due to the sanctions."

    It is probably for the above reason that the financial statements show the Creditors arising from player transfers and due after more than one year from the balance sheet date (31 May 2025) at £84.9m.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    £84.9m sounds like a perfect fit for a Bowen and a Summerville!
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