2026 Summer Transfer Speculation

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  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    I’m cool with Piroe in theory. I don’t mind that he didn’t cut it in the PL because I think it was players like Vaz Te who were key for us last time.

    But watching his highlights he looks a bit like the type of striker who’s flopped with us over the last 5 or so years. Big and slow. Though maybe that’s fine in the championship.
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  • LukerzLukerz
    OutcastLondoner said:

    I’m cool with Piroe in theory. I don’t mind that he didn’t cut it in the PL because I think it was players like Vaz Te who were key for us last time.

    But watching his highlights he looks a bit like the type of striker who’s flopped with us over the last 5 or so years. Big and slow. Though maybe that’s fine in the championship.

    Nuno likes these sorts of strikers - Jimenez, Wood - he just got the wrong one in Pablo
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Big and slow, isn't that Fulkrug?
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    https://www.whufc.com/en/news/west-ham-united-sign-joel-piroe

    Confirmed
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    jay_in_cpt said:

    https://www.whufc.com/en/news/west-ham-united-sign-joel-piroe

    Confirmed

    Great news

    2nd player (Solomon the 1st) bought that are both in their prime and been members of the "chanpionship team of the season" and neither mean we're breaking the bank

    Sensible signing, now lets get another right back and centre back
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    jay_in_cpt said:

    https://www.whufc.com/en/news/west-ham-united-sign-joel-piroe

    Confirmed

    Great news

    2nd player (Solomon the 1st) bought that are both in their prime and been members of the "chanpionship team of the season" and neither mean we're breaking the bank

    Sensible signing, now lets get another right back and centre back
    Yeh, and if Diouf departs, a LB as well.....
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Another one about to bite the dust ( it seems ).....https://www.claretandhugh.info/earthy-exit-agreed-as-west-ham-clearout-shows-no-sign-of-slowing/

    Just gotta hope there are some more incomings.....
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    No one had factored this happening into our outgoings/incomings had they? Better have some good deals for players coming in otherwise Nuno agreeing to sell our good young players off won't go down well.
  • WhitehorsehammerWhitehorsehammer
    Mark Noble was a great advocate of Earthy, thought he had big potential. Also he did well while on loan at Bristol City a good Championship side.
  • stevesteve
    That's a shame ,Really thought it might work out for him with us ,Good luck to him at Reading
  • stevesteve
    Do we have any young players left
  • alderzalderz
    steve said:

    Do we have any young players left

    In our first team squad, Diouf, Scarles, Orford, Engels, Kanté, Magassa, Lamadrid & Pablo are all 22 or younger. Outside of that, Herrick, Casey, Mayers and Ajala have played first team football for us, and Byrne, Colau, Battrum, Clayton, Landers, Cummings and Murphy have played first team football at some level.
  • stevesteve
    What about Fearon thought he might get a look in this season
  • alderzalderz
    steve said:

    What about Fearon thought he might get a look in this season

    He's still here, but he's not currently listed in our first team squad, and has never played first team football.
  • stevesteve
    Thanks Alderz .
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited August 19
    No point keeping Earthy - just not good enough for top end Championship/PL, hence why he’s off to League One. Wish him well.

    Piroe - smart signing & we’ll see that after 46 games. Basically the Championship Haaland - doesn’t do much but bang in 20 goals.
  • LukerzLukerz
    I’d say we now need another CB & another attacking player - someone who can play as a wide or AM player - before the window shuts (minimum). I think we will sign another four players, as I think others may leave.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Definitely need a CB, Kilman does his hamstring Saturday & we’re bringing on Casey of Golambeckis (or sticking Veltman there)
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Whitehorsehammer said:

    Mark Noble was a great advocate of Earthy, thought he had big potential. Also he did well while on loan at Bristol City a good Championship side.

    He did for the first season there but only played 10 times last season.
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited August 19
    Our job as a club is not to produce players that play for our first 11 & the national team. That’s the dream. Our role is to produce & nurture talent, giving them opportunities, to pursue a career in football. We have done that with Earthy, like we did with Tomkins, Sears, Stanislas, Spence, Diangana, Lee (x2), Potts (x2). You occasionally get a Noble, but it’s not frequent (for any club).
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited August 19
    Few systems we can now play, when everybody is fit

    4-4-2
    Hermansen
    Walker-Peters - Mavropanos - Kilman - Scarles
    Bowen - Souček - Engels - Solomon
    Taty - Piroe

    4-3-3
    Hermansen
    Walker-Peters - Mavropanos - Kilman - Scarles
    Kanté - Souček - Engels
    Bowen - Solomon
    Piroe

    3-4-3
    Hermansen
    Veltman - Mavropanos - Kilman
    Walker-Peters - Souček - Engels - Diouf
    Bowen - Solomon
    Piroe
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    To back up what Lukerz posted as far as I can see the only 3 who played for the First X1 on a regular basis from the 1999 Youth Cup winning team are - Bywater, Carrick & Cole.

    Terry, Battrum (Briggs 89), Scarles, Orford, Clayton, Casey (Tarima 80), Kelly, Earthy (Rigge 85), Marshall, Kodua (c), Mubama

    Subs: Herrick (GK), Fawunmi, Briggs, Mukasa, Jones

    This is the squad from 2023, how many have made it to be the First team so far?
  • LukerzLukerz
    I wonder if Philogene or McAtee may be available for deals. Both done well in Championship but not really had an impact in PL.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    https://www.whufc.com/en/news/george-earthy-joins-reading

    Confirmed, Earthy gone...who's next.....
  • PengemanPengeman
    Wan-Bissaka agrees Aston Villa loan with mandatory buy clause
    https://www.livescore.com/en/news/football/premier-league/wan-bissaka-agrees-aston-villa-loan-with-mandatory-buy-clause-stretty-news/
  • stevesteve
    Few reports we are interested in watford captain Imran Louza ,Dont know to much about him and why would they want him to go
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Ex is reporting that West Ham are in talks to loan in Divine Mukasa, an 18 year old attacking midfielder, from Man City. He spent 10 years at our Academy.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Surprising move as hes kind of a right winger or a #10 which we dont really use

    Sounds a talent and a good depth optuon city's youngsters have fantasies education and generally do well once sold
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    He played at Leicester City last season on loan and my friends who watched him regularly said he was rubbish but I suppose you could say that about their whole team. Is he any better than what we already have or is he just a filler for the squad, another body in the building?
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