January 2017 Transfer Speculation

thornburyiron · January 2017

The Daves are trying to have their cake and eat it. On the one hand they are saying there's no way Dimi is going for less than £30M and on the other quibbling over a couple of million for Hogan.

MrsGrey · January 2017

brookingsirons said:
This window maybe difficult, but if you really want a player and the selling club
Wants x amount then pay it .

I mean we wasted 5m on Zaza 2.5 on tore
God knows what we're paying calleri and Spanish RB , put it this it would have paid
Hogans fee ..

But that's just hindsight, saying what we spent on those players.

At the time, we needed players in those positions.

And at the same time, Hogan had a track record of playing well in League 2, then missed nearly the full season with a severe injury (including a recurrence) and managed 7 games in the Championship.

If we'd used that money to buy Hogan, rather than Zaza, Tore, Arbeloa and Calleri, we'd have had a squad of 21, including 3 strikers that have all had long term, recurrent injuries.

MrsGrey · January 2017

brookingsirons said:
As much as I like our owners , they are very good at telling the fans who and how much they bid for players ...I'm also not even bothered about big names as long as the player is wanting to give 100% like cresswell and Antonio those sort of players are
what we need not the big name guys who only come for the money.

1. A lots of that 'how much they bid' is nonsense put about by so-called ITKs and the players' agents. The club almost never officially discloses how much was paid.

2. You say you want a player that gives 100%, but then you name players and want rid/say they were rubbish signings because they didn't work out. Even if they have given 100%. Sort it out! ;wink

3. Can you put your hand on your heart and say you've never slagged the owners off for getting players nobody has ever heard of?? Scout's honour?!

MrsGrey · January 2017

thornburyiron said:
The Daves are trying to have their cake and eat it. On the one hand they are saying there's no way Dimi is going for less than £30M and on the other quibbling over a couple of million for Hogan.

How is that having your cake and eating it? ;hmm

It is not buying a player for more than they think he's worth, and not selling a player for less than they think he's worth.

alderz · January 2017

The trouble with saying that you'd rather the club didn't say who they'd bid for in case it doesn't happen is that people then complain that we should have been in for x, y, z and that the club has missed a trick by not going after someone we may well have gone after.

Also, I don't get the argument that we were bidding x 6mths ago therefore we shouldn't quibble over £2/3m. That's like saying why quibble over a sandwich that costs £4 more in a pub than in tesco because you bought an expensive baguette once. (Yes, I am eating my lunch)

alderz · January 2017

brookings

BBQ Jerk Chicken, boi

alderz · January 2017

Has anyone seen this about the 100 most valuable players?

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38635387

Snippet from the bottom:

"West Ham midfielder Michail Antonio makes the list at 100, with a value of £31m."

MarkNobleLocalHero · January 2017

Football hasn't gone mad, well not over that pointless and meaningless exercise anyway. Who exactly is going to pay £216m for Neymar? NO ONE not even the Chinese (or the Daves)!

ASLEFshrugged · January 2017

alderz - it also lists Bellerin as worth €70.3m/£62m, Otamendi € 63.1m/£55.5m...

.....and Jon Stones is worth €48.9m/£43m. Jon Stones?!??!?!?

Laugh, I nearly.........

MrsGrey · January 2017

If you look at how they calculate the value, a big factor is how much they have cost in the past. Since Man City (allegedly) paid more than that for him, their algorithm has actually had him LOSE value. ;lol

ASLEFshrugged · January 2017

Indeed, minus £4.5m in five months, that's a devaluation of 900k per month.

I'd have thought it would have been more than that......

Fortuneseeker · January 2017

Mrs G, all they are doing is following the "Levy" way of negotiating transfers. He has even made a profit on the cranes they bought to build their new stadium. ;whistle

IronHerb · January 2017

Well Fortune, I've heard that Real Madrid are interested ;biggrin

Fortuneseeker · January 2017

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11685/10731130/european-clubs-chase-braithwaite-amid-west-ham-interest

Now we are talking. Would this be a better alternative to Hogan?

OutcastLondoner · January 2017

Would prefer paying the English premium for Hogan. We've done alright at bringing players from the Championship and from what my Brentford-supporting FIFA buddy says, he has the attributes to adapt.

alderz · January 2017

Braithwaite's goalscoring record isn't particularly inspiring, and he hasn't played over here before. I'm with Outcast

TwistandShout · January 2017

West ham reject second bid from Marseille. Believed to be £20m. The first bid was £19m.

#cheekygirls

MIAHammer · January 2017

Tweet from David Gold

David Gold‏ @davidgold

With a number of top Premier League players holding clubs to ransom is it time to close the January transfer window? dg
4:42 AM · Jan 16, 2017

OldCastleSwift · January 2017

Bodes well...

Hamstew · January 2017

If he's only worth £20m I think we should go in for him.

Lukerz · January 2017

Zarate to Watford ;nonono

MrsGrey · January 2017

;nonono

ASLEFshrugged · January 2017

Somebody ought to tell DG that the transfer window isn't controlled by the Premier League, it applies to all the leagues in Europe although considering the amount of time we've spent playing in Europe its understandable that he might have forgotten about them......

baracks_a_hammer · January 2017

Someone also ought to tell Dave that he has the Jan transfer window to thank for being able to offload Zaza

McHammer · January 2017

Sunderland and West Ham have been put off by Leeds United's £15m valuation of striker Chris Wood. (Sunderland Echo)

crusadinghammer · January 2017

Chris Wood ???? - I would be over the moon to have a another Kiwi in the squad but lets get real - Nice bloke but hardly a premier league striker - In fact until this season struggling in the Championship - surely his international captain will be close enough to the action to tell the Daves that.