January 2017 Transfer Speculation

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  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    ;biggrin ;devil
  • McHammerMcHammer
    http://talksport.com/football/transfer-alert-west-ham-and-watford-battle-sign-inter-milan-defender-andrea-ranocchia
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    Martin Olsson gone to Swansea...

    http://talksport.com/football/done-deal-swansea-sign-norwich-defender-martin-olsson-170117224025
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    HAMMERS WANT GABBIADINI

    According to Gazzetta dello Sport, West Ham are the latest Premier League club linked with Napoli forward Manolo Gabbiadini.

    Southampton and Swansea are reportedly keeping tabs on the Italy striker too.

    Slaven Bilic is keen to recruit a striker this month, having been knocked back in bids for Jermain Defoe and Scott Hogan
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    edited January 2017
    They are not going to get Gabbiadini for less than what they are asking for Hogan O_o
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    I'll be gobsmacked if they even entertained the thought of trying to bring in another serie A Italian striker..
  • alderzalderz
    Yeold

    Does that matter? If they look at two players and think that one is worth £18m (for example) and the other is worth £12m, i assume that means they would be happy to pay more for the one they think is worth more money.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    alderz i don't actually think they have that sort of money for this window. Unless Payet is already gone. Hence the lowball offers for every player we have asked for.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    They have the £20m that would have been due for Zaza around this time if things had turned out different.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    SKY BET TRANSFER SPECIALS

    Sky Bet report good business in the Stewart Downing market this afternoon and have cut the Middlesbrough man to join West Ham from 12/1 to 5/2. Crystal Palace are still the even-money favourites, with Sunderland also prominent in the betting at 6/1.

    He's 3/1 to stay at Boro - click here for the full market
    ;lol
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited January 2017
    IronHerb said:

    They have the £20m that would have been due for Zaza around this time if things had turned out different.

    Allegedly been due. ;wink

    Also, it might not have all been up-front payments. So it might not be an actual £20m in the piggy bank.

    Plus, if Dimi has been playing up, and they knew they weren't keeping Zaza, they may have been raiding said piggy bank for Dimi sweeteners. Where else has that money come from, do you think?
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    West Ham and Southampton are both interested in Borussia Mönchengladbach right-back Julian Korb. [@kicker]
  • alderzalderz
    Downing to West Ham?! Hahaha
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    MrsGrey said:

    IronHerb said:



    Plus, if Dimi has been playing up, and they knew they weren't keeping Zaza, they may have been raiding said piggy bank for Dimi sweeteners. Where else has that money come from, do you think?

    That would've been pretty irresponsible given that if they knew Zaza was going, they would also have known we would need another striker.
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    Just 4 of the 32 strikers that Gold & Sullivan have signed for West Ham have reached double figures in goals scored for the club...
  • TwistandShoutTwistandShout
    Jose Fonte

    #ITK
    #BigOli
  • LukerzLukerz
    ;hmm
  • LukerzLukerz
    Reveal twisterz ;hmm
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Reveal Roderick!
  • TwistandShoutTwistandShout
    Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

    Reveal twisterz ;hmm

    ;whistle
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    Scattergun

  • McHammerMcHammer
    West Ham and Brentford have had a breakthrough in talks over the transfer of Scott Hogan. The Hammers have offered about £13.5m in total for the 24-year-old striker. (Daily Mail)
  • alderzalderz
    That Irish Times article says that Payet wanted to leave because we haven't grown as a club by signing a striker. I thought it was family reasons? Maybe this is why people find the family reasons excuse hard to accept.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Maybe his wife was so upset that we signed Calleri and Zaza instead of Lacazette that she moved back to Franr in protest... ;hmm
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    still don't think we are signing anyone before the Boro game I expect deals to come after game in the run up to the City game on 1st Feb when window shuts.
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    edited January 2017
    alderz said:

    That Irish Times article says that Payet wanted to leave because we haven't grown as a club by signing a striker. I thought it was family reasons? Maybe this is why people find the family reasons excuse hard to accept.

    Broken promises last summer.....

    Then the family issues after........(it's not an excuse)

    IMO

    We've gone from Bacca, Bats and Lacca to snodgrass and Hogan
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Izwt

    In my opinion they would have tried all they could to get those three, barring offering fees the selling club couldn't refuse.

    What they did is overestimate the attraction of West Ham to players in that category

    The players they are now targeting probably reflects them shifting their expectations back to reality
  • alderzalderz
    Excuse

    "Seek to lessen the blame attached to.."

    Seems to me that the family issues are pretty much exactly what the dictionary tells us an excuse is, whether true or not.

    (Yet again, I will firmly voice my opinion that the family issues are real, but the behaviour following is unacceptable.)
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    Which nobody has denied
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Mornington Crescent.
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