Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

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  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    I am personally happy with Zabaleta, we wanted a quality RB and now we have one, I agree with Greys comment that he will give 100% each and every game and no-one can ask for more than that.

    Assuming he remains injury free, this is West Ham after all, I think we will get three really good years out of him and provide time for others to develop.

    RB sorted, now what about up top.

    ;ok
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    I'm happy for Ayew to stay, but I would take £30m for him.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    OldCastleSwift said:

    I'm happy for Ayew to stay, but I would take £30m for him.

    Agreed
  • adecokeradecoker
    billybondsbeard said:

    Picture of Zab on twitter on the train to/from Euston with some Hammers fans - has confirmed he is signing



    ;ok ;ok

    He may well have positional sense but if he's trying to get to West Ham from Euston by getting on a train to Manchester, it would suggest he's got a hopeless sense of direction.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    https://www.clubcall.com/west-ham-united/eder-in-premier-link-1852468.html
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    Zabaleta will be a good signing for possibly two seasons. You need only look at the send off afforded him by Man City fans and their view of him to let you know we have got ourselves a proper full back.

    He doesn't have long as stated and is likely on big money but we need character and experience in defence as our full backs all season have been either filling in our been short on premiership experience. Zab lacks neither a proper full back with bags of experience at the top level........ exactly what we need.

    Well done for getting him and quickly if it all goes through.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Mail reporting that Zabaleta is now officially done.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    I know it's just paper talk, but:
    Watford are to demand £35m for striker Troy Deeney this summer.
    (from the Birmingham Mail)

    Can't help but feel they forgot the decimal point...
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited May 2017
    I think that's just code for 'not for sale'

    If someone bid £20m I'm sure they'll sell.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Todays new striker link is Martin Braithwaite from Toulouse ;hmm
  • LukerzLukerz
    Tbf he gets linked every window.

    Bit like the old classic 'Tomkins to Newcastle'
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    edited May 2017
    The only 35 that should be associated with Deeney is in "lb's" and what he should lose

    #Chunkey
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    Zab is a decent signing, just what we needed at RB, solid experience and help Byram longer term
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    I can't help but thinking that this whole 'older player helps younger player' notion is a bit of a myth and spin. Will it really happen this way in the case of Byram? What will help him more IMO is having a better defensive coach working with him (and others) than the one we've got.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Problem is he has no pace. So if he's ahead of Byram that's our average pace levels further reduced.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Baracks - I think the one we've got is the manager.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Anyone got a list of Freebies of peoples contracts up. Any worth taking a punt on ?
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Yeoldhammer said:

    Anyone got a list of Freebies of peoples contracts up. Any worth taking a punt on ?

    I'm sure Sully has that fully up to date list
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    baracks

    Who's 'mything' or spinning it?

    I put it out as an idea. I've read lots of players talk about how they learn off other players.

    IF we get Zab, I'd be very surprised if there aren't things he can help Brian with, and very disappointed if the club didn't take advantage of his knowledge and experience.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    I'm happy to take Zab. He's a full back who knows how to defend, which is a trait that has been sadly missing from us all season.

    Good move Hammers.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    At least Lanzini will have another Argie friend
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Apparently he is very close to Iheanacho and helped him a lot hen he first burst onto the scene.....maybe he can be a key to securing his signature infront of the likes of Everton
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    2 striker please Dave and if Ayew goes one Tadic / Siggurdsson please :)
  • adecokeradecoker
    Pearces_Left_Foot said:

    Todays new striker link is Martin Braithwaite from Toulouse ;hmm

    I don't know anything about him but really can't get very excited just because of the name. Sorry. It brings to mind the Chief Executive of the Traffic Cone Initiative on Cleethorpes Town Council rather than 20 goals a season. Can't we for once be linked with the likes of feisty young Romanian striker Vlad The Impaler.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Good news for Zabs, the no.5 shirt is vacant so he can keep the number he had a City
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Pearces_Left_Foot said:

    Todays new striker link is Martin Braithwaite from Toulouse ;hmm

    One goal per three games last season which equates to 12 in the Premier League, Antonio got 9.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    http://www.thebreakingtimes.com/kelechi-iheanacho-makes-u-turn-leaves-city-joins/

    Never heard of this website so probably not v reliable
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    But let's just pretend for a second that it's true ;hmm

    ;wahoo ;wahoo ;wahoo ;wahoo ;wahoo
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    Wouldn't be the strangest thing as we are clearly talking to City through the Zab deal, a well respected team mate he has known for a good while speaking highly of and moving to us could be all he needed to take a punt on us as we are on him.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    I think it would be a great deal if we could pull it off, long term if Fletcher and Martinez can get up there too alongside Inehnacho that's a strike force that could go for a long time all 3 around the 20 age mark.
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