Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation (continued)

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  • TwistandShoutTwistandShout
    Jorderz_Slaven_A_Good_Time said:

    TwistAndShout said:

    Wilshere heavily linked again.

    Yes please ;pray

    As someone who has been incredibly frustrated by Carroll's injury record (like most of us), why on earth would you want us to sign a guy who has played the same amount of games over the last few years?
    On his day a very good player.
    The frustration I and many others have with Carroll is because we have relied so heavily on him as we've had no back up. It has been 'Carroll injured, season over'
    Wilshere would be different because we have cover in his position
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Raul Jimenez being reported as nearly done ;barrera
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Dont see the point wasting whatever wages he would command for half a season
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    TwistAndShout said:

    Jorderz_Slaven_A_Good_Time said:

    TwistAndShout said:

    Wilshere heavily linked again.

    Yes please ;pray

    As someone who has been incredibly frustrated by Carroll's injury record (like most of us), why on earth would you want us to sign a guy who has played the same amount of games over the last few years?
    On his day a very good player.
    The frustration I and many others have with Carroll is because we have relied so heavily on him as we've had no back up. It has been 'Carroll injured, season over'
    Wilshere would be different because we have cover in his position
    So it's alright wasting money on him because he'd be less valuable to the team? ;hmm
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Bacca joining Marseille for £13 million?
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    http://sportwitness.co.uk/west-ham-insisting-signing-26-year-old-deal-even-done-today/

    Discuss!

    Would rather the money was spent on Kara Mbodji from Anderlecht who can cover Centre Back/ Midfield and is a friend of Kouyate.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    The article itself seems to cast considerable doubt on that rumour.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Valencia scored a hattrick on his debut with Tigres last night as they thumped Pueblo 5-0.
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Sounds a prospect. Lets sign him!
  • FlorinRaducliousFlorinRaduclious
    I genuinely believe he could have been a good option at LAM, and that in our league that was his best position, cutting in and cracking it with his right peg. However, it appears he didn't really fit in with the squad / country, and Bilic didn't fancy him, so I'll trust it was the right decision to get rid.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    IMO a perfect example that not all talent can hatch it in the Premier league... ( Zaza another )....
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    He could score a hattrick every game this season but doesn't change the fact e can't cut it in the premier league

    Too inconsistent and too lightweight

    He has his level and that is the Mexican league which is likely not even championship level
  • FlorinRaducliousFlorinRaduclious
    That is sort of my point Champo. He has the skills but we all agree he is lightweight and inconsistent. Thereby if he put on some muscle (easily doable for a professional player) he wouldn't be so lightweight. If he worked harder in training, maybe he would be less inconsistent (not necessarily though). Although of course its all ifs and buts, I just think he could have been a good premiership LAM/LW if he had done the above.
  • stevesteve
    Anyone know when Hernandez is expected to sign .has he even had a medical yet .we seem to take forever getting players over the line
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    He has been on holiday I think he is due Tom for medical
  • stevesteve
    ;ok
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Screenshot_2017-07-23-19-19-19
  • stevesteve
    ;hmm Tuesday what happened to Monday ;puzzled
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Long flight for a little pea
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Everyone is flying to Germany Monday so there will be no one at home to meet him
  • stevesteve
    ;doh not even the tea lady Herb poor boy should at lest get a cuppa
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Nervous. If its such a bargain why would no one else offer a million more?
  • imagelostimagelost
    IronHerb said:

    Everyone is flying to Germany Monday so there will be no one at home to meet him

    ;whistle
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited July 2017
    We are still short in CM, without a doubt.

    An injury to one of the main three CM's and it's Fernandes (more an attacking CM from what I've seen) or Cullen. Not that I'm against either playing, but if that was for a prolonged period (say months rather than weeks), you're going to be putting huge pressure on those guys at their ages to produce at PL level.

    I think one of Snodgrass/Feghouli will go (actually think both could go), leaving us with Ayew, Antonio and Arnautovic as wide options. That's almost £50m worth of spending there. We may look for a loan should both Snodgrass and Feghouli leave. Rumours gathering pace that Adrian is off to Palace too, so we will need a GK.

    But, as it stands, a second XI of:

    Adrian
    Byram - Collins - Fonte - Masuaku
    Kouyate - Cullen
    Feghouli - Fernandes - Ayew
    Carroll

    Is not a bad XI, but there are ?'s over several of those players. We know that Adrian, Kouyate and Carroll can do the business, but the latter is unreliable. Ayew should be able to but was very 50-50 in season one. Collins and Fonte have a combined age of almost 70 and the full-backs are both young. Cullen and Fernandes likewise. Feghouli has not pulled up trees. So again you've got a very strong first XI selection of players, but the back-up options are not proven reinforcements.

    Looking at what remains, I'd say we could lose:

    Adrian - £8m
    Collins - £3m
    Snodgrass - £8m
    Feghouli - £5m

    Another £25m ish potentially there.

    Before the window closes. But we should be looking at another CM and ST after we've signed Hernandez. And then potentially one more wide player if we part with both our reserve RW options.
  • McHammerMcHammer
    1/2 favourites to sign Jota from Brentford
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    I'd say that 2nd eleven would be good enough to survive, therefore very much looking forward to the season!
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Collins doesn't want to go anywhere
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    I think it's been made pretty clear that we are going for quality over quantity, so I'd be surprised if we did much more business after Hernandez. Maybe one CM.

    I don't think we'll be signing another 3 and selling 3-4, which would then become another quite big upheaval.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    But after Hernandez we still need another striker, IMO. I think Arnautovic is the 'tricky winger' that was spoken of a number of weeks ago so I would still expect to see another striker through the door, but I suspect we'll wait until the end of August for that.

    Get a feeling we'll go after Wilshere, too, although I'm not sure how I feel about that ;hmm
  • LukerzLukerz
    Pretty certain Wilshere will end up here.
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