Summer 2017 Transfer: The final countdown and the fallout

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  • McHammerMcHammer
    http://www.claretandhugh.info/hammers-reveal-new-sakho-twist/

    ;sofa ;sofa ;sofa
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Everton sign Vlasic, so more chance of Mirallas going out on loan I guess, although whether he ends up here is another matter.
  • secrethammersfansecrethammersfan
    I wonder what other business Karen Brady and David Gold were attending to in a different part of the country on deadline day...
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Definitely not transfer business.
  • HamstewHamstew
    Sakho joins palace. Llorente joins spurs. ;weep
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    secrethammersfan said:

    I wonder what other business Karen Brady and David Gold were attending to in a different part of the country on deadline day...

    They aren't involved in transfers, so probably attending to business other than transfers. Or personal business.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Do you think Mahrez is still at Paris airport, or has he given up and gone home? ;lol
  • HamstewHamstew
    So why my did feggy and snoders leave?
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    William Carvalho playing for Portugal tonight. I thought he was 4-6 weeks away from being fit... ;hmm
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    That was just a made up excuse to justify not paying the money. Unless of course you don't need to be fit to play international football.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Now he's just scored.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited August 2017
    Well this day has just gone about as bad as possible
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Hang on, thorn - who said it was 4-6 weeks before he'd be fit? The club?

    There was a mention on here by a poster, but elsewhere I read he was not injured. When I asked if anyone had a link/source to the 4-6 wk story, nobody came up with anything.

    Are you sure you (or AN Other) aren't just making things up?
  • FlorinRaducliousFlorinRaduclious
    I've been saying for ages to get rid of Sakho, never mind the fact he's injured more than Carroll, his head has not been with the club for a long time IMO. If someone, particularly in a foreign league is willing to pay circa £9m for him when his contract ends after this season - bite their hand off. Ideally scramble to grab someone else in on loan, but even if we can't - get shut. I really believe even if we force him to stay he will put on a massive huff, put in half effort performances, mysteriously be injured, or just not turn up. Please take the money! And if it gives us the extra £5m needed to bring in Carvalho, all the better.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    We are just 3 big injuries away from being in the relegation mire. I know I'm being negative but the people running the club drive me to despair.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Mrs Grey it was me who said it. Although I read it Friday night:

    https://thisisfutbol.com/2017/08/blogs/west-ham-pull-out-of-william-carvalho-move/?utm_source=snack_ticker&utm_medium=ticker&utm_campaign=OO_ticker_tracking
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    re 'paying the money' for Carvalho.

    His club asked £35.

    West Ham offered £35m.

    How is that being 'cheap'?


    Sporting Lisbon subsequently upped the price. Whether or not WH was right or wrong to refuse to be messed around is a matter for debate.

    But don't ignore the fact that they went straight in with an offer to match the asking price.


    #revisionisthistory
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited August 2017
    You could argue we're already in the relegation mire.

    But yeah, if we were to lose Hernandez to injury who do we play up front? I'm not convinced Ayew's a striker. In fact, based on this season so far, I'm not even convinced he's a footballer.

    If we play Antonio there, who plays right wing? Same with Arnie on the left. We have left ourselves very short in terms of numbers and I do feel like we've been short changed by the people in charge.
  • McHammerMcHammer
    edited August 2017
    The meeting has now happened

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  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    I think the board and Slav were too impressed with their early work getting in the players they wanted

    It meant there wasn't enough urgency in other deals and we put all our eggs in the carvalho basket (why do we do this every year)

    The squad is low in confidence and low in numbers
  • HuttonhammerHuttonhammer
    Let's face it with the complete shambles that has been the start of our season and players like Sakho and Snodgrass making so much noise about not wanting to be at the club.
    Surely Carvalho would never have come to West Ham.
    It is difficult to see how things can be improved now.
    I hope those in charge have some sort of plan has anyone any ideas?
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    PrestonHammer said:

    Mrs Grey it was me who said it. Although I read it Friday night:

    Preston, cheers ;ok

    So nothing about him being injured, just a concern about lack of pre-season and regular training, so when would he be match fit.

    thorn take note! ;wink
  • PengemanPengeman
    Not a good day so far. Sakho is still here and Carvalho is not coming. To top it all U23s have lost 7-2 to Tottenham. What next? Are we going to sign Carlton Cole, Benni McCarthy and Bobby Zamora. I gather they are available for a modest price.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    OldCastleSwift said:

    You could argue we're already in the relegation mire.

    Nobody is in the relegation mire after 3 games.
  • FlorinRaducliousFlorinRaduclious
    As far as wingers go, I wanted to keep Feghouli but potentially ship Snodgrass. However after Feg went, we were told 1-in-1-out. So after Snodgrass was allowed to leave, we really should bring in another. We should only have agreed to release him if we were sure we could bring in a replacement - else keep him as we are now very light in wingers. Different situation to Sakho as Diafra has is playing silly britches on deadline day and only has 1 year of contract left so I'm angrily accepting letting him go even if we can't grab a replacement (though of course we should try).

    Sticking with Snodgrass, as others have stated, very disappointed in his comments to the press. He still has 3 years left on his contract as a West Ham player. Yes he did his best work with Hull on the right, and yes he played a couple of games on the left for us due to player availability, but he was given ample games on the right to show his abilities in claret and blue and he did very little.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Huttonhammer said:

    players like Sakho ... making so much noise about not wanting to be at the club.

    Not really. Or have you got a ink that quotes him saying this?
  • HuttonhammerHuttonhammer
    Mrs Grey

    We are West Ham , probably the only club that could possibly get itself in the relegation mire after 3 games!!
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    MrsGrey said:

    re 'paying the money' for Carvalho.

    His club asked £35.

    West Ham offered £35m.

    How is that being 'cheap'?


    Sporting Lisbon subsequently upped the price. Whether or not WH was right or wrong to refuse to be messed around is a matter for debate.

    But don't ignore the fact that they went straight in with an offer to match the asking price.


    #revisionisthistory

    The issue for me is that for the extra £5m that, rightly or wrongly, Sporting were asking for, we could have secured our No1 midfield target. A player that the manager said he wanted and a player that would have undoubtedly improved our first eleven.

    So either we didn't have the extra £5m, which, with the new TV money and the sales we've made this summer, I somewhat doubt, or we simply didn't want to pay it, which seems a bit short-sighted considering £5m is peanuts in the modern game.

    I get there's a principal involved, but I think we've dropped the ball big time on this one.
  • HuttonhammerHuttonhammer
    Mrs Grey

    He has actually met the club with his advisers to state how he wants to go .
    He has had a medical off his own back with the club he wants to go to???

    Why do I need ink ? What more does he need to do ?
  • FlorinRaducliousFlorinRaduclious
    Mrs G, I agree that Sporting seemed to move the goalposts as far as Carvalho's price is concerned which is most annoying. However seeing as it now seems he is not injured as the rumours suggested, and Sullivan is rumoured to be out of the country (Spain??), and we may potentially get cash for Sakho in the next couple of hours, I would pay the extra and bring in Carvalho. Yes it means paying a bit more than we would ideally, and we would be rewarding Sporting for mucking us about, but IMO it is of greater concern now to bring in quality extra bodies. Also as an out and out DCM, who I have seen and greatly admire, he would plug a big issue for us and allow us to (hopefully) strongly push on.

    Please let this happen!!
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