Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread

[stubbo-admin]

Well seems like with all these international breaks, and us languishing, the rumours of ins and outs are rife.

Chuck anything 'worthy' of discussion on this thread...

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Incomings:

Pablo Felipe - €21m + €3m (Gil Vicente) | Forward
Valentin 'Taty' Castellanos - €26m + €4m (Lazio) | Forward
Adama Traore - £2m + £1m if stay up (Fulham) | Forward
Axel Disasi - Loan (Chelsea) | Centre Back
Keiber Lamadrid - £150k + £1m option | Attacking Mid

Outgoings:

Nicolas Füllkrug - 6 months loan (AC Milan)
Luis Guilherme - £17m + Sell On % (Sporting Lisbon)
George Earthy - 6 months loan (Bristol City)
Callum Marshall - 6 months loan (Bochum)
Andy Irving - 1.5m (Sparta Prague)
Guido Rodriguez - Undisclosed (Valencia)
Igor Julio - Loan Cancelled (Brighton)
James Ward Prowse - 6 months loan (Burnley)
Lucas Paqueta - £36.5m + Buy Back Clause (Flamengo)

[Massive Attack]

German clubs supposedly want him but won't cough up for his wages. 

Ornstein/the Athletic claim we are after Strand Larsen from Wolves.

Sounds about right, sign another player whos at a club destined for relegation.  

Yep, we raided Southampton and Leicester thinking we were being clever. Yet when you think about it, they're used to losing on a big scale and will find it hard to shake that mentality. So what would the Club do? Go for yet another one but this time up front.

[Beef&Tomato]

German clubs supposedly want him but won't cough up for his wages. 

Ornstein/the Athletic claim we are after Strand Larsen from Wolves.

Sounds about right, sign another player whos at a club destined for relegation.  

[Sweep]

German clubs supposedly want him but won't cough up for his wages. 

Ornstein/the Athletic claim we are after Strand Larsen from Wolves.

[claypole]

If we get relegated and he ends up back here in the summer we will end up paying to get rid of him. Must be a German club who would take him.

[fraser]

Needs to be an obligation not an option on the Big, Tough German gingerbread man.

We're, not in a great bargaining position though, he's no use to us and we need his wages or part of for a new striker.. They have us over a barrel 

[claypole]

Needs to be an obligation not an option on the Big, Tough German gingerbread man.

[threesixty]

Just watching Woldermade for Newcastle. Actual movement in the box. We really need someone like that. I thought fullkrug was meant to be that type of player. Not sure how he starts (or even gets in the squad) for Germany in the summer regardless of switching team. 

[Far Cough UKunt]

Biggest waste of space since the last biggest waste of space. 

See ya Fullcrock.

[goose]

Tax situation is different over there I think. He can earn less but take home more.

[fraser]

I can't see Fullkrug wanting to join them permanently when he's on a massive contract here that has 2 more years after this one. 

[honky cat]

Fullkrug seems on the verge of joining Milan. Loan with a €13m option to buy. Another great bit of business from West Ham. Imagine if Sullivan wasn’t so shortsighted and coughed up the extra money for Duran? Always going for the expensive cheap option.

Fair point but I think we dodged a bullet with Duran. But yeah the money would have been better spent on just about anyone else 

[Iron Duke]

Fullkrug seems on the verge of joining Milan. Loan with a €13m option to buy. Another great bit of business from West Ham. Imagine if Sullivan wasn’t so shortsighted and coughed up the extra money for Duran? Always going for the expensive cheap option.

[Tomshardware]

When was that?

Recently he's only come on against Leeds, and he looked like he'd won a competition at the local fate to play for West Ham.

can't recall when but the times I've seen him he at least pressed the opposition and worked hard.   I'd like to see him alongside either Bowen or Wilson but that won't happen in a month of Sundays.

[Eerie Decent]

When was that?

Recently he's only come on against Leeds, and he looked like he'd won a competition at the local fate to play for West Ham.

[Tomshardware]

Obviously our priority is a striker (or two) 
As well as Wilson has done it’s ludicrous that our total striking attack is a 34yo who can maybe play 70mins once a week

 

Yeah but we have Marshall.

I'd still like to see Marshall given more game time.  He's looked lively whenever he's come on. 

[Keep dreaming]

Get braced for a late loan bid being rejected. We tried for the 100th time....

Why don't you sell up and die Sullivan you motherfucker

[Mad Ferret]

Obviously our priority is a striker (or two) 
As well as Wilson has done it’s ludicrous that our total striking attack is a 34yo who can maybe play 70mins once a week
 

Yeah but we have Marshall.

[Beef&Tomato]

We need something along the lines of Hartson & Kitson impact like in 1997. 

[Fauxstralian]

Obviously our priority is a striker (or two) 
As well as Wilson has done it’s ludicrous that our total striking attack is a 34yo who can maybe play 70mins once a week
Was reading that if Guehi goes in January Palace were interested in Kilman. That would be a major result especially if we could replace him with Charlie Cresswell of Toulouse 
If Paqueta wants out that’s ok if we can replace him. If Atletico Madrid were up for a swap for Conor Gallagher we should jump at that

[Sir Alf]

That rascal Ferret is more likely implying Potts is not up to it
He knows that having a dig ar a home grown West Ham player is the best way to irritate / annoy posters. Gives him the “fuel” he needs if someone reacts.

When Earthy gets minutes ( likely very soon imo) you can guarantee he will start a new campaign about how Earthy is not up to PL standard etc.  To be fair, Earthy might not show whats needed but Im suspecting like Potts he will make the grade.  

Mainoo? As mentioned, good passer etc but not quick or physical enough at times. In the right midfield alongside some athletic types with the physicality he can still be a very good player in the PL but the Mancs weakes, like us before Potts, Magassa and Fernandes stepped up, is lack of pace and power in the middle of the park. Mainoo will need to go to another PL club or abroad to get game time

 

[Eerie Decent]

We should be looking at bringing in Mainoo.

He'd transform our midfield.

I think the main issues with him they have is that he's tortoise slow, and not very physical.

Seems to be one of those players that's rated by people who don't watch Man United.

[dealcanvey]

We should be looking at bringing in Mainoo.

He'd transform our midfield.

 

No point we already have Potts.

[Mad Ferret]

We should be looking at bringing in Mainoo.

He'd transform our midfield.

[El Scorchio]

Lingard. Has to be a fucking joke, right?
 

[Jean-Luc Paul Goddard]

I wonder how Traore is on the left (given that he'd only ever play on the right if Bowen was injured). I think that he's only played there a couple of dozen times in his career. 

I was just reading an article quoting his youth team manager describing him as "like a Formula 1 car driven by a child. The machine dominated him." Clearly nothing really changed as he got older. Definitely someone who could bring the ball out of our own half though, which would be useful.