Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

[stubbo-admin]

May as well get going with this since with Sullivan at the helm, season ticket renewals slow, and the football vacuum to commence, this will soon be all the "news" there is.

Can Potter and MacCauley pull multiple rabbits out of the hat, or will Sullivan 'try really hard' with all of them before grabbing a few aging bargains from Big Willie Salthouse?

Window this close season comes in two parts:

Part 1: 1st June to 10th June
Part 2: 16th June to 1st September

Rumoured Outs...most of the squad

Let the "Rumoured In's" commence. 

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Player | Position | Club | Fee (GBP)

Rumoured In

1. Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic
2. Koni De Winter | CB | Genoa
3. Morten Frendrup | DM | Genoa
4. Richard Kone | ST | Wycombe
5. Aaron Ramsdale | GK | Southampton
6. Caiomin Kelleher | GK | Liverpool
7. James Trafford | GK | Burnley
8. Kyle Walker-Peters | FB | Free Agent
9. Taylor Harwood-Bellis | CB | Southampton
10. CJ Egan-Riley | CB | Free Agent
11. Josh Brownhill | CM | Free Agent
12. Albian Hajdari | CB | Lugano
13. Lucas Høgsberg | CB | FC Nordsjælland
14. Ardon Jashari | CM | Brugge
15. Raphael Onyedika | CM | Brugge
16. James McAtee | AM | Man City
17. Mario Struykens | AM | Anderlecht
18. Mathias Kvistgaarden | ST | Brondby
19. Clement Bischoff | LB | Brondby
20. Mika Biereth | FW | Monaco
21. Barış Alper Yılmaz | AM | Galatasaray
22. Evann Guessand | ST | Nice
23. Lucas Stassin | ST | Saint Etienne
24. Marcus Taverner | FW | Bournemouth
25. Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco
26. Valentin Atangana | CM | Stade Reims
27. Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester City
28. Hamza Igamane | ST | Rangers

Rumoured Out

1. Nayef Aguerd | CB | Leverkusen, Marseille,  Juventus |  ~25m
2. Maxel Cornet | FW | Genoa/Others
3. Guido Rodriguez | DM | Betis/River Plate 
4. Tomas Soucek | CM | Everton
5. Michail Antonio | ST | Free Agent
6. Mo Kudus | FW | Chelsea/Newcastle/Arsenal
7. Lucas Paqueta | AM | Multiple/Ban
8. Andy Irving | CM | Celtic

Confirmed In

1. Jean Clair Todibo | CB | Loan To Perm (32m)

Confirmed Out

1. Aaron Cresswell | LB | Free Agent | 0m
2. Danny Ings | ST | Free Agent | 0m
3. Vladimir Coufal | RB | Free Agent | 0m
4. Lukusz Fabianski | GK | Free Agent | 0m
5. Kamari Swyer | AM | Free Agent | 0m
6. Kurt Zouma | CB | Free Agent | 0m
7. Carlos Soler | CM | PSG | End of Loan
8. Evan Ferguson | ST | Brighton | End of Loan
9. Brad Dolaghan | Released
10. Dondre Abraham | Released
11. Mehmet Halim | Released

[Sydney_Iron]

Be very surprised if we do any business in this first part of the transfer window, it's just something that our owners won't do? As to transfer targets im sure we have some but let's face it they will be unrealistic in part as we won't want to pay a premium to get the RIGHT player, more wait until August and try and get them on the cheap or go after left overs from the bigger clubs once they have done their business, it's just the West Ham way!

As to a new keeper, surely, we have more pressing issues, but who the fuck knows with Potter and Sullivan

As you may have guessed im not optimistic! this thread will run for pages and pages with rumour and wishful thinking but in reality, does anyone think we will be pulling up trees?

[kylay]

Cresswell, Ings and Dawson are being linked to Wrexham.

I think all 4 would be very serviceable in the championship and I can't imagine many premier league teams would want them.

[ragingbull]

I have read it's Ramsdale due to his ball playing skills,a you tube video shows his passing skills are way better than Soucek.
I would have preferred Kelleher but whatever happens we need a new keeper.

[Takashi Miike]

also, considering how many teams he's been on that have been relegated, he has a strange air of arrogance about him and I found it very weird when his old man got involved in the arsenal stuff when he lost his place. no, it will be a nightmare if and when he arrives

[ATHammer]

Ramsdale. A man who's position relies on concentration yet he readily admits he finds concentrating difficult. If we sign him it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Potter, Brady and Sullivan are a match made in their own heaven. Absolutely no ambition whatsoever. Why are we still rummaging around in Southampton's bins? the stench of the last useless article from that dump still permeates the ground. 

[THUNDERCLINT]

So our first two signings could be Cummings Onyadicka

It's also the name of the disabled child joyo raped in a Cambodian tree.

[twoleftfeet]

Cooper from Sheffield United.

I'm telling you this guy is very very good.

[stubbo]

5. Absolute dogshit, would rather give Fab another contract

Agree.

What's the point of Ramsdale?  Was binned by Arsenal as not good enough with the ball at his feet.  We have one of those in Areola already.

At best he'd bring a 'voice' into the backline as Areola is clearly far too quiet.

Given Areola is on 120k per week, I'll be mindblown if we opt for another frontline keeper....we can't really sensibly have two keeper on a combined 200k in the squad.

More likely....a punt on a keeper on much lower wages as 2nd in line, who is more comfortable on the ball and could take Areola's spot by end of next season (when he's got one year left on his deal and might be easier to shift).

Apparently Fabianski wants to retire and have a break before doing some coaching....so extending him wasn't really an option.

[Takashi Miike]

5. Absolute dogshit, would rather give Fab another contract

[Iron Duke]

So our first two signings could be Cummings Onyadicka

[Eerie Decent]

If we do sign him up lively, will you and Scorchio change your knickers for boxers?

[Sir Alf]

Onyedicka still appearing in links. He will be a massive success guaranteed. This is based on my expertise and in this case its his name that tells me he will be the new Kante.  

[Gank]

Surely Foderingham isn't good enough to be 2nd choice?

He was just signed to be the home-grown 3rd choice who trains with the team and who never gets a game, unless an injury-crisis/suspensions. 

All correct, but we can't sell him before getting a better keeper, because then our backup to Areola is a youth and we can't buy the better one first because then we'd have too many. Nobody is going to accept a deal for their goalie on a cash plus Foderingham basis so we should ust forget all about the GK position for this window.

[Lee Trundle]

Our transfer funds are meant to be limited.

Strengthening our reserve GOALTENDER is well down on my list of priorities.

[Mad Ferret]

Surely Foderingham isn't good enough to be 2nd choice?

He was just signed to be the home-grown 3rd choice who trains with the team and who never gets a game, unless an injury-crisis/suspensions. 

[Gank]

We have Areola first choice, Foderingham second choice and Hegyi third,we definitely have more pressing issues to address than signing another goalkeeper.

[Eerie Decent]

Forget his few games for Liverpool, I could keep for them in most games.

Honky on here is a Paddy, and I think he said he's been ropey for Ireland when he's played.

He's one of them that he's rated by people who haven't seen him much, just because he's at Liverpool. Why are people getting so worked up by this ffs

[Fauxstralian]

Brentford have moved quickly as their regular keeper Flekken is going to Bayer Leverkusen for £8m
Given we know half a dozen players or more are going & have known that for ages then you’d hope we had deals in place

[onsideman]

£18m includes all the add ons and bonuses. Basic fee is £12.5m

 

So it's £18m then.

No, that depends on whether he and the club meet ALL the requisite performance related targets. Do try to keep up 

[Lee Trundle]

Cresswell, Ings and Dawson are being linked to Wrexham.

[Mad Ferret]

£18m includes all the add ons and bonuses. Basic fee is £12.5m
 

So it's £18m then.

[onsideman]

 Areola is very good at what a goalkeeper should be good at.

Other than when he isn't 

[onsideman]

£18m includes all the add ons and bonuses. Basic fee is £12.5m

Some think he's shit, some think he's not. Time will tell.

But to suggest that he hasn't been under any pressure despite playing a bundle of games in a title winning year for Liverpool is moronic

[Lee Trundle]

Not sure if Kelleher is any improvement over Areola.

I'm not a fan at all of gushing over if a keeper can play it out from the back.  For me, Areola is very good at what a goalkeeper should be good at.

[Mad Ferret]

He's going for £18m, I believe.

Think he's massively overrated tbh. I can see him being exposed next season when playing every week.