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]

So the first half of the transfer window is done and dusted! How did we do Oh, its just Todibo is it? Hardly a new boy in seeing as he's been here a while already

TBH though im not sure we could expect much, it will all happen in the second half, and being West Ham we will leave it late, try and pick up some crumbs dropped by bigger clubs or big up those they passed on or are letting go

[El Scorchio]

It’s like Sullivan and the club literally don’t know how to not mug themselves off. For everyone moaning about Potter saying we only wanted a few bits, this is exactly why. At least a semblance of trying to keep a poker face. But then hes got all the clubs mouthpieces shouting our true intentions over his shoulder to the rest of the room. 

we dont actually need to sell either. It’s just that we refuse to buy until people are sold first because the owners don’t want to cough anything up. We are doing our best to purposely shoot ourselves in the foot at every turn this summer, it seems. Not a surprise that barrow boy Sullivan is being outmanoeuvred by everyone else. 

[MaryMillingtonsGhost]

The prick posted an ode to North London on the day we played the four by two’s, iirc.
Think it was on the site for about an hour before being removed.Not sure if a mod removed it, or the wankstain removed it him/her/it self.
Assuming a mod removed it, THAT was the time to remove Ladyparts from this site.Still, it's KUMB's problem now.
Will be interesting to see how they deal with the vermin.

[stubbo]

An unsavoury thought....if we have to sell before we can buy, who the hell can we sell that is going to actually bank roll a rebuild? And how do we shift those that we don't want. At this point, we have quite a few that look largely uncoveted!

• Rodriguez
• Irving
• Mavropanos
• Ward Prowse
• Areola
• Paqueta (owing to court case)
• Cornet
• Kilman. 

We've advertised we're desperate. We've advertised we can't buy until we sell. We've advertised we have cashflow troubles and not a pot to piss in.

All of these make us prone to horribly low ball offers at best, and at worst targets to avoid dealing with to leave us in the shit.

The above are our 'unwanted and unloved' largely. None of them look frankly desirable to a suitor. All (Irving aside) are on career high wages. And it's telling we rarely get shot of a player unless it's free at the end of their contracts.

Sullivan has engineered a disasterous dealing position, made us look needy and desperate, and the fabled rebuild is (rightfully) subject to shipping out sub par shit we don't want.

The only players it looks like we have that are truly saleable assets are Alvarez, Kudus, and Aguerd. We've been lowballed on Kudus already (fuck knows how they think they'll get 70m+ for him). But 50m doesn't finance a rebuild. Aguerd's suitors are already playing the "We'll have him on loan again" angle, as are Cornet's. 

This window looks fucked before it's even started. Potts, Earthy, Marshall, Orford and Casey better have high ceilings....looks like they might well be needed more than we'd like.

[fraser]

All the technology evidence is that they aren't. Anyway ...this is off topic (my fault).

Don't need technology, if inspector TwoleftClouseau thinks they're the same person it can only mean they're not. 

[twoleftfeet]

All the technology evidence is that they aren't. Anyway ...this is off topic (my fault).

Fair point 

[stubbo-admin]

All the technology evidence is that they aren't. Anyway ...this is off topic (my fault).

[twoleftfeet]

Get rid of Antonio and bring in Calvert-Lewin.

 

For comments like this the 'cսnt' button can't come in soon enough....or maybe we just send Ferret the way of Ladysmith?!

  

What happened to ladyboy? Him and Ferret are the same cսnt.

[stubbo]

Get rid of Antonio and bring in Calvert-Lewin.

 

For comments like this the 'cսnt' button can't come in soon enough....or maybe we just send Ferret the way of Ladysmith?!

[Mad Ferret]

Get rid of Antonio and bring in Calvert-Lewin.

[dealcanvey]

Antonio is lucky to be alive. The fact a premier league club offered him a contract is a miracle.

[El Scorchio]

Scott Carson is available on a free.  Must have the best mins to trophy ratio ever.

Sullivan pops a boner and checks who Carson's agent is.

[Lee Trundle]

Scott Carson is available on a free.  Must have the best mins to trophy ratio ever.

[Massive Attack]

It's irrelevant due to his pensionable age now coupled with his leg resembling a half chewed pepperami stick these days. 

If he could only score 1 goal in 15 matches prior to the accident, then to offer him anything at all would be madness. 

It's the mascot job or nothing.

[Sir Alf]

Does anyone know the details? The current salary he was on, whats been offered, how many years? Without that cannot make a judgement imo. 

I would say as an aside though, that a 35 year old striker, having had a life threatening accident that broke his upper and lower leg in 3 places, is not going to be on a list of priorities.  If we made a derisory offer ( hard to quantify as we have no numbers altho this is Sullivan ) then the club deserves criticism but maybe Antonio wants too much based on his circumstances and tbh at 35 and his recent history he should be pretty grateful to just be playing. If he can get more elsewhere or more game time guaranteed or promised then thats fair play.  He was a 60 min playwr at best before the injury so at Prem level he’s no more than a late impact sub ( assuming he still has some speed and strength left).  Unlikely he will be missed, beem a good servant and will be fondly remembered 

[Fauxstralian]

Wasn’t he getting divorced as he’d poked a woman into a pregnant state
And then repeated the act with another SLAG
Probably does need money in that case
I think we should stop worrying about people thinking we are heartless & give him his P45

[RBshorty]

...and all quiet on the western front with US buyer interest subsiding fast.  I fear the worst for next season.

Because. It's a ENORMOUS pile of horseshit. Put around by someone close to the board.?

[northbankboy68]

...and all quiet on the western front with US buyer interest subsiding fast.  I fear the worst for next season.

[Lee Trundle]

He's previously mentioned that his car insurance was ridiculous after crashing his Lambo dressed as a snowman.

I'd be surprised if anyone wants to insure him after crashing his Ferrari.

That's pretty much half a million quid worth of car he's totalled.

[Massive Attack]

I honestly don't believe Antonio is after more money - 





 

Those new top of the range Ferraris and Lambo's don't pay for themselves you know..

I'm sorry but this is turning in to a joke situation as he was clearly of little use to us before his near death accident due to his age and come the end of the season his contract would have run out naturally. To then award him a new contract at 35 with half a battered leg to hop about on in any games is madness and would be typical of the BS regime to sanction it. 

[scott_d]

I honestly don't believe Antonio is after more money - expect he is just after more money than he is being offered.

I don't think there is an awful lot of drama here or anyone is doing anything especially questionable.

It would be mad to offer him anything substantial as a 35 y/o coming back from a serious injury, so if he's prepared to stay on a reduced wage then he's welcome but if not then it's no big loss.

Antonio will have offers elsewhere not only better financially but probably a better chance of playing too.

Not much to see here.


 

[Lee Trundle]

I'm assuming the only reason we're signing Brownhill is to flip him next January/summer for PSR?

[Massive Attack]

Linked with bringing Arnoutovic back on a free, at only 36 years of age that makes him up and coming by Sullivan’s standards 

Oh fuck off we ain't.

[Maverick180180]

Linked with bringing Arnoutovic back on a free, at only 36 years of age that makes him up and coming by Sullivan’s standards 

[Massive Attack]

Now getting Bellingham I would have got behind as I rate him and the kind of age/ability profile we should be going for in central midfield. Instead we go for the cheapo old journeyman option instead.