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

[JAC]

In my opinion we have to work the team around Bowen...I'd keep Emerson, Soucek (never thought I would say that),Wan-Bissaka,Fullkrug and maybe Summerville...the rest are dross....

Its a huge overhaul but Im giving Potter one season to at least make it worth going over to LS.

Hard my season ticket since we moved here and renewed a few weeks back,Im probably going to regret it.

TBH ,Im East Ham born and bred and followed WHU for 60 years ,the club runs through my veins (and my kids) but Im just losing the will to go anymore.Its so sad.

[twoleftfeet]

Iron Clarkey, either ladyboy or ferret.

[stubbo-admin]

Two ex Y's  that you Ladysmith? 

Nailed on. Profile created 13/6/25

KUMB got rid of him somewhat quicker than we did?

 

Yup definitely them. Creepy WHOmail message received. 

If you have had such a message please fwd it on.

[El Scorchio]

Kyle Walker-Peters anyone?

Also Harry Winks wants to come back to London, could be a decent squad player.

Two ex Y's  that you Ladysmith? 

Nailed on. Profile created 13/6/25

KUMB got rid of him somewhat quicker than we did?

 

Yup definitely them. Creepy WHOmail message received. 

[Eerie Decent]

We're gonna need extra cover at fullback, as AWB will be missing a lump whilst playing in that amateur competition that has to be held every 2 years, instead of every 4 like a proper competition. 

[John Drake]

Walker-Peters, a full-back who is equally inept at defending on either flank. 

[El Scorchio]

Kyle Walker-Peters anyone?

Also Harry Winks wants to come back to London, could be a decent squad player.

Two ex Y's  that you Ladysmith? 

Nailed on. Profile created 13/6/25

KUMB got rid of him somewhat quicker than we did?

[Massive Attack]

We seem to have been linked with KWP forever. On a freebie, he would be a good signing. Like AWB, he can play on either side.

Harry Winks - no thanks.

Walker-Peters? 28 - check, Free transfer - recently relegated - check

Yep, he certainly ticks all our transfer bingo results.

[Fauxstralian]

Harry Winks is a dismal crab. How on earth he ever played for England I don’t know 
Abysmal at Leicester who have rightly binned him
AVOID

[Iron Duke]

We seem to have been linked with KWP forever. On a freebie, he would be a good signing. Like AWB, he can play on either side.

Harry Winks - no thanks.

[Massive Attack]

Never forget the time I spoke to a Spurs fan who knew Harry Winks and his old man well when we got on the subject of how good Rice is years ago. "Yeah, but he aint no Harry Winks!", he guffed.

£105M with a trophy under his arm and countless England caps later..

[fraser]

Kyle Walker-Peters anyone?

Also Harry Winks wants to come back to London, could be a decent squad player.

Two ex Y's  that you Ladysmith? 

[Eerie Decent]

Harry Winks would lose in a race to Guido Rodriguez.
 

[Iron Clarkey]

Kyle Walker-Peters anyone?

Also Harry Winks wants to come back to London, could be a decent squad player.

[Fauxstralian]

Not too many reasons to be cheerful looking ahead to next season
Would take 17th right now with the bullshitter Sullivan in charge 

[Sir Alf]

Yep, Im miserable when it comes to West Ham, and its very much “Groundhog Day”. Wish it was not that way.  Expectation management

[fraser]

*miserable cunts the lot of you


*not that I disagree 

[El Scorchio]

He’s not wrong though. 

[John Drake]

Sir Alf - sponsored by Groundhog Day

[Sir Alf]

Yep, unfortunately its going the way I thought. Although, anyone who has followed West Ham for a few years thinks similar. 

Nothing will happen in terms of inbound players until mid August at the very earliest. For a start we will have had to sell Kudus, Aguerd, Emerson and one other to gave funds. Most of our incoming players will be the last week or so of the window once the season is in full flow and we will pick from whats left which in sullivan’s head equates to bargains, freebees, has beens, cheaper, older experienced Prem players on the books of agent contacts of Sullivan. Thats how he has always done business. Potter and Macaulay will be lucky to get one of their identified picks.  Ignore all rumours, web sites , media until we have sold 2 or 3 in about 4-6 weeks time hopefully.  Of course if we dont sell Kudus etc then expect no one coming in other than freebies who are out of contract. Brownhill I suspect is one that we will see.


 

[CrowleyHammer]

Got to call out the Express reporting here. A 21-year-old is too old to be annointed with the wonderkid moniker

Even our wonderkids are old 

[John Drake]

Got to call out the Express reporting here. A 21-year-old is too old to be annointed with the wonderkid moniker  

[Sydney_Iron]

*Sticks head in thread

See even the rumour mill has pretty much given up on us apart from another "wonderkid" why the fuck do we keep doing this every summer, signing some kid, bigging them up as the next Pele only for them to be forgotten by the end of the year, seems a tradition now 

West Ham eye wonderkid who is one of the best African talents of his generation | Football | Sport | Express.co.uk

[Mike Oxsaw]

Nailed on that we'll have no money but "We tried" (early in the window) for players Potter on his team want, but more than enough money and are "beating them off with a shitty stick", (late in the window) for players that Sullivan & his agent/mates want (and have always wanted from the get go).

[ragingbull]

Egan-Riley joins Marseille rumours we were in for him.