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
29. Yeremay | FW | Deportivo La Coruna
30. Adama Bojang | ST | Reims
31. Rocco Reitz | MF | Borussia Moenchengladbach
32. Dominic Calvert-Lewin | ST | Free Agent
33. El Hadji Malick Diouf | LB | SK Slavia Prague
34. Oscar Mingueza | RB/MF | Celta Vigo
35. Tyler Morton | CM | Liverpool
36. Harvey Elliott | AM | Liverpool
37. Zion Suzuki | GK | Parma
38. John Victor | GK | Botofogo 
39. Jacob Ramsey | MF | Villa
40. Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton
41. Nga Makou | CM | Lille
42. Quinten Timber | CM
43. Hayden Hackney | CM | Boro
44. Yves Bissouma | CM | Spurs

Rumoured Out

1. Nayef Aguerd | CB | Leverkusen, Marseile
2. Maxel Cornet | FW | Genoa/Others
3. Guido Rodriguez | DM | Betis/Espanyol
4. Tomas Soucek | CM | Everton
5. Michail Antonio | ST | Free Agent
6. Mo Kudus | FW | Chelsea/Newcastle/Arsenal
7. Lucas Paqueta | AM | Man City
8. Andy Irving | CM | Celtic/Wrexham
9. Emerson | LB | Marseille

Confirmed In

1. Jean Clair Todibo | CB | Loan To Perm (32m)
2. Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic (Free Agent...Tribunal)
3. El Hadji Malick Diouf | LWB | Slavia Prahia | 20m
4. Kyle Walker-Peters | RWB | Free Agent
5. C****m Wilson | ST | Free Agent
6. Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester (18m)
7. Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton (38m + 4m)
8. Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco (17m)
9. Igor Julio | CB | Brighton (Loan)

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
12. Muhammed Judus |stroppy| sp*rs| £55m
13. Michail Antonio | Released
14. Kieran Casey | Swansea | Loan
15. Edson Alvarez | Fenerbache | Loan with Option
16. Emerson | Marseille | £1m
17. Aguerd | Marseille | £20m
18. Max Cornet | Genoa | Loan

[RBshorty]

They ain't getting that. And they know it. That's why our name is being linked. Be nice. Could be the Spanish Bowen.?

[eusebiovic]

Reports from Spain that Macculay has identified Yeremai from Deportivo La Coruña ás a target. He is a left winger who drifts into the central playmaker role.

Very highly thought of but he's just signed a lucrative new long-term contract that some say makes him the best paid player by quite some margin in the Spanish Second Division...

Be nice. However Chelsea are interested. And Deportivo are holding out for £!7 million. Most likely we are the staking horse in this race.?

The new release clause is 35million euros...

[RBshorty]

Reports from Spain that Macculay has identified Yeremai from Deportivo La Coruña ás a target. He is a left winger who drifts into the central playmaker role.

Very highly thought of but he's just signed a lucrative new long-term contract that some say makes him the best paid player by quite some margin in the Spanish Second Division...

Be nice. However Chelsea are interested. And Deportivo are holding out for £!7 million. Most likely we are the staking horse in this race.?

[eusebiovic]

Reports from Spain that Macculay has identified Yeremai from Deportivo La Coruña ás a target. He is a left winger who drifts into the central playmaker role.

Very highly thought of but he's just signed a lucrative new long-term contract that some say makes him the best paid player by quite some margin in the Spanish Second Division...

[El Scorchio]

Was reading that Wolves think the price is a bit high for the Nice forward 
Wolves fans saying we could sell a couple of players for £100m …. oh, we already have (Cunha & Ait Nouri)

Ait Nouri was a great find for them. Great value. The sort of player we so rarely seem to be able to capture. Cunha was expensive and a bit more of a risk but still they turned a tidy profit on him.

Both purchased the correct side of 25.

Tell me Lop didn't sign either of them- please! (Just checked- he did buy Cunha, on loan, before leaving due to complaints about lack of funds, just after they'd paid over 40 million to get him permanently)

[Fauxstralian]

Was reading that Wolves think the price is a bit high for the Nice forward 
Wolves fans saying we could sell a couple of players for £100m …. oh, we already have (Cunha & Ait Nouri)

[dealcanvey]

Both 22 years old, both would be 1st teamers and for a club like West Ham should be doable.

Harvey Elliott, 40m 

Striker Thierno Barry from Villareal, in talks with Everton for £34m



 

I see Everton also bidding for the young German Woltemade. 

Felt to me like Moyes tried to stay clear of these types of players when he was at the club.

One of the main reasons why our squad is so old!

[dealcanvey]

Haven’t seen it elsewhere on here but was reading Wolves & ourselves are looking at Ivory Coast Nice forward Evann Guessand who turns 24 on July 1
Seems we looked in January but they were trying to qualify for Europe 
Nice want £25m

Based on watching him zero times but looking at some youtube videos he does look good. Direct and quick despite being 6 ft 2. Wolves already have Strand Larsen of a similar mould so hopefully they steer clear.

Strand Larsen is another player that would have been a much better signing for us than say Fullkrug.

[twoleftfeet]

None of these strikers mentioned fill me with much optimism, I feel that somewhere out there is a player who would be perfect for us but we just need Macauley to find him.

[kite2]

Both 22 years old, both would be 1st teamers and for a club like West Ham should be doable.

Harvey Elliott, 40m 

Striker Thierno Barry from Villareal, in talks with Everton for £34m

 

[Fauxstralian]

Haven’t seen it elsewhere on here but was reading Wolves & ourselves are looking at Ivory Coast Nice forward Evann Guessand who turns 24 on July 1
Seems we looked in January but they were trying to qualify for Europe 
Nice want £25m

[Lee Trundle]

Thanks Chutney.

You know what the old saying is, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" and all that.

[Mad Ferret]

Don’t flatter yourself, Trundle son.

It’s common knowledge that Elliott is from Chertsey. I know his old man, Scott.

[Lee Trundle]

As if by magic, a story about Elliott appeared on C+H about an hour ago 

It did make me laugh when I read "The former Fulham academy star, who grew up in Chertsey".

I reckon they've lifted that from me.

[Mad Dog]

No? Still nothing?

Ok then.

Same again tomorrow 

[El Scorchio]

So Kerkez and Reijinders both make big money moves to top clubs this summer. Both played for a team we came up against in the conference league where we got a really good look at them both. Missed a trick there.

[Gaffer58]

Elliot will be going to Chelsea, they haven’t bought anybody for 10 minutes.

[Fauxstralian]

The £15m sounds like nonsense 
If it was true you’d ask yourself would you pay a £15m transfer fee for Brownhill because that’s effectively what it would be.
Id be looking at other Championship midfielders anyway
Younger with more upside eg Hackney of Boro 

[El Scorchio]

Brownhill apparently wants a 15 million signing on fee.

Jog on.

 

Brownhill hasn't asked for £15m.
What actually happened was some ex-West Ham (think it might have been Martin Allen?) said he could demand up to £15m because it's a free transfer.

Either way, a pretty uninspiring signing.

Fair point. It's absolute conjecture after digging into it a touch more. We should steer well clear of chucking that sort of money at someone like him, though, who you would hope is not going to be starting week in week out for us,

[El Scorchio]

As if by magic, a story about Elliott appeared on C+H about an hour ago 

[Keep dreaming]

The most important question to ask about Elliott, is who is his agent?

He is represented by Neil F. at Wasserman

[scott_d]

Brownhill apparently wants a 15 million signing on fee.

Jog on.

 

 

Brownhill hasn't asked for £15m.
What actually happened was some ex-West Ham (think it might have been Martin Allen?) said he could demand up to £15m because it's a free transfer.

Either way, a pretty uninspiring signing.

[Gank]

If were looking at names, then I'd suggest that Willy Smallbone is much better than Raphael Onyedika.
 

[claypole]

The most important question to ask about Elliott, is who is his agent?

[El Scorchio]

Looks like Liverpool want 40m for Elliot.

They bought Keekez for 64m and Wirtz for 120m, so 40m for Elliot makes sense.

If we were a bit smart, and invested for more than a year ahead, Elliot would be both sensible and smart.
He would strengthen the team and his value most like will go up.

It's not Sullivan though, and I'm furious about it

He's more likely to try and tempt Adam Lallana out of retirement.
I shouldn't even joke about that...

And Elliott would immediately fill an important role in our team, if he can play that CAM slot. But we definitely aren't getting him. No chance in hell. 40 mill is far too much for Sullivan to spend on a young player.