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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
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How does 2 Championships sides in Leeds and Sunderland, both with smaller grounds than us and a season in the Championship, outspend us. Someone should tell Areola when he has the ball kick as far away as possible.
New GK, new Cb, new Midfield and a striker under pensionable age needed ASAP. So nothing to drastic.
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Sullivan needs to get Macaulay and Potter targets not indulge his son Jack Jnr 
I think it's Dave Sullivan Jnr acting as an intermediary
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Sadly my pessimism that we would not do any real business much until August has become reality. Yeah we got Diouf but the critically weak areas of the team from last season have not been addressed ( central midfield, goalkeeper and striker ) so there is no reason imho to expect any real improvements which seems evident from last nights pre season friendly.

Sullivan needs to get Macaulay and Potter targets not indulge his son Jack Jnr in his pretentitious attempt to have a purpose in his life as a football agent, deal negotiator, talent spotter or whatever getting KWP and Wilson qualifies as?

As I see it, we are currently bottom 6 and most definitely relegation candidates.  And while I might not think Potter is the answer he cannot be blamed as things stand. He has not been supported by Sullivan.  He will blamed when it goes pear shaped of course but this season is clearly Sullivans
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E6 Hammer" wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 13:19
THUNDERCLINT wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 11:12
E6 Hammer" wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 11:07
What a load of tripe - as if you really know.
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Massive Attack" wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 17:45 I see that useless cսnt Ferguson has scored again in his 2nd game for Roma by scoring their only goal away against FC Kaiserslautern pressing quick from the front.

Probably agreed terms with Roma in January? in the meantime west ham paid the wages while he rehabbed his injury and grew man boobs.

 
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I see that useless cսnt Ferguson has scored again in his 2nd game for Roma by scoring their only goal away against FC Kaiserslautern pressing quick from the front.

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stubbo-admin wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 14:36
ATHammer wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 14:15 Has anyone noticed the similarity between last years 3 headed transfer window and this year? Last year 3 for Steidten, 3 for Lopetegui and 3 for our beloved majority shareholder.
This year, with the usual mouthpieces leaking like worn out incontinence knickers we have:
Young talent and unheard of players - Potter and Macaulay.
Big names with absolutely no chance of signing for us, including those who definitively rejected any advance before it got off the ground (Rios, Gomes as examples, not an exhaustive list). These will fit neatly into the tried hard and worked tirelessly narrative due at the end of the window. Sullivan?
The usual suspects not likely to trouble the upper reaches of the premier league Walker-Peters, Wilson, Brownhill, etc. Sullivan?
Cynic or realist?
Whilst Sullivan remains in charge, it will always be that way. 

He's completely unable to recognise his own shortcomings, is quite clearly 'on the make', and places no value or worth in his managers, as proven by the fact he's not prepared to spend a penny to obtain one.

When it comes to actual signings, aside from extracting funds from club coffers to his own (alledged) via Salthouse and/or Silkman, he's got this unshakeable belief in his own ability to 'pick a player'.  The attitude of a gambler with too much money, an inferiority complex that seeks him to want shiny, ostentatious things, and a mindset that belongs back in the 70s.

So hoping for anything else during transfer windows with him at the helm is like hoping that the relentless stream of 'take our country back' Threads in Off Topic might cessate.  It's clearly not going to happen, and it's only with concerted efforts from those that have an interest in a different way of doing things that anything will ever change, and in the meantime batten down the hatches and deal with what comes.

And lastly...the blame is just as much on Kretinsky, Tripp Smith, Gold's daughter, and whoever the other main shareholders are....Sullivan has the largest stake, but not the majority stake.  If they all wanted to push for the decrepit 76 year old fossil to have less control, then they could. But clearly they aren't interested as long as the Premier League gravy train continues to roll into town.

So unitil then, THIS is the West Ham Way.  At the hands of this Welsh waste of skin.
 
 
The way I see it, if you owned 20% of shares in Fluminse FC of Brazil, and it paid you a dividend of 10% every year, would you really give a shit who they were buying or what the chairman was doing? As long as you got your money you're good. I dont spend my evenings looking at how any company I have shares in is operating. Who really cares?

I suppose we cant ask for more from people that if we were in their position, would act just the same. Which is why the PL should regulate shareholder behaviour. Football clubs represent the community and our country so I do think the govt should ensure that club owners demonstrate they are operating in a clubs sporting and community interest before financial concerns. Just like the board of a company have a legal duty to maximise profits for shareholders, there should be something similar for sports clubs.

They should be audited and be asked is it in the sporting interest of a club to buy a 35yr old injury prone striker from an agent friend who has scored 1 goal in a year?

Football clubs used to be owned by people from the community or at least businessmen that cared about sports. Mainly because there wasnt that much money in it. Now in the PL era there is a tremendous amount of money being made and siphoned out by various "entities".

It's not going to stop I suppose. You just hope you get lucky that someone wants to buy a club because they have something to prove or sees value in winning beyond money (even then thats usually sports washing etc).

It's all a bit fucked. Sometimes you get a manager who knows all thats going on above them is bollocks but still loves the game and just wants to do well beyond the money. I hope Potter ends up being that kind of guy. 
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stubbo-admin wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 14:36


So unitil then, THIS is the West Ham Way.  At the hands of this Welsh waste of skin.
Guess that makes me a realist then?
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ATHammer wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 14:15 Has anyone noticed the similarity between last years 3 headed transfer window and this year? Last year 3 for Steidten, 3 for Lopetegui and 3 for our beloved majority shareholder.
This year, with the usual mouthpieces leaking like worn out incontinence knickers we have:
Young talent and unheard of players - Potter and Macaulay.
Big names with absolutely no chance of signing for us, including those who definitively rejected any advance before it got off the ground (Rios, Gomes as examples, not an exhaustive list). These will fit neatly into the tried hard and worked tirelessly narrative due at the end of the window. Sullivan?
The usual suspects not likely to trouble the upper reaches of the premier league Walker-Peters, Wilson, Brownhill, etc. Sullivan?
Cynic or realist?
Whilst Sullivan remains in charge, it will always be that way. 

He's completely unable to recognise his own shortcomings, is quite clearly 'on the make', and places no value or worth in his managers, as proven by the fact he's not prepared to spend a penny to obtain one.

When it comes to actual signings, aside from extracting funds from club coffers to his own (alledged) via Salthouse and/or Silkman, he's got this unshakeable belief in his own ability to 'pick a player'.  The attitude of a gambler with too much money, an inferiority complex that seeks him to want shiny, ostentatious things, and a mindset that belongs back in the 70s.

So hoping for anything else during transfer windows with him at the helm is like hoping that the relentless stream of 'take our country back' Threads in Off Topic might cessate.  It's clearly not going to happen, and it's only with concerted efforts from those that have an interest in a different way of doing things that anything will ever change, and in the meantime batten down the hatches and deal with what comes.

And lastly...the blame is just as much on Kretinsky, Tripp Smith, Gold's daughter, and whoever the other main shareholders are....Sullivan has the largest stake, but not the majority stake.  If they all wanted to push for the decrepit 76 year old fossil to have less control, then they could. But clearly they aren't interested as long as the Premier League gravy train continues to roll into town.

So unitil then, THIS is the West Ham Way.  At the hands of this Welsh waste of skin.
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Has anyone noticed the similarity between last years 3 headed transfer window and this year? Last year 3 for Steidten, 3 for Lopetegui and 3 for our beloved majority shareholder.
This year, with the usual mouthpieces leaking like worn out incontinence knickers we have:
Young talent and unheard of players - Potter and Macaulay.
Big names with absolutely no chance of signing for us, including those who definitively rejected any advance before it got off the ground (Rios, Gomes as examples, not an exhaustive list). These will fit neatly into the tried hard and worked tirelessly narrative due at the end of the window. Sullivan?
The usual suspects not likely to trouble the upper reaches of the premier league Walker-Peters, Wilson, Brownhill, etc. Sullivan?
Cynic or realist?
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David Sullivan is NOT East End. He was born in Wales. Lived for a while in Hornchurch but he’s no East Ender 
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We need at least two proper midfield signings
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THUNDERCLINT wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 11:12
E6 Hammer" wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 11:07
THUNDERCLINT wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 11:05
Brownhill.

As soon as the Wilson fuss subsides.

He's in.

All planned weeks ago.

I'd be in awe of the dwarf cսnt's choreography if we weren't signing such utter shit.
What a load of tripe - as if you really know.
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twoleftfeet wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 11:34
THUNDERCLINT wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 11:05
goose wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 09:01 Two or three weeks to the start of the season?
we need to sort the midfield out asap.
Brownhill.

As soon as the Wilson fuss subsides.

He's in.

All planned weeks ago.

I'd be in awe of the dwarf cսnt's choreography if we weren't signing such utter shit.
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THUNDERCLINT wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 11:05
goose wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 09:01 Two or three weeks to the start of the season?
we need to sort the midfield out asap.
Brownhill.

As soon as the Wilson fuss subsides.

He's in.

All planned weeks ago.

I'd be in awe of the dwarf cսnt's choreography if we weren't signing such utter shit.
Ladyboy why don’t you fuck off
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E6 Hammer" wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 11:07
THUNDERCLINT wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 11:05
goose wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 09:01 Two or three weeks to the start of the season?
we need to sort the midfield out asap.
Brownhill.

As soon as the Wilson fuss subsides.

He's in.

All planned weeks ago.

I'd be in awe of the dwarf cսnt's choreography if we weren't signing such utter shit.
What a load of tripe - as if you really know.
Ok Ladysmith. Enjoying your break from giving handjobs in Levy's executive bathroom?
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My only relief is that when Sullivan dies (soon please) if he hands the club to his soft cock son in the velvet slippers I believe he could easily be intimidated into selling up 
Sullivan senior has the hide of a rhino having come up as an East  end criminal. His son is nothing of the sort & would burst into tears at the first dissent 
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THUNDERCLINT wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 11:05
goose wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 09:01 Two or three weeks to the start of the season?
we need to sort the midfield out asap.
Brownhill.

As soon as the Wilson fuss subsides.

He's in.

All planned weeks ago.

I'd be in awe of the dwarf cսnt's choreography if we weren't signing such utter shit.
What a load of tripe - as if you really know.
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goose wrote: 26 Jul 2025, 09:01 Two or three weeks to the start of the season?
we need to sort the midfield out asap.
Brownhill.

As soon as the Wilson fuss subsides.

He's in.

All planned weeks ago.

I'd be in awe of the dwarf cսnt's choreography if we weren't signing such utter shit.
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Two or three weeks to the start of the season?
we need to sort the midfield out asap.
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Wonder who Jack Sullivan Jnr ( new CEO and de facto DOF in waiting ) will bring in next? Both him and Jack are Salthouse’s “mates” arent they?  Probably the only mate they have as their upbringing has likely been “in a bubble” that Sullivan’s level of wealth can create.  They are unlikely to be popping down the local pub and part of an extended group of lads who hang around together.  
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honky cat" wrote: 25 Jul 2025, 20:59
fraser wrote: 25 Jul 2025, 19:58 Antonio has scored fur the u-21s


 
 
A young player has been denied a chance to play tonight to accomodate a 35 year old who is out of contract anyway.  Im more pissed off about this than callum wilson. 



 
Each to their own, I couldn't give a fuck. 
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Isak has a ‘minor injury’ of course
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Ah the old 'minor injury' chestnut.. Yeah, he's off.
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