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

[fraser]

I can't lie I actually preferred Botofogo Big Fucking John looks a character and can drill a 60 yard pass with some accuracy, though it was said the reason he was signing was because he didn't mind fighting for his place, maybe it is both.. 

[Lee Trundle]

This became almost as predictable as the Wilson signing once we got his mentor in.

Slightly more than I'd be willing to pay for him.  But at least it's nowhere near the price they wanted.

[El Scorchio]

Yeah, it's pretty low class isn't it, unless they are both coming in. Embarrassing for the player, and for Botofogo as a club to be messed around like that. That's one more club who won't be doing Sullivan any favours going forward if he's not also on his way. I don't see why he would be, unless he's happy coming in as a number 2.

[Ron Eff]

I had always thought the John bid was to give the hurry up to Leicester. Clearly it’s worked as the price has come down by £7m for Hermansen; but fucking hell I didn’t think we’d let it go as far as his manager confirming he’s off!

It is unsurprisingly classless, unless we are signing both and Areola is off, but cannot see that. 

[goose]

He's changed his mind about Rennes and willing to take a pay-cut becuase he's heard they will be wearing a Kappa kit next season.

Unironically true. Obviously not the nonsense about Kappa.

But he is willing to take a pay-cut. Desperate to move back to France, by all accounts.

At least you now admit that the kappa stuff was nonsense.

[Mad Ferret]

He's changed his mind about Rennes and willing to take a pay-cut becuase he's heard they will be wearing a Kappa kit next season.

Unironically true. Obviously not the nonsense about Kappa.

But he is willing to take a pay-cut. Desperate to move back to France, by all accounts.

[John Drake]

And window after window he seems to do his very best to derail us by doing this lowballing bollocks and fucking players / clubs about. 


 

I wouldn't be surprised if the short lived Steidten era gave him an either higher opinion of his own abilities. Let's face it, Steidten might have got most of the deals done quickly but he seemed to overpay almost every time. By a lot. So Sully probably thinks if ANY of his cheapo deals come off then he'll have done a better job. This is all assuming that Sully's gone back to negotiating deals as before and our latest "Head of recruitment" does pretty much fuck all, which wouldn't surprise me.

Head of recruitment= Head of Recruitment Ideas. Caveat...they need to cost no more than ~5m and be flippable for 10 times that after one season.

The role is basically chief Treasure Hunter.

The comment about flipping for 10 times the value is an odd one in the light of West Ham's shocking record of making a profit on player trading 

[scott_d]

He's changed his mind about Rennes and willing to take a pay-cut becuase he's heard they will be wearing a Kappa kit next season.

[Fauxstralian]

Mad Foreskin 5 years late on the Areola to Rennes story
They were interested when he was at Fulham
Doubt they could afford his wages now

[Mad Ferret]

Ex reporting Hermansen agreement is very close. Unless we're getting 2, looks like big John gonna get pied at the altar.

Areola to Rennes, so highly likely we get both.

[Jean-Luc Paul Goddard]

Not sure I'd ever want our head of recruitment negotiating any deals.

That's for normally people much higher up the food chain.  Unfortunately we've got an idiot doing it.

Husillos negotiated the deals when Pellegrini was here and was in charge of recruitment also. Probably why Sully agreed to waste £1.2m on Macauley from Chelsea, knowing he'd get to go back to having his grubby fingers over every deal.

[stubbo-admin]

And window after window he seems to do his very best to derail us by doing this lowballing bollocks and fucking players / clubs about. 

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the short lived Steidten era gave him an either higher opinion of his own abilities. Let's face it, Steidten might have got most of the deals done quickly but he seemed to overpay almost every time. By a lot. So Sully probably thinks if ANY of his cheapo deals come off then he'll have done a better job. This is all assuming that Sully's gone back to negotiating deals as before and our latest "Head of recruitment" does pretty much fuck all, which wouldn't surprise me.

Head of recruitment= Head of Recruitment Ideas. Caveat...they need to cost no more than ~5m and be flippable for 10 times that after one season.

The role is basically chief Treasure Hunter.

[stubbo-admin]

Ex reporting Hermansen agreement is very close. Unless we're getting 2, looks like big John gonna get pied at the altar.

[Lee Trundle]

And window after window he seems to do his very best to derail us by doing this lowballing bollocks and fucking players / clubs about. 

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the short lived Steidten era gave him an either higher opinion of his own abilities. Let's face it, Steidten might have got most of the deals done quickly but he seemed to overpay almost every time. By a lot. So Sully probably thinks if ANY of his cheapo deals come off then he'll have done a better job. This is all assuming that Sully's gone back to negotiating deals as before and our latest "Head of recruitment" does pretty much fuck all, which wouldn't surprise me.

Not sure I'd ever want our head of recruitment negotiating any deals.

That's for normally people much higher up the food chain.  Unfortunately we've got an idiot doing it.

[Jean-Luc Paul Goddard]

And window after window he seems to do his very best to derail us by doing this lowballing bollocks and fucking players / clubs about. 
 

I wouldn't be surprised if the short lived Steidten era gave him an either higher opinion of his own abilities. Let's face it, Steidten might have got most of the deals done quickly but he seemed to overpay almost every time. By a lot. So Sully probably thinks if ANY of his cheapo deals come off then he'll have done a better job. This is all assuming that Sully's gone back to negotiating deals as before and our latest "Head of recruitment" does pretty much fuck all, which wouldn't surprise me.

[Maverick180180]

I wonder if Sullivan is aware of how much he is hated and how actually incompetent he is at running a football club and doing business?

I get the impression that he is a bit like a North Korean dictator with a PR team running around him feeding him delusional bullshit views of love and adoration from everyone.

I only ask as he never seems to learn. He always lacks class and any semblance of being a decent logical human being. And window after window he seems to do his very best to derail us by doing this lowballing bollocks and fucking players / clubs about. 

Does he not learn because he is oblivious? 

 

 

He definitely doesn’t have a clue
He wouldn’t bother with the constant lies and spin if he was aware that’s he’s fooling absolutely no one 
I believe in his eyes he’s viewed as the saviour of this football club 

[nychammer]

Am guessing Antonio was offered the terms that Wilson has now accepted
Could see Antonio going into a media role. Maybe as a bit of a Micah Richards type without being such an annoying twat

Maddison confirmed as an ACL so should miss the season
Good news is that he has now been installed as 3rd favourite for the PDC Darts World Championship 

Fully expect a Carlton Cole pay per play cameo comeback when Fullrugg gets injured (only in Jan tho if at all, right) 

[northbankboy68]

I sincerely hope we do not swap Paqueta for Grealish and Phillips.  That would tempt me to boil my head.

[northbankboy68]

I wonder if Sullivan is aware of how much he is hated and how actually incompetent he is at running a football club and doing business?

I get the impression that he is a bit like a North Korean dictator with a PR team running around him feeding him delusional bullshit views of love and adoration from everyone.

I only ask as he never seems to learn. He always lacks class and any semblance of being a decent logical human being. And window after window he seems to do his very best to derail us by doing this lowballing bollocks and fucking players / clubs about. 

Does he not learn because he is oblivious? 

The parallel with the small handed, orange autocrat across the pond is striking.

[Russ of the BML]

I wonder if Sullivan is aware of how much he is hated and how actually incompetent he is at running a football club and doing business?

I get the impression that he is a bit like a North Korean dictator with a PR team running around him feeding him delusional bullshit views of love and adoration from everyone.

I only ask as he never seems to learn. He always lacks class and any semblance of being a decent logical human being. And window after window he seems to do his very best to derail us by doing this lowballing bollocks and fucking players / clubs about. 

Does he not learn because he is oblivious? 

[Fauxstralian]

Am guessing Antonio was offered the terms that Wilson has now accepted
Could see Antonio going into a media role. Maybe as a bit of a Micah Richards type without being such an annoying twat

Maddison confirmed as an ACL so should miss the season
Good news is that he has now been installed as 3rd favourite for the PDC Darts World Championship 

[Mad Ferret]

His bezzie mate Wilson to nick his number 9 shirt.

[Lee Trundle]

Antonio has signed a 3 year contract.

Club Statement | Michail Antonio | West Ham United F.C.

ONLY JOKING!  It's just confirmation he's left which I'm a bit surprised about.  I though we might have been stupid enough to agree to any terms he wanted.

[Lee Trundle]

You'd have thought with such a huge rebuild that we'd have players in early doors to get everything all set up and ready.

Sullivan is a stupid fucking idiot.

[Swiss.]

So has John Victor signed yet or is he still in the queue behind SWP?