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

[Lee Trundle]

They can fuck right off.  He's not even worth £30m.  Pretty glad it was turned down.

[dealcanvey]

30m bid for Fernandes turned down. Saints want closer to 50. 

[El Scorchio]

 

I’ve noticed he’s brought in another keeper to challenge Areola and probably be no.1. I think thats quite a serious thing to do in terms of team harmony etc. But he also doesn’t seem to be interested in getting someone in to challenge JWP or replace him, something anyone would say is needed. I think he definitely favours “character” above competence and skill.

Maybe that works out I dunno. I think at the highest level the best players can be bastards and annoy each other.It’s just the nature of top level sport. Maybe for a mid level team harmony and peace is wonderful, but for reaching the top, there’s generally some friction in those teams.

I don't think you've been paying attention. Our owner isn't aiming for the top...he is happy with 17th place. Any better than that it's despite his leadership and not because of it.

If after 15 years we still have no plan, no purpose other than to put a team together in a haphazard, Frank Spencer fashion then it will always be what it is.

The fact is after 15 years and an average gate of 60,000 he is still desperately trying to avoid paying players a wage through the summer because the cash flow situation is so fucking poor due to the fact he can't embrace the future.

Clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Brighton are making him look like the mug he really is and the combined capacity of their stadium capacities fits snuggly into our 62,500 or whatever it is.

So it obvious then...to compete properly the way players are recruited needs to be done better than behaving like it's still 1993 when Ken Bates economics were still all the rage.

That is all...I drink my tea 

 

Yeah he’s very old school. I think he had no ambition for West Ham other than selling the land on the old site and running a going concern in Stratford for cheap rent, siphoning out money for his mates every now and then.

i don’t think owning a club for him was ever about really winning or improving our team. Maybe David Gold had that ambition but Sullivan doesn’t. Every so often he seems to want to prove himself in the game by investing some money. But he can’t do it through delegation. He needs the glory himself which is why he always fiddles with everything and it goes wrong. 

however, the managers generally want success or at least should do. I think only Allardyce really didn’t give a fuck about actually being a top team.  Potter must care, Moyes cared etc I just hope our managers don’t think just staying in the league or being mid table is acceptable. 

In retrospect, Allardyce was just wise to what Sullivan was all about, knew he was here to perform a certain role and did it, no more no less. Knew he had to put up with the Sullivan specials, was cut largely from the same cloth and realised he was going to be bounced out sooner or later in favour of a sexier option and happy to pick up a hefty wage and take what he could get out of it- Dubai etc. We needed him and he needed us at the time we appointed him. We just stayed stuck being run in the same way after he left rather than learning any sort of lesson.

[El Scorchio]

Like others I wondered if JWP might be a makeweight in a deal for Fernandes but perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that he’s very much part of Potter’s plans since Potter values above all else character, teamwork, team spirit, the group’, good lads getting along together. That’s the culture he builds- Bowen’s been used to brief the press about how cohesive and happy everyone is. Füllkrug is on board with this too now. I must admit I like it. Potter seems an affable chap and he’s putting together a likeable team. The only problem is if we get turned over in the first two games it probably all evaporates. Here’s hoping nice guys win. I’d probably prefer playing for Potter than a miserable demanding aggressive bastard like Alex Ferguson but if you want to win things….

 

I’ve noticed he’s brought in another keeper to challenge Areola and probably be no.1. I think thats quite a serious thing to do in terms of team harmony etc. But he also doesn’t seem to be interested in getting someone in to challenge JWP or replace him, something anyone would say is needed. I think he definitely favours “character” above competence and skill.

Maybe that works out I dunno. I think at the highest level the best players can be bastards and annoy each other.It’s just the nature of top level sport. Maybe for a mid level team harmony and peace is wonderful, but for reaching the top, there’s generally some friction in those teams.

I don't think you've been paying attention. Our owner isn't aiming for the top...he is happy with 17th place. Any better than that it's despite his leadership and not because of it.

If after 15 years we still have no plan, no purpose other than to put a team together in a haphazard, Frank Spencer fashion then it will always be what it is.

The fact is after 15 years and an average gate of 60,000 he is still desperately trying to avoid paying players a wage through the summer because the cash flow situation is so fucking poor due to the fact he can't embrace the future.

Clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Brighton are making him look like the mug he really is and the combined capacity of their stadium capacities fits snuggly into our 62,500 or whatever it is.

So it obvious then...to compete properly the way players are recruited needs to be done better than behaving like it's still 1993 when Ken Bates economics were still all the rage.

That is all...I drink my tea 

 

 

Maximum personal financial gain for minimum possible outlay, This appalling strategy of recruiting so late in the summer is just ridiculous. How is any manager supposed to plan properly through the summer when they have no idea what their squad will look like. Four days out of the start of the season and Potter doesn't know if he will still have Alvarez and possibly Paqueta although looks likely he will be around now, if Guido, Irvine, JWP, Soucek will still definitely be here or not, or whether Fernandes, the bloke from Lille, someone else or no-one is coming in. He's got Emerson hanging around who clearly isn't in his plans. He's only just got his goalkeeper AFTER all the preseason work has been done so he can't build a rapport with his defenders until the first game of the season. It's appalling. How can you try and effectively build a team and a system when you don't know what players you have. Let alone compete with basically all 19 other teams who had most of their pieces in place weeks ago and can hit the ground running.

Totally agree Sullivan has to get his head out of his arse and out of 1993 and into the reality of 2025. You can't do things on a shoestring, a wink and a backhander, and piecemeal any more. The game has evolved so far that you cannot just stick any old player into a team any more and expect them to just perform or improve the team. It's so role specific now. It's not good enough just taking a player your mate recommends over the needs of what the people you employ to run things insist the team needs.

Yes it would have cost more money, but we should have had Hermansen in place before going to the US. We should have had at least one CM in place before going to the US. Yet here we are less than 100 hours from our opening game still with a bunch of dead wood in the squad we haven't shifted, and still scrambling to get key pieces added. The most key piece almost everyone identified we needed months ago. Surely if anything THAT was worth fixing early.

The bloke will never change.

[threesixty]

Like others I wondered if JWP might be a makeweight in a deal for Fernandes but perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that he’s very much part of Potter’s plans since Potter values above all else character, teamwork, team spirit, the group’, good lads getting along together. That’s the culture he builds- Bowen’s been used to brief the press about how cohesive and happy everyone is. Füllkrug is on board with this too now. I must admit I like it. Potter seems an affable chap and he’s putting together a likeable team. The only problem is if we get turned over in the first two games it probably all evaporates. Here’s hoping nice guys win. I’d probably prefer playing for Potter than a miserable demanding aggressive bastard like Alex Ferguson but if you want to win things….

 

I’ve noticed he’s brought in another keeper to challenge Areola and probably be no.1. I think thats quite a serious thing to do in terms of team harmony etc. But he also doesn’t seem to be interested in getting someone in to challenge JWP or replace him, something anyone would say is needed. I think he definitely favours “character” above competence and skill.

Maybe that works out I dunno. I think at the highest level the best players can be bastards and annoy each other.It’s just the nature of top level sport. Maybe for a mid level team harmony and peace is wonderful, but for reaching the top, there’s generally some friction in those teams.

I don't think you've been paying attention. Our owner isn't aiming for the top...he is happy with 17th place. Any better than that it's despite his leadership and not because of it.

If after 15 years we still have no plan, no purpose other than to put a team together in a haphazard, Frank Spencer fashion then it will always be what it is.

The fact is after 15 years and an average gate of 60,000 he is still desperately trying to avoid paying players a wage through the summer because the cash flow situation is so fucking poor due to the fact he can't embrace the future.

Clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Brighton are making him look like the mug he really is and the combined capacity of their stadium capacities fits snuggly into our 62,500 or whatever it is.

So it obvious then...to compete properly the way players are recruited needs to be done better than behaving like it's still 1993 when Ken Bates economics were still all the rage.

That is all...I drink my tea 

 

Yeah he’s very old school. I think he had no ambition for West Ham other than selling the land on the old site and running a going concern in Stratford for cheap rent, siphoning out money for his mates every now and then.

i don’t think owning a club for him was ever about really winning or improving our team. Maybe David Gold had that ambition but Sullivan doesn’t. Every so often he seems to want to prove himself in the game by investing some money. But he can’t do it through delegation. He needs the glory himself which is why he always fiddles with everything and it goes wrong. 

however, the managers generally want success or at least should do. I think only Allardyce really didn’t give a fuck about actually being a top team.  Potter must care, Moyes cared etc I just hope our managers don’t think just staying in the league or being mid table is acceptable. 

[eusebiovic]

Like others I wondered if JWP might be a makeweight in a deal for Fernandes but perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that he’s very much part of Potter’s plans since Potter values above all else character, teamwork, team spirit, the group’, good lads getting along together. That’s the culture he builds- Bowen’s been used to brief the press about how cohesive and happy everyone is. Füllkrug is on board with this too now. I must admit I like it. Potter seems an affable chap and he’s putting together a likeable team. The only problem is if we get turned over in the first two games it probably all evaporates. Here’s hoping nice guys win. I’d probably prefer playing for Potter than a miserable demanding aggressive bastard like Alex Ferguson but if you want to win things….

 

I’ve noticed he’s brought in another keeper to challenge Areola and probably be no.1. I think thats quite a serious thing to do in terms of team harmony etc. But he also doesn’t seem to be interested in getting someone in to challenge JWP or replace him, something anyone would say is needed. I think he definitely favours “character” above competence and skill.

Maybe that works out I dunno. I think at the highest level the best players can be bastards and annoy each other.It’s just the nature of top level sport. Maybe for a mid level team harmony and peace is wonderful, but for reaching the top, there’s generally some friction in those teams.

I don't think you've been paying attention. Our owner isn't aiming for the top...he is happy with 17th place. Any better than that it's despite his leadership and not because of it.

If after 15 years we still have no plan, no purpose other than to put a team together in a haphazard, Frank Spencer fashion then it will always be what it is.

The fact is after 15 years and an average gate of 60,000 he is still desperately trying to avoid paying players a wage through the summer because the cash flow situation is so fucking poor due to the fact he can't embrace the future.

Clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Brighton are making him look like the mug he really is and the combined capacity of their stadium capacities fits snuggly into our 62,500 or whatever it is.

So it obvious then...to compete properly the way players are recruited needs to be done better than behaving like it's still 1993 when Ken Bates economics were still all the rage.

That is all...I drink my tea 

[threesixty]

Like others I wondered if JWP might be a makeweight in a deal for Fernandes but perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that he’s very much part of Potter’s plans since Potter values above all else character, teamwork, team spirit, the group’, good lads getting along together. That’s the culture he builds- Bowen’s been used to brief the press about how cohesive and happy everyone is. Füllkrug is on board with this too now. I must admit I like it. Potter seems an affable chap and he’s putting together a likeable team. The only problem is if we get turned over in the first two games it probably all evaporates. Here’s hoping nice guys win. I’d probably prefer playing for Potter than a miserable demanding aggressive bastard like Alex Ferguson but if you want to win things….

 

 

I’ve noticed he’s brought in another keeper to challenge Areola and probably be no.1. I think thats quite a serious thing to do in terms of team harmony etc. But he also doesn’t seem to be interested in getting someone in to challenge JWP or replace him, something anyone would say is needed. I think he definitely favours “character” above competence and skill.

Maybe that works out I dunno. I think at the highest level the best players can be bastards and annoy each other.It’s just the nature of top level sport. Maybe for a mid level team harmony and peace is wonderful, but for reaching the top, there’s generally some friction in those teams.

[Tomshardware]

Can't find any concrete sources about Makua.  Just click bait.

[El Scorchio]

Yes, you'd have to give the club a pat on the back if all that business gets done, and you'd have to call it a 'win' for Potter and Macauley and what their aims are. There doesn't seem to be a lot of potential drawback with those players. Yes Fernandes won't be cheap but he's proven.

I think he gets one of the midfielders as I said yesterday, then has to put up with a Sullivan special for the other. As for the striker, coin flip. Probably Sullivan says 'you can only have the striker if you compromise on one of the midfielders. Here's Jonjo Shelvey on a three year deal' 

[Russ of the BML]

A few posters on here noticed and remarked on how good the no 17 was for Lille on Saturday, then we saw links to Mukau at Lille and so it seems Macaulay and Potter noticed too.  

We need 2 central midfielders not one so Fernandes and this geezer would be great. Mukau is more of a Kante type player with defensive instincts so complements Fernandes well since he is more attack minded. Both of them are a lot quicker than we have and pass accurately, press well, track back etc. according to scouting data?

Sullivan is still the concern though especially with Josh Brownhill available for free and both he and Jacob Ramsay being on Salthouse's books.  I personally am not so keen as many on Ramsay as he seems better suited to, and has mostly played in, a wide role?

Anyway, leaving it this late to get the weakest area of the team sorted is so typical of West Ham and our little wannabe depot owner.

Agree, adding Fernandes and Makua to the squad in this window would actually elevate this window to quietly brilliant. Getting Gueye from Metz would make it more overtly brilliant. Seems funny to say that now after what has been another window where, so far, main weaknesses (striker and box to box midfielder) have not been resolved. 

My concern in that we aren't dynamic enough in the transfer market and so both will drag on and on right to the death and both clubs will end up not selling as they can't replace. Soton has valued Fernandes at £30m, Lille have valued Makua at £17m and Lille have valued Gueye at £14m. So its a large pay out of £61m if you go for all three.

We haven't got the money from I understand. So there will be alot of haggling. But for £60m, look what you get. Do we sell Paqueta and use that money? 

[Forest Gate Ugly]

Like others I wondered if JWP might be a makeweight in a deal for Fernandes but perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that he’s very much part of Potter’s plans since Potter values above all else character, teamwork, team spirit, the group’, good lads getting along together. That’s the culture he builds- Bowen’s been used to brief the press about how cohesive and happy everyone is. Füllkrug is on board with this too now. I must admit I like it. Potter seems an affable chap and he’s putting together a likeable team. The only problem is if we get turned over in the first two games it probably all evaporates. Here’s hoping nice guys win. I’d probably prefer playing for Potter than a miserable demanding aggressive bastard like Alex Ferguson but if you want to win things….

[eusebiovic]

"depot owner" - "despot owner"   :-)

Destructive, Desperate, Disgusting we're spoilt for choice in describing our toxic Owner.

Lopetegui was his pick and the bloke considered himself such a genius he thought he only needed players with technical ability but zero pace and capacity to cover ground quickly in the Prem. 

From one narcissist to another they made a right pig's ear of last summer and now we've fucked for a good few years more because of it.

Lopetegui has always been a strange fucking fish - his father was a champion weightlifter which is pretty narcissistic in itself. As for our diminutive chairman - well, we all know that story also writes itself.

This is no way to run a football club. 

[Lee Trundle]

I still get a feeling there's a bit of emperors new clothes with Potter.

It's almost like the last half of the previous season has completely been forgotten about and everything is going brilliantly.

We still have exactly the same useless defence and midfield that were so poor last season.

[claypole]

Low Block 
Double Pivot 
Bait the Press

I wonder whats next?

[Massive Attack]

"depot owner" - "despot owner"   :-)

Destructive, Desperate, Disgusting we're spoilt for choice in describing our toxic Owner.

[El Scorchio]

I should think Potter gets one of his choice and then a Sullivan choice or Brownhill to make do with

[Sir Alf]

"depot owner" - "despot owner"   :-)

[Sir Alf]

A few posters on here noticed and remarked on how good the no 17 was for Lille on Saturday, then we saw links to Mukau at Lille and so it seems Macaulay and Potter noticed too.  

We need 2 central midfielders not one so Fernandes and this geezer would be great. Mukau is more of a Kante type player with defensive instincts so complements Fernandes well since he is more attack minded. Both of them are a lot quicker than we have and pass accurately, press well, track back etc. according to scouting data?

Sullivan is still the concern though especially with Josh Brownhill available for free and both he and Jacob Ramsay being on Salthouse's books.  I personally am not so keen as many on Ramsay as he seems better suited to, and has mostly played in, a wide role?

Anyway, leaving it this late to get the weakest area of the team sorted is so typical of West Ham and our little wannabe depot owner.

[Barty888]

[Barty888]

[Django]

I saw that too. We went cheap in CM and paid the price. Although to be fair I will say we should have seen a bit better from those players we had

Wasn't cheap though, loan fees, signing on fee and massive wages for Soler and Guido probably came to more. 

 

 

Good point. Not even cheap. Very short sighted though. Pretty glad they were short deals, but deals that just set the team back,. 

A complete fuck up by Loppy. I still can’t believe how inept that guy was in thinking those two players were what our midfield needed. We’ve made some shit signings over the years but I’d put these two pretty high that last in terms of exactly not what we needed this time last year. 

[El Scorchio]

 

Gonzo is claiming TS was tracking Fernandes 12 months ago but we bought someone else instead. 

I saw that too. We went cheap in CM and paid the price. Although to be fair I will say we should have seen a bit better from those players we had

Wasn't cheap though, loan fees, signing on fee and massive wages for Soler and Guido probably came to more. 

 

 

 

Good point. Not even cheap. Very short sighted though. Pretty glad they were short deals, but deals that just set the team back,. 

[Iron Duke]

Are we still preparing our bid for Fernandes?

[claypole]

I do hope Everton's deal for Grealish has an obligation. 50m for a 31 year old. Perfect

[onsideman]

He's just been made vice captain 

that's almost as depressing as not signing anyone else