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

[Maverick180180]

So the season starts tomorrow and we havent addressed out slow ageing midfield whatsoever.

We haven't improved our attack (fuck 47 year old mouthy callum "gonna be injured all the time" wilson)

Well done west ham yet again.

im happy with diouf from what ive seen and walker peters is ok as back up.  But have we improved?  Doesnt look like it

I'm praying the youngtsers can step up

 

 

 

 

Yep

For me, Potter is just as much to blame as Sullivan 

[El Scorchio]

I think Potter said Summerville is the only injury in his presser, but I didn't see it. I seem to recall someone else mentioning it. SO you'd assume so, but then why didn't he make either bench last weekend? Presumably it would have cost the club something,....

[onsideman]

 

Mcatee is a big miss imo. Especially at them levels. 

 

 

Really? I haven't seen much from him to suggest he'll be a big miss. Where have you seen him impress so much?

I'm frustrated at the money Forest are spending and regret the fact that we didn't pick up Elanga for £15m from Man Utd when we were so desperately in need of a left winger, but I won't lose any sleep over McAtee

[Lee Trundle]

Any news on if he's fit or not?

[Eerie Decent]

Wilson to come off the bench and score the winner at the weekend.
 

[El Scorchio]

That's the concern isn't it. We are hopefully better at GK and that might unlock a little with how the rest of the team can function, we are better going forward down the left (but have we lost anything defensively there now?) and arguably Aguerd being back is a tiny improvement in defence, at least in depth and ability with the ball if nothing else. But we really haven't improved in any significant way at all.

That cսnt Wilson being here does nothing for us at all. I don't even want to see him on the pitch if Fullkrug is injured.

Very much hope a few still to come in, even if it should have been at least 4-6 weeks ago. Of course we could still lose a couple of players we don't want to. Anything is possible if pound signs start flashing in front of Sullivan's little eyes.

[Mad Dog]

So the season starts tomorrow and we havent addressed out slow ageing midfield whatsoever.

We haven't improved our attack (fuck 47 year old mouthy callum "gonna be injured all the time" wilson)

Well done west ham yet again.

im happy with diouf from what ive seen and walker peters is ok as back up.  But have we improved?  Doesnt look like it

I'm praying the youngtsers can step up

[El Scorchio]

6.5 million? You'd have to applaud that if it comes off. I didn't think we'd be able to give him away.

[Eerie Decent]

Blimey, I thought we'd have to pay that to get him out the club.

If we do bring some players in, rather than going for the positions we're desperate for, let's hope we sign a slow, lightweight left winger who cuts in. That'll do the trick.

[Lee Trundle]

I've just read on X that we might get £6.5m for Guido.  

I reckon we get a couple of decent signings in this window that might strengthen the first team, which should have bene done months ago.

[Jean-Luc Paul Goddard]

As some guy in a movie once said. "It ain't about the Money. It's about sending a Message.!" And in this case. About who sending the message. Kieran Maguire.

Someone who.
A. Has no skin in the game. Regarding us.
And
B. Knows his fucking Onions. When it comes to Football finance. 

Is. Sratching his head about this. That in its self is worrying. Especially if it's from the same company that had Everton over the barrel. And was fleecing them.!

I don't know anything about this Kieran Maguire but he's quoted as saying:

“West Ham borrow from Rights and Media Funding Limited, a company with no employees, hardly any assets apart from loans to companies and which owes about £290m itself to creditors. I asked Peter Andre what he thought of this and he said “That’s more mysterious than the mysterious girl in my song Mysterious Girl…mate”.”

This company is literally set up to borrow money from various sources and lend to football clubs. It ain't a supermarket. They ain't going to have a load of employees or assets. As for them owing about £290m - he might also have mentioned that currently, and not coincidentally, they are also owed about £290m. This is what they do - borrow and loan money and charge a lot of interest.

Now I'm not a financial expert, like this bloke apparently is, nor an expert on Peter Andre either, but I really don't see anything mysterious here whatsoever. Apparently we've borrowed from them before, as have Everton, Forest and various Spanish clubs. 

I wouldn't be surprised if this RMFL company might be a bit dodgy, at least regarding the paying of tax and how much interest they charge, but this doesn't have much to do with that bullshit Gonzo article, where as usual he gets everything mixed up, because he's an idiot.

The only real question here is, how much interest do they charge and could we have got a cheaper line of credit elsewhere?

[Eerie Decent]

Bit touchy, son.

You haven't really watched him play, have you? 

[boleyn8420]

FFS, our club is run by utter amateurs, for example:

Forest - Capacity 30,455. Promoted 2022. 4 Points deduction for breaching PSR in 2024
Sell Elanga for £55m
Buy 2 England U-21 Internationals in James McAtee and Omari Hutchinson for combined £67.5m

West Ham - Capacity 62,500. Promoted 2012. Winners of European Conference League.
Sell Kudus for £55m
Get 2 free transfers in Callum Wilson and Kyle Walker Peters.

Oh, and by the way how does a newly promoted side like Sunderland spend £150m+ on new players.

 

[dealcanvey]

2 good young players signed by Forest, I’m amazed they didn’t come in for JWP after his success there last year.

Mcatee is a big miss imo. Especially at them levels. 

last year we loaned JWP to Forest as deemed we were above them and he was surplus.

hes now our vice captain and Forest have leap frogged us in terms of quality and being seen as an attractive destination. 

A lot changes in football after just a year. 

What is it about McAtee you think we have missed out on?

He is a slow left winger. Exactly what we don't need.

Why ask for my opinion if you're going to give yours as if its a statement of fact?

Even putting writing in bold. Weirdo.

[El Scorchio]

We’re in shit here folks.! Gonzo just released a video saying we have just got a £200 million war chest. From a unknown loan company.! This is fucking bad folks. 

It's not a £200m war chest for fuck's sake. It's a credit facility of up to £145m. So if we need to quickly borrow any amount for cash flow purposes we can get it from them. It's not an unknown loan company either. They specialise in lending to football clubs and have leant billions over the years, notably to Everton.

 

As some guy in a movie once said. "It ain't about the Money. It's about sending a Message.!" And in this case. About who sending the message. Kieran Maguire.

Someone who.
A. Has no skin in the game. Regarding us.
And
B. Knows his fucking Onions. When it comes to Football finance. 

Is. Sratching his head about this. That in its self is worrying. Especially if it's from the same company that had Everton over the barrel. And was fleecing them.!

Everton- another horrifically run club just like us. Two big fat bloated corpses face down in the mud being stepped over by the three B's, Palace, Forest, Fulham, Villa. To be grouped with them in a situation like this is sickening. Both clubs have been run appallingly to have this happen, given their size and resource.

Only difference is they've just built a really good new stadium which could be the first step to lead to them climbing out the other side of the pit we are both in before too long. 

[Eerie Decent]

Of course he does. Like every other billionaire.

[Massive Attack]

How many 'lucky' self made UK born billionaires are there?d si

That's all well and good...but whatever the myriad of ways he made his money to enable him to be successful at business I don't begrudge him at all. He can buy as many bespoke, self designed white Italian leather sofas as he wants...even if they do still end up looking like something from The Land of Leather. He's earnt the right to spend his money how he wants. Nobody with a semi functioning brain is disputing the fact.

Conventional business sense has very little to do with unconventional football business sense and it's very clear that the ability to do one very successfully doesn't mean the other will follow suit.

He ain't putting any of his own money into WH he is loading the club with unsustainable debt which will require an Abramovich or Sheikh Mansour type to write it off should that ever happen. So he ain't stupid in that sense. Which is why I refer to the football side of the operation as the Kenneth Bates school of economic science. He's relying on somebody else to clear the tab.

There's no excuse for the football recruitment side of the operation to still resemble St.Andrews circa 1993 though.
That can clearly be  MASSIVELY improved upon. 

It's really not asking for too much at this stage FFS

I can't wait till he no longer runs this club. But from his point of view, from a business perspective, he's absolutely smashed it again. That's just the reality.

 

 

 

Yep, I'll give him that. And deep down that's all he ever cared about, the cretin. 

[RBshorty]

We’re in shit here folks.! Gonzo just released a video saying we have just got a £200 million war chest. From a unknown loan company.! This is fucking bad folks. 

It's not a £200m war chest for fuck's sake. It's a credit facility of up to £145m. So if we need to quickly borrow any amount for cash flow purposes we can get it from them. It's not an unknown loan company either. They specialise in lending to football clubs and have leant billions over the years, notably to Everton.

 

 

As some guy in a movie once said. "It ain't about the Money. It's about sending a Message.!" And in this case. About who sending the message. Kieran Maguire.

Someone who.
A. Has no skin in the game. Regarding us.
And
B. Knows his fucking Onions. When it comes to Football finance. 

Is. Sratching his head about this. That in its self is worrying. Especially if it's from the same company that had Everton over the barrel. And was fleecing them.!

[El Scorchio]

You've got a point, but let's face it, if right now we were at -£125m net spend like Bournemouth or even -£5m like Brentford then people would be going apeshit and accusing Sullivan of pocketing the money, not praising the club for buying low and selling high. And really you can't compare a free transfer like Callum Wilson with someone like Ouattara who cost £20m, as if it's an either/or situation.

 

 

Not if we had trust and faith in our owner/decision makers that they were using money in the best way for the club be it reinvesting in the team or other infrastructure, which Bournemouth and Brentford have clearly just demonstrated they are doing. They are making money from the football side of the club which is sustaining the club overall without so far any negative effect on results. If they lose a player, a player is ready to take their place. They have money in the bank in case they need it, instead of a collection of fucking payday loans with high interest to draw against.

And you're right, you cannot compare us buying Wilson with them buying Outtara because we are miles from a position where we could buy him, and they are miles from a position where they have to stoop to getting in some broken down old shit who has openly mocked their club in the past as a backhander for a parasitic agent mate of the owner because they are so badly run they cannot afford anything else. You're either well run like them so you can make these purchases, or you're embarrassingly badly run like us, so you HAVE to make dreadful signings which don't even improve the team like Callum Wilson.

[Eerie Decent]

2 good young players signed by Forest, I’m amazed they didn’t come in for JWP after his success there last year.

Mcatee is a big miss imo. Especially at them levels. 

last year we loaned JWP to Forest as deemed we were above them and he was surplus.

hes now our vice captain and Forest have leap frogged us in terms of quality and being seen as an attractive destination. 

A lot changes in football after just a year. 

What is it about McAtee you think we have missed out on?

He is a slow left winger. Exactly what we don't need.

[Eerie Decent]

How many 'lucky' self made UK born billionaires are there?d si

That's all well and good...but whatever the myriad of ways he made his money to enable him to be successful at business I don't begrudge him at all. He can buy as many bespoke, self designed white Italian leather sofas as he wants...even if they do still end up looking like something from The Land of Leather. He's earnt the right to spend his money how he wants. Nobody with a semi functioning brain is disputing the fact.

Conventional business sense has very little to do with unconventional football business sense and it's very clear that the ability to do one very successfully doesn't mean the other will follow suit.

He ain't putting any of his own money into WH he is loading the club with unsustainable debt which will require an Abramovich or Sheikh Mansour type to write it off should that ever happen. So he ain't stupid in that sense. Which is why I refer to the football side of the operation as the Kenneth Bates school of economic science. He's relying on somebody else to clear the tab.

There's no excuse for the football recruitment side of the operation to still resemble St.Andrews circa 1993 though.
That can clearly be  MASSIVELY improved upon. 

It's really not asking for too much at this stage FFS

 

 

No one, far as I have seen, is disputing the fact that the way he runs the club, is shit for us fans.

However, plenty do diminish his own personal story of becoming a self made billionaire. Someone has called him Del Trotter a few posts above ffs. You don't earn that much money on a whim and a prayer. 

I can't wait till he no longer runs this club. But from his point of view, from a business perspective, he's absolutely smashed it again. That's just the reality.

[dealcanvey]

2 good young players signed by Forest, I’m amazed they didn’t come in for JWP after his success there last year.

Mcatee is a big miss imo. Especially at them levels. 

last year we loaned JWP to Forest as deemed we were above them and he was surplus.

hes now our vice captain and Forest have leap frogged us in terms of quality and being seen as an attractive destination. 

A lot changes in football after just a year. 

[Jean-Luc Paul Goddard]

We’re in shit here folks.! Gonzo just released a video saying we have just got a £200 million war chest. From a unknown loan company.! This is fucking bad folks. 

It's not a £200m war chest for fuck's sake. It's a credit facility of up to £145m. So if we need to quickly borrow any amount for cash flow purposes we can get it from them. It's not an unknown loan company either. They specialise in lending to football clubs and have leant billions over the years, notably to Everton.

[eusebiovic]

How many 'lucky' self made UK born billionaires are there?d si

That's all well and good...but whatever the myriad of ways he made his money to enable him to be successful at business I don't begrudge him at all. He can buy as many bespoke, self designed white Italian leather sofas as he wants...even if they do still end up looking like something from The Land of Leather. He's earnt the right to spend his money how he wants. Nobody with a semi functioning brain is disputing the fact.

Conventional business sense has very little to do with unconventional football business sense and it's very clear that the ability to do one very successfully doesn't mean the other will follow suit.

He ain't putting any of his own money into WH he is loading the club with unsustainable debt which will require an Abramovich or Sheikh Mansour type to write it off should that ever happen. So he ain't stupid in that sense. Which is why I refer to the football side of the operation as the Kenneth Bates school of economic science. He's relying on somebody else to clear the tab.

There's no excuse for the football recruitment side of the operation to still resemble St.Andrews circa 1993 though.
That can clearly be  MASSIVELY improved upon. 

It's really not asking for too much at this stage FFS

[Eerie Decent]

How many 'lucky' self made UK born billionaires are there?