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

[Massive Attack]

We are apparently tracking Vardy.

Not ideal but at the same time may prove to be a useful squad player.

[Central Park Man]

We are apparently tracking Vardy.

Not ideal but at the same time may prove to be a useful squad player.

[Massive Attack]

Yep, I liked Emerson. Wasn't always good but more often han not he was. The Cup win proved that. Definitely got our money's worth, arguably his winning mentality also helped rub off on others when it really mattered.

[Ron Eff]

You've literally just agreed with me.

Apart from your opinion that he's been generally considered a solid signing.

No, I've disagreed with pretty much every one of your poorly though out words. You had a bang on the head?

You concede that he wasn't very good last year. In his first season he only got 16 PL starts. You can only claim that he was first choice 'for most of his time here' (in other words, didn't fully establish himself over Cresswell and Scarles). He's started just 77 PL games in three seasons. And he's been mostly cack.

You need to read things more carefully. He's been a terrible signing.

 

 

I completely disagree. In a world of transfer fees as they are, at £13m for a left back who has started ~70% of games while here, straddling three managers who all have different views on how to play the game, but played a key role in us winning our first trophy in more than 40 years including arguably being MoM in the final, and has been anything but “cack” IMHO, I think it’s ridiculous to say he has been a terrible signing. 

[THUNDERCLINT]

Vardy being contacted...

The Fernandes "bid" is designed to fall. We tried.

[THUNDERCLINT]

"It’s not actually what Potter wants at all. He actually wants what we are seeing. He doesn't want to create loads of chances. He doesn't want quick transitions. He doesn't want more direct football at all."

Sorry but I think that's crap. To actually believe and say that a coach wants us to play slow boring football is just rubbish. Of course, Potter doesn't want that. In interviews he has even said he wants us to play positive, attacking football with flair, which is what West Ham were once known for.

What he is struggling with is how to get to that. He has a method but its too slow in the process. He may not even have the ability to get there. Yes, he wants a solid back line with one or two solid holding players, but he clearly and obviously wants wide players and attackers to play positive attacking football. 

Yes, its frustrating and infuriating. But to say Potter actually wants and is actively coaching slow boring football is just letting your emotions cloud your logic. 

An interesting look at he opposite ends of the Cock Piss stages of grief.

Russ is still at stage one, denial.

360 has reached stage five, acceptance.

Other's are still bargaining a few signing will fix it. Most are just angry or depressed.

Stop being such a fucking know it all. Like you are some clever bastard that everyone else needs to catch up with. I am not in denial at all. I just made a comment that very clearly Potter doesn't deliberately play slow ponderous football and nor does he want to. Nobody thinks the way we have played under Potter is right and nor does Potter himself. And to say he does is just fucking stupid. 

I also questioned if he has the ability to actually get us playing the way he wants. He certainly doesn't have the players. Abd Potter is proving he doesn't seem to be able to take a group of players and coach them round to his way. But who's fault is that? God knows. Because once again Sullivan the dirty little snivelling cսnt employed the wrong manager and gets the wrong players and leaves everyone wondering who is getting the players.... Is it a Moyes player? A Steidten player? A Potter player? A Sullivan player? That's the fucking game he plays. Because it gives him an out. And when it goes wrong he throws the manager under the bus.

That's the fucking truth of it. Whether you like or not, it was said on another thread, we are all victims of Sullivan. Potter, the players, the supporters. Everyone. And that isn't me feeling sorry for Potter. I didn't want him after Lope and I don't think he's good enough.

But, in the face of it all, people like you fucking slipping around this site trying to score points just makes things worse. 

 

Russ has reached Cock Piss stage of grief 2, ANGER. Only 3 more to go before he gets it.

[claypole]

Steinberg saying an improved offer has gone in for Fernandes. 

Half a million over our initial offer i expect 

[dealcanvey]

Steinberg saying an improved offer has gone in for Fernandes. 

[Massive Attack]

Plus Todibo £35m

Have also released / sold 7 first team squad players saving well in excess in wages compared to those in

Ahh, but you know why the Todibo money doesn't wash? Because that's not what is being pumped out of Faulty Towers. The only line is we have to sell because we need to make room for wages (which is a total lie), no mention of it being due to a lack of financial room for purchasing players. 

And even if we did include Todibo that would make us £15M down if we work crudely off the buys and sales thus summer. No one is going to convince me we only had wriggle left as a Budget of around £15M to work with once all is said and done in a new season cycle. 

None of it adds up and as intended. 

Kaz, let's have a another look at that ROCK you flaunted live on Talksport again darling...

[Fauxstralian]

Plus Todibo £35m

Have also released / sold 7 first team squad players saving well in excess in wages compared to those in

[Massive Attack]

Just 13 days left of the Summer Window and all we've managed to get in for the Senior Squad is:


Goalkeeper - £18M
Left Back - £20M
Right Back (Cover) - Free
Striker (Cover) - Free 

Outgoings:

Kudus - £55M


Then you hear from the Club that we still have to sell before we can buy, even though we've already cleared the decks with regards to wages.





As for the infamous song goes..

"FUCK OFF KARREN AND SULLY, WHERE'S THE FUCKING MONEY? IT'S ALL LIES, LIES, LIES!"

[Fauxstralian]

Bids in ,eh?
Weve known for a year or more that our midfield needed legs & energy 
Saw a quote that we were exploring other players
Weve done more exploring that Christopher Fucking Columbus
This should have been sorted on July 1

Emerson has been surprisingly good for us but dropped off last season
If he wants to go & we want him gone why is this still not done?

[nychammer]

Basically no news.

Sullivan came out last week saying we had 'bids in'.

Names in the frame once again:

Fernandes
Makau
Santos

And now some lad from Barca.

Supposedly we're testing the waters with bids.  Why not just phone the cunts up, ask what they want for the player, tap him up thru his agent, open the bid 10m lower, then meet in the middle of the player indicates he's keen?

Is it really that complicated?

 

THIS really fucks me off. Scattergun bids for players and see what sticks, rather than go for the player the coaches and manager believe is the best fit and pay the fucking asking price like successful clubs invariably do.

[SurfaceAgentX2Zero]

 

Horseshit. Clearly our first choice for most of his time here, was arguably our best player in the Conf League final and has been generally regarded as a very solid signing for 15/16/17 million. Even last season when he was off the boil I reckon he had double the games of Scarles and probably Cresswell too, who was often playing in the same team at left CB.

You've literally just agreed with me.

Apart from your opinion that he's been generally considered a solid signing.

No, I've disagreed with pretty much every one of your poorly though out words. You had a bang on the head?

You concede that he wasn't very good last year. In his first season he only got 16 PL starts. You can only claim that he was first choice 'for most of his time here' (in other words, didn't fully establish himself over Cresswell and Scarles). He's started just 77 PL games in three seasons. And he's been mostly cack.

You need to read things more carefully. He's been a terrible signing.

[Vexed]

Emerson has been a complete waste of money. Under three managers he never fully established himself over the geriatric Cresswell or the adolescent Scarles.

 

Horseshit. Clearly our first choice for most of his time here, was arguably our best player in the Conf League final and has been generally regarded as a very solid signing for 15/16/17 million. Even last season when he was off the boil I reckon he had double the games of Scarles and probably Cresswell too, who was often playing in the same team at left CB.

You've literally just agreed with me.

Apart from your opinion that he's been generally considered a solid signing.

No, I've disagreed with pretty much every one of your poorly though out words. You had a bang on the head?

[SurfaceAgentX2Zero]

Emerson has been a complete waste of money. Under three managers he never fully established himself over the geriatric Cresswell or the adolescent Scarles.

 

Horseshit. Clearly our first choice for most of his time here, was arguably our best player in the Conf League final and has been generally regarded as a very solid signing for 15/16/17 million. Even last season when he was off the boil I reckon he had double the games of Scarles and probably Cresswell too, who was often playing in the same team at left CB.

You've literally just agreed with me.

Apart from your opinion that he's been generally considered a solid signing.

[Vexed]

Emerson has been a complete waste of money. Under three managers he never fully established himself over the geriatric Cresswell or the adolescent Scarles.

 

 

Horseshit. Clearly our first choice for most of his time here, was arguably our best player in the Conf League final and has been generally regarded as a very solid signing for 15/16/17 million. Even last season when he was off the boil I reckon he had double the games of Scarles and probably Cresswell too, who was often playing in the same team at left CB.

[Barty888]

[stubbo-admin]

Basically no news.

Sullivan came out last week saying we had 'bids in'.

Names in the frame once again:

Fernandes
Makau
Santos

And now some lad from Barca.

Supposedly we're testing the waters with bids.  Why not just phone the cunts up, ask what they want for the player, tap him up thru his agent, open the bid 10m lower, then meet in the middle of the player indicates he's keen?

Is it really that complicated?

[Massive Attack]

Don't go to

[Barty888]

[honky cat]

I thought he (emerson) was excellent the season before last. 
no seems intetested in him, but thats our  main problem - we cant shift anyone - and even the devil himself Sullivan would be justified in not wanting to spend any more on players before the likes of emerson, cornet and another 5 or 6 are moved on.
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[eusebiovic]

Emerson has been a complete waste of money. Under three managers he never fully established himself over the geriatric Cresswell or the adolescent Scarles.

He was an overrated squad filler at Chelsea...never understood the hype. 

I was extremely underwhelmed when he got a four year contract on generous wages. He strikes me as one of those players that if he wants does most things reasonably well but doesn't do it consistently because he can't really be arsed to motivate himself.

Exactly the kind of player who often ends up at WH due to our ownership

[SurfaceAgentX2Zero]

Emerson has been a complete waste of money. Under three managers he never fully established himself over the geriatric Cresswell or the adolescent Scarles.

[threesixty]

 

You could accuse them of picking their jobs badly. But I'm sure Sullivan was flagrantly lying to their faces about what sort of backing they could expect to get them to sign on the dotted line. To be fair Lop was at least halfway backed and bought some total shit although still had to put up with the obligatory Sullivan specials all the while Stiedten was trying to fill his separate brief as well. That's not a recipe for disaster at all. Lop got to buy half a team (badly) and failed. Potter hasn't even had that. They've let him have a left back and a goalie so far while getting rid of over half a dozen players for virtually fuck all such is the collossal amount of shit stinking up our dressing room. We're trying to get rid of half a dozen more but no-one wants them. If that doesn't tell you something...

As I keep saying I'll see what happens if and when they actually furnish him with a functional midfield. There's no chance of replacing any of the shit at centre back that the previous managers brought in. We are brutally shit all through the spine of the team. These are absolutely worse players than at Newcastle. Howe also has been heavily backed by his owners what would have been the equivalent of this window, and we all knew Steve Bruce was way out of his depth there in the first place. Not sure what saying Everton are fucking shit as well actually proves.

Getting rid of Potter won't change a thing. It'll just cause even more chaos and damage lurching from one short sighted half arsed appointment to the next. It'll be someone else cheap who has to deal with even less backing and probably an even shitter squad.

 

Sullivan isn’t lying to anyone. They know what he’s about. They come into this job with their eyes open. I think you don’t get that there are only 20 PL management jobs in the world. This is the top league in the world. Managers are BEGGING for these roles. Only decorated managers like Conte are telling PL clubs to fuck off. 

also, Newcastle didn’t spend much money at all when they got Howe. He coached his way out of the crap. Didn’t spend much at all. 

And can we please stop saying every manager “needs their own squad”. It’s utter bollocks. It’s become some fashion statement. No other leagues think like that. It’s wrong. In other countries they have DOF’s mostly so no coach gets to have their own players before they do anything useful. It’s just a lie. 
. 

Every manager does need their own squad or at least some significant update to it when the players he inherits aren't capable of doing the owner has brought said manager in to do. The reason why so many managers can slot in quite nicely is their owners have put together a system of which the manager is a part, picked to fit what the club is trying to do to ensure continuity of style and success. We are just drunkenly lurching all over the place with our last three managers wildly differing in terms of how they want to try and achieve success on the pitch. This requires a change in personnel each time which is simply not happening here. Half the squad are Moyes players incapable of playing how Lop or Potter want. This is a huge problem and requires backing financially to address- far more than has been made available. It's 100% not a lie, it's just another indication of how badly West Ham are run from boardroom level downward.

If managers are begging for Premier league roles, then how come a plethora of 'better' managers didn't fall over themselves for the job after Moyes or Lop? How come we don't just have the world's best 20 coaches plying their trade here? How come Moyes is employed here? Scott Parker, Keith Andrews? Not to mention recent managers like Dyche or multiple failures like Lampard? That's just a nonsense statement. It also stands to reason then that if Potter is that bad why did we employ him and not one of the world class managers knocking Sullivan's door down? If the answer is because he's cheap, then that's on Sullivan once again for wrecking our club.

As for saying Sullivan isn't lying to anyone... come on.

 

 

It’s weird that all these players have been labelled “Moyes” players as if they are some “skill challenged” players not capable of playing any other type of football. 

Emerson has played for Chelsea, Italy national team and won every trophy available. 
Soucek, Czech captain, different player in international tournaments. 
Paqueta , braziilain star player. 
Alvarez: Mexican captain , player of South American tournament 
agurerd - one of the best defenders in la Liga last year. 

etc etc. 
all these players have played in passing and attacking sides. They can all play multiple styles of football. That’s why they are professional players on around 100 bags a week. 

its their coach who tells them how to play in that team. And they follow the instructions as close as they can. 

the idea that they can’t adapt is just laughable. Alvarez and kudus were at Ajax. One of the most attacking passing sides in world football!

as for the managers. Sullivan doesn’t want to pay compensation. That’s all it is. So he gets out of work managers who are DESPERATE to get a job in the PL. which is probably why they agree to his stupid behaviour.
But come on, you think he couldn’t have got Glasner? He got Pelligrini who had won a title. Sullivan can get anyone to manage this club. He has the money. He just likes arse kissers who need a job, that’s all.