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

[ragingbull]

Dawson won't come down south but yes i would sign him,type of leader we need.

[ragingbull]

At least the club thanked Aguerd Newcsatle didn't with Issak and he won them the league cup.

[BRANDED]

El,

Except Kudus.

I think there may be a change but I think for us to move to this kind of business thinking it would require a US sports investment company type mentality. 

[El Scorchio]

"Chelsea and Liverpool (plus plenty of other clubs) sold players at a profit, does that make them selling club's?"

It means that they see selling as important as buying when there are rules in place that favours a profitable sell. 

Well, to be honest, everyone would like a profitable sell but clubs have now realised that within the rules you can buy a load of decent players, loan them to champions league or European footy clubs and then sell a year or two later at a big profit. Clubs have become infinitely more knowledgeable and capable businesses than in the past and they are adapting to the rules. This process does suit clubs with access to lots of cash.

Except us. Thanks Sullivan and Brady. Dinosaur club running methods. 

[nychammer]

If nothing else, one thing I think we can guarantee is Igor will be an upgrade on Aguerd. That flakey fucker was absolutely useless all told. A proper weak streak of piss. 

Can’t believe we’ve nicked nearly 20 million quid for the charlatan. 

Igor looks like he trained with MS-13

[BRANDED]

"Chelsea and Liverpool (plus plenty of other clubs) sold players at a profit, does that make them selling club's?"

It means that they see selling as important as buying when there are rules in place that favours a profitable sell. 

Well, to be honest, everyone would like a profitable sell but clubs have now realised that within the rules you can buy a load of decent players, loan them to champions league or European footy clubs and then sell a year or two later at a big profit. Clubs have become infinitely more knowledgeable and capable businesses than in the past and they are adapting to the rules. This process does suit clubs with access to lots of cash.

[El Scorchio]

El Scorchio - I think Cresswells move to Stoke was a decent one for a player of his age. Coufals move was also pretty good.
Can't disagree with the rest though. Couple that with the fact that we generally sell our players at a loss just highlights how shit we are at recruitment and squad management. 

Two-bob ownership. 




 

 

Selling players at a profit makes you a selling club.

Selling at a loss, also means you got a long term investment out of them and they left a worse player. 

Not every sale at a loss means the player is shit. 

 

 

Definitely also true. We did get good value out of Coufal, Cresswell, Fab and Antonio in terms of tenure, contribution, and what they cost us. 

It’s the Andersons and the Scamaccas and the Fegoulis and the JWP and Vlasics and Cornets and Aguerds and Kilmans which are absolutely piss poor value and cost us a bundle. 

[pulhampete]

El Scorchio - I think Cresswells move to Stoke was a decent one for a player of his age. Coufals move was also pretty good.
Can't disagree with the rest though. Couple that with the fact that we generally sell our players at a loss just highlights how shit we are at recruitment and squad management. 

Two-bob ownership. 



 

 

Selling players at a profit makes you a selling club.

Selling at a loss, also means you got a long term investment out of them and they left a worse player. 

Not every sale at a loss means the player is shit. 

Chelsea and Liverpool (plus plenty of other clubs) sold players at a profit, does that make them selling club's?
Every club sells if it's the right deal. 

Out of all the players that we've sold this window, how many did we get value out of? Maybe Emerson, at a push.

[El Scorchio]

El Scorchio - I think Cresswells move to Stoke was a decent one for a player of his age. Coufals move was also pretty good.
Can't disagree with the rest though. Couple that with the fact that we generally sell our players at a loss just highlights how shit we are at recruitment and squad management. 

Two-bob ownership. 


 

Definitely agree. I think Coufals move is decent too. I really wish the best for him. Great pro. Same for Cresswell and Fab. I think Cress’s move is decent too but obviously couldn’t snag a move to anyone else in the prem after getting significant minutes for us last season. It does say something about us- just like JWP not getting a sniff for Forest then coming back because we were so poor he immediately started games for us.

But yes. Fucking two bob ownership letting the squad stagnate so badly in the last few seasons. Moyes with a hand in it as well. Clearly not looking past the end of his tenure at the future health of the squad. 

[Council Scum]

El Scorchio - I think Cresswells move to Stoke was a decent one for a player of his age. Coufals move was also pretty good.
Can't disagree with the rest though. Couple that with the fact that we generally sell our players at a loss just highlights how shit we are at recruitment and squad management. 

Two-bob ownership. 


 

 

 

Selling players at a profit makes you a selling club.

Selling at a loss, also means you got a long term investment out of them and they left a worse player. 

Not every sale at a loss means the player is shit. 

[Rossal]

Of our experienced players that left at the end of last season I only know of Cresswell getting a job ( Stoke ). Any news on what the likes of Fabianski, Coufal and Ings are up to?

Coufal went to Germany, Ings signed with Sheff Utd 

As I said the other day. Speaks volumes about how poor the quality in our squad was. Only Coufal has really gotten a decent move. The others are lower league or unemployed. That’s the reality of how badly we’ve been managed. A squad effectively littered with championship level players- who let’s not forget in cresswell’s case were the most competent looking of our defenders in some games last season. 

To be fair Cresswell Ings and Fab are all older experienced pros looking for one last gig. I wouldn't expect them to get a prem team to be honest. But yeah maybe some of them should of been moved on for a fee beforehand or in Ings case just not signed at all. It's all short-term planning both football wise and money wise which leads you into a bit of a mess eventually. 

What is shocking though is how we can't get a decent fee for any of the midfielders or Emerson (unless the sell on clause theory is true....which it may be) 

[fraser]

Did Aguerd definitely go? I’ve not seen anything official.

 I have a little theory about the fee. Emerson apparently had a sell on clause so we deliberately kept his fee down and boosted Aguerd’s up so that the rent boys wouldn’t get as much money.

Any sell on percentage would surely only be anything we made in profit over his original fee, so I doubt that very much. 

[Fauxstralian]

Another free agent … M Antonio
You just know it

[pulhampete]

El Scorchio - I think Cresswells move to Stoke was a decent one for a player of his age. Coufals move was also pretty good.
Can't disagree with the rest though. Couple that with the fact that we generally sell our players at a loss just highlights how shit we are at recruitment and squad management. 

Two-bob ownership. 
 

[dealcanvey]

One of the positives is getting the average age of the squad down.

Fabianski 40, Coufal 33, Cresswell 34, Antonio 34, Ings 33, Zouma 30, Emerson 31, Aguerd 30 etc. Most done a good service for the club but their time had come. 

Fernandes, Magassa, Diouf all being around 21 is a big plus. Hermansen 25 which young for a GK. Hopefully all will continue to improve.

Shame we could not finish the window with Charlie Cresswell replacing Aguerd.

[El Scorchio]

Of our experienced players that left at the end of last season I only know of Cresswell getting a job ( Stoke ). Any news on what the likes of Fabianski, Coufal and Ings are up to?

Coufal went to Germany, Ings signed with Sheff Utd 

As I said the other day. Speaks volumes about how poor the quality in our squad was. Only Coufal has really gotten a decent move. The others are lower league or unemployed. That’s the reality of how badly we’ve been managed. A squad effectively littered with championship level players- who let’s not forget in cresswell’s case were the most competent looking of our defenders in some games last season. 

[easthammer]

Iheanacho and Brownhill are both available as free agents.

Would take both in a heartbeat.

I think I read yesterday that Brownhill has gone to Saudi for big wages.

[Mad Ferret]

Iheanacho and Brownhill are both available as free agents.

Would take both in a heartbeat.

[Pub Bigot]

I was just reading some of the players available on free transfers: 

Christian Eriksen - No
Jonjo Shelvey - No
Craig Dawson - Yes! 

35, still has a year or two in him. Bring him home! 

[easthammer]

Ballon D’Igor to follow Ballon Dawson?  Not a chance. He’s shit isnt he? 

 

 

 

I don't know yet. I've only seen him play once against us in the Conference final, and I don't remember him being that bad, although Bowen did outpace him to score, but Bowen has done that to a few good players.

You seem to have a greater knowledge of his ability and have written him off before he has put on a West Ham shirt. I will wait and see what he does playing for us. I learnt from the Dawson ( and for that matter the Lingard ) experience that what a player has done at his last club is not necessarily what he will do for West Ham.

[Rossal]

Of our experienced players that left at the end of last season I only know of Cresswell getting a job ( Stoke ). Any news on what the likes of Fabianski, Coufal and Ings are up to?

Coufal went to Germany, Ings signed with Sheff Utd 

[Mad Ferret]

Rossknowsfuckall's obsession with Alvarez is borderline weird.

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Of our experienced players that left at the end of last season I only know of Cresswell getting a job ( Stoke ). Any news on what the likes of Fabianski, Coufal and Ings are up to?

[El Scorchio]

Glad we got a centre back in but is Igor any better than Aguerd?  Typical Sullivan get a fee for Aguerd and lose Emerson's wage and we only get shit loans in. 

Think we are still a striker/winger player short of being able to go hard till January. Don't see Fullkrug/Wilson being available for most the games at the same time so we are short up top. 

Glad to see Earthy and Potts staying, hoping they can get some minutes and compete. 

Amazed we haven't shifted Rodriguez and one of JWP/Soucek. What a waste of a squad space.  

JWP/Soucek Featured heavily in our win on Sunday. They held the line for > 60 minutes. Soucek will get 10 goals. We now have some more steel, energy and speed so hopefully more ballance. 


I think we have one of the best squads we’ve ever had but are light in goal and up front. Not ideal obvs. 

Thats fine and good for them.  I would still rather see Potts or Alvarez over either of them against Spurs alongside Fernandes and Paqueta. 

They both have major limitations which will get exposed over the course of a season, especially at home. 

 

 

Alvarez is never putting the shirt on again. My feeling is only marginally less of a cսnt than Aguerd. 

[Sir Alf]

Ballon D’Igor to follow Ballon Dawson?  Not a chance. He’s shit isnt he?