Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread

[stubbo-admin]

Well seems like with all these international breaks, and us languishing, the rumours of ins and outs are rife.

Chuck anything 'worthy' of discussion on this thread...

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Incomings:

Pablo Felipe - €21m + €3m (Gil Vicente) | Forward
Valentin 'Taty' Castellanos - €26m + €4m (Lazio) | Forward
Adama Traore - £2m + £1m if stay up (Fulham) | Forward
Axel Disasi - Loan (Chelsea) | Centre Back
Keiber Lamadrid - £150k + £1m option | Attacking Mid

Outgoings:

Nicolas Füllkrug - 6 months loan (AC Milan)
Luis Guilherme - £17m + Sell On % (Sporting Lisbon)
George Earthy - 6 months loan (Bristol City)
Callum Marshall - 6 months loan (Bochum)
Andy Irving - 1.5m (Sparta Prague)
Guido Rodriguez - Undisclosed (Valencia)
Igor Julio - Loan Cancelled (Brighton)
James Ward Prowse - 6 months loan (Burnley)
Lucas Paqueta - £36.5m + Buy Back Clause (Flamengo)

[Sir Alf]

Interesting thought Ferret.  If the unthinkable hapoens and he turns up at Palace ( I dont believe for one minute he will ) , his firm improving will point to coaching problems beimg a factor ( although having a leader alongside who talks to him / tells him what to do equally could be a cause of his attrocious form)

[Mad Ferret]

You just know Kilman turns into prime Beckenbauer under Glasner.

[dealcanvey]

Jesus, Guehi for Kilman. That's like swapping Margot Robbie for Susan Boyle. 

Atleast we might be able to drag Palace into a relegation dog fight this way..

[Sir Alf]

Lads the early signing of a couple of overpriced Mendes clients has possibly had its intended effect. Placate the fans, appear to show urfency and action and create false  expectations which Sullivan is undoubtedly world champion level at.  

2 weeks have since passed by, our best CB aerially at set pieces has got injured, our supposed playmaker is 3/4 way out the door and we are playing a team in poir form hence arguabky a chance if gettmg something.

What have we done last 2 weeks? Nothing and actually arguably weakened the squad overall with Guilherme and Wilson, now Paq all gone or on their way.

Everything Sullican does is simple short term cash flow based with the real cost kicked to the future snd hence more expensive due to borrowing / interest payments.  Guilherme sale undoubtedly in my mind, structured to get us the 20% down payment on Taty and Pablo.  So nothing gonna happen on incomings until someone else sold or agreed to be sold and with a deal that gets us cash to make down payments or a loan fee.  

Sullivan’s cash drawer is empty, we are in debt to the tune of 200 million or more with transfer annuities stretching 5 years into the future.  We are essentially a zombie club that when relegated is gonna be diwn a long while as the only playing assets worth anything being sold off.  

In short, Sullivan has given up on staying up. He would welcome a miracle but actions tell me its about finding ways of gettimg cash and minimising cost at the expense of long term debt.  Putting off the problem and no plan to solve it financially or otherwise.

Sullivan, Brady have totally “cooked” this club to the point of no return. Kretinsky and Golds, Tripp etc also complicit in ruining the club and everything it meant to the historical fanbase.  Staggering levels of arrogance, ignorance, narcissism and incompetence all round. 

[Keep dreaming]

I will not be able to believe it if they take him off our hands. I'd take 5 million for him just to get the albatross off from round our necks

I would stretch it to even give them.5 mill for him

[El Scorchio]

I will not be able to believe it if they take him off our hands. I'd take 5 million for him just to get the albatross off from round our necks

[Dick Shaftsbury]

Jesus, Guehi for Kilman. That's like swapping Margot Robbie for Susan Boyle. 

[fraser]

Man City have agreed a deal to sign Guehi
Hopefully Kilman is currently in a fast car to Palace to sign as his replacement 

Surely Palace can't be that thick, surely! 

[Fauxstralian]

Man City have agreed a deal to sign Guehi
Hopefully Kilman is currently in a fast car to Palace to sign as his replacement 

[BRANDED]

If Paqueta goes dont expect to see the fee we get spent on new young players. For me it signifies that Sullivan has given up on survival and now is cost recovery and containment mode. We might get a loan or 2 of some old, slow, high experienced at big clubs once, has beens to appease fans but not much else.

Paqueta will be missed not for what he has provided by way of chances created, goals etc just simply because he will be one less player we can call on that sometimes has a half decent game.   Soucek, Guido becoming more important simply to fill in the holes, not in the squad or as subs , in the starting 11.  We  bolstered attacking options and Sullivan, as always, thinks that was all that was needed.  

We absolutely deserve relegation, its no surprise and clearly the direct result of incompetent owners primarly Sullivan and Brady ably facilitated by Kretinsky, Golds, Tripp etc who have let our narcissistic leader commit self harm year after year. 

Paq is going. The only thing the club will try and do is get the best deal.

[stubbo-admin]

Doiuf coming back will give us more options in defence

Scarles would do a better job than Kilman at centre back

Not convinced.  Scarles biggest recognised weakness is under the high aerial ball.

[Westham67]

A lot of noise about us chasing Nadi from Brighton for months, but then so are Newcastle and Palace

If we could, we could get a win at Spurs and Forrest lose at home to Arsenal by a wide margin, then we would be four points behind with a tighter goal difference

Winning well at Spurs could change how we are being viewed as nailed on playing in the second division next season, and then we could attract more players than we are now

[Manuel]

If Paqueta goes dont expect to see the fee we get spent on new young players. For me it signifies that Sullivan has given up on survival and now is cost recovery and containment mode. We might get a loan or 2 of some old, slow, high experienced at big clubs once, has beens to appease fans but not much else.

Possibly Alf, but Nuno seems to be hinting in all his pressers that we are actively looking. Don't forget we got 20 mil for the Moroccan fraud on deadline day.

[Sir Alf]

If Paqueta goes dont expect to see the fee we get spent on new young players. For me it signifies that Sullivan has given up on survival and now is cost recovery and containment mode. We might get a loan or 2 of some old, slow, high experienced at big clubs once, has beens to appease fans but not much else.

Paqueta will be missed not for what he has provided by way of chances created, goals etc just simply because he will be one less player we can call on that sometimes has a half decent game.   Soucek, Guido becoming more important simply to fill in the holes, not in the squad or as subs , in the starting 11.  We  bolstered attacking options and Sullivan, as always, thinks that was all that was needed.  

We absolutely deserve relegation, its no surprise and clearly the direct result of incompetent owners primarly Sullivan and Brady ably facilitated by Kretinsky, Golds, Tripp etc who have let our narcissistic leader commit self harm year after year. 

[Westham67]

He did, yeah, and it fell through at the last minute. Paqueta was doing his badge kissing, and now he want to leave four months later

[fraser]

Romano is going along with Paqueta, handing in a tranfer request

To be fair Romano had him signed for Villa last window. 

[Westham67]

Doiuf coming back will give us more options in defence

Scarles would do a better job than Kilman at centre back

[Westham67]

Romano is going along with Paqueta, handing in a tranfer request

[Westham67]

There are some press outlets with West Ham related names that shall remain unnamed spout some clickbait bullshit, at times, so I dont quote them. It depends on how reliable the Brazilian press is. According to them, Paqueta is going to Flamengo on a four year contact. Talks are ongoing with Sullivan and Flamengo.

I would prefer he went, but then it's getting a quality player, preferably a centre back, to come to West Ham at the moment, with any tranfer money we get for him, 

[dealcanvey]

Has to be some young home grown talent in the championship that can add value to us this season and also stick around for next should we go down.

paqueta sale could bring in a couple of highly rated players from that division.

its worked well for us in previous years not sure why it had stopped now. 

[Rossal]

We've recalled Kaelan Casey from Swansea due to lack of game time.
Probably send him out somewhere else.

 

Could have called him back in time to play in the Cup game vs QPR and see how he got on for us instead of WBA against familiar Championship opposition if they had been thinking this in mind recently. It's not to say it would necessarily be an answer, it's more the point not exploring every avenue you have to see what can be achieved and sometimes bringing back a loanee can see a change in them that suddenly clicks and there wouldn't be much harm in trying. A player that had already played against Prem opposition this season beating Forest for Swansea. 

Thick as fuck management - BS Trademark.

If we called him back and he played for us he wouldn't of been able to go out on loan to get the game time he needs. 

[Sydney_Iron]

Rejected by a 32 year old Eric Dier! FMOB

Mind you it was a loan offer, should have offered him a 4 year deal as we did the big German whose now fucked off and crocked again. LOL Then he would have come, see he’s only played 6 games this season, not sure that’s a good sign tbh, so maybe just as well?

Don’t blame Dier, loan would have finished and he would have gone back, would rather stay in Monaco myself, better weather, food and hot totty

[Manuel]

So where is the CB that we badly need? Looks like Dier has rejected us. Dunno about Pinnock.

[Sweep]

We've recalled Kaelan Casey from Swansea due to lack of game time.
Probably send him out somewhere else.

Orient supposedly. 

That's a drop of a league, obviously. Doesn't augur well for him - especially when Mayers is now in the first team and Golambeckis is making the bench.

[Westham67]

Lots of spam articles about foreign defenders coming to West Ham. There is no learning curve time for these players. It looks like Dier has blown us out