Official Transfer rumours and gossip thread | Summer 2024

[Barty]

Courtesy of the diligence of Mex Martillo

West Ham confirmed transfers in - summer 2024

1. Luis Guilherme (RW | £19.4m from Palmeiras)
2. Andy Irving (CM | end of loan at Austria Klagenfurt)
3. Wes Foderingham (GK | free transfer from Sheffield United)
4. Max Kilman (CB | £40m from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
5. Crysencio Summerville (LW | £24m from Leeds)
6. Niclas Fullkrug (Striker | £27m from Borrusia Dortmund)
7. Guido Rodriguez (DM | free transfer from Real Betis)
8. Aaron Wan Bissaka (RB | £15m from Man Utd)
9. Jean-Clair Todibo (CB | loan from Nice)
10. Mohamadou Kante (CM | undisclosed from Paris FC)
11. Carlos Soler (CM | loan from Paris St-Germain)

Total spend: £115.4m

West Ham confirmed transfers out - summer 2024

1. Thilo Kehrer (CB | £9.3m from Monaco)
2. Kalvin Phillips (DM | end of loan from Manchester City)
3. Angelo Ogbonna (CB | end of contract)
4. Joseph Anang (GK | free transfer to St Patrick's)
5. Said Benrahma (LW | £12.2m to Lyon)
6. Nathan Trott (GK | £1.3m to FC Copenhagen)
7. Ben Johnson (RB | free transfer to Ipswich Town)
8. Divin Mubama (CF | end of contract)
9. Michael Forbes (CB | loan to Bristol Rovers)
10. Flynn Downes (CM | £18m to Southampton)
11. Levi Laing (CB | loan to Cheltenham Town)
12. Patrick Kelly (CM | loan to Doncaster Rovers)
13. Callum Marshall (ST | loan to Huddersfield Town)
14. George Earthy (CM | loan to Bristol City)
15. Mohamadou Kante (CM | loan to Paris FC)
16. Freddie Potts (DM | loan to Portsmouth)
17. Nayef Aguerd (CB | loan to Real Sociedad)
18. Maxwel Cornet (LW | loan to Southhampton)
19. James Ward-Prowse (CM | loan to Nottingham Forest)

Total income: £40.8m

[LJC]

"Kante won’t happen simply because of the wages., because we won’t break our wage structure for him. If he is prepared to drop into our structure then that a massive tick in his box I reckon. The injury thing in his last season doesn’t really make him injury prone, was really up to that and played 44 games (shit league) in the season after. Would be great for around £20m on reasonable wages for 3 years I reckon."

[goose]

"Vexed - a bald, caravan dwelling tramp saying something doesn't make it a fact. Guessing i was right about you running low on data."

[Sir Alf]

Reading thru all the wen sites and media rumours it would seem we are in a few discussions with clubs / players but nothing is close? Kante wont happen. Razzle/dazzle noise for the fans

[Takashi Miike]

"don't get me wrong, I like kante and think he's a great pro and would give 100% but it has that grubby little fucker sullivan written all over it, trying to get that one or two deals in for his contact/s, and also possibly facilitating another cash grab by moving on alvarez after just one season. at another time, kante would be perfect, especially if we had those extra european games but I just think we'd be better spending it on a better goalscorer"

[Vexed]

"goose 7:36 Fri Jul 19 Why would I look up something I already know? Don't make any sense does it you daft cսnt. Maybe that explains the demise of your people. You didn't answer about the Oysters, is that a no?"

[goose]

whats wrong? have you hit your data limit for the month? i'd have thought the caravan life would free up a bit of cash flow for you. he missed pretty much all of 22/23 with a hamstring. at his age thats a big reason not to sign him.

[Vexed]

goose 7:26 Fri Jul 19 Why don't you Google it after you've been out in the van selling ice creams? Do you still do Oysters? They were good.

[Lee Trundle]

"You seen many of his world class performances in Saudi, Vexed?"

[Vexed]

Also this injury bollocks. In his entire career he's had one bad injury. Granted it was last season but injury prone? Nope. Do you think it would help if he had a West ham duvet like Downes? I'm not in love with the potential signing but understand why we might do it. Makes sense on a lot of levels.

[goose]

I'm sure you've got a heat map or some such to prove those facts? David James was subbed on as a centre forward once - that doesn't mean he can play there.

[Vexed]

goose 7:17 Fri Jul 19 Played both right and left under Lampard. Stupid decision no doubt but he was still good. Why deny facts son?

[Vexed]

"Always overrated Michael, not shit. Having just watched him at the Euros more of you divs have started to catch on what an absolute robbery we pulled off for Rice. Interestingly Kante was excellent at the Euros. Obviously if you missed that you must have spent the entire tournament with a cock in each eye socket ya little bender. Back under your rock son."

[goose]

"Kante is a holding midfield player. A small % of the time he's played as an 8. He's never played as an attacking midfielder, or left or right. So no, he hasn't played across the entire midfield. Nobody is doubting the player he was, but the player he is now for £20m and on big wages and with recent injury problems."

[Forest Gate Ugly]

Kante is still world class. It would be brilliant for our younger players to learn from him. The Cockney Luca Modric- who’s just been given another year by Real Madrid!

[Takashi Miike]

"what, the same parallel universe that a cսnt repeatedly said Declan Rice was shit and we'd struggle to get ¬£50m for him? that parallel universe?"

[Vexed]

Have I slipped into a parallel universe where people bemoaning selling a championship level player that didn't play and replacing with a world class player? Sorry what? Can and has played across the entire midfield for Chelsea. The irony is that this would actual facilitate the youths getting a chance in the first team due to being a bit old. Our fans dont know what they're fuckin doing.

[Vexed]

Have I slipped into a parallel universe where people bemoaning selling a championship level player that didn't play and replacing with a world class player? Sorry what? Can and has played across the entire midfield for Chelsea. The irony is that this would actual facilitate the youths getting a chance in the first team due to being a bit old. Our fans dont know what they're fuckin doing.

[claypole]

"Personally don't want Kante here. If we need cover for Alverez would much rather have a younger player in there. If Alverez has a similar season for us I think he will be gone next summer. Then we should have someone to step up. We could of had Kante before Leicester got him but wouldn't take a punt then, but now ready to throw money at him now he is basically retired"

[Sir Alf]

"As Miike says below, the Kante link does have the Sullivan “razzle dazzle” stench to it :-) Season ticket sales slow now we are not in Europe and just scored a huge own goal with the concession removal?"

[LJC]

£10m on wages? Behave. He would start alongside Alvarez I reckon and would be brought in to bridge the gap until all the youngsters are ready. 44 games last season or something.

[Lee Trundle]

"Ig he's filling Downes gap, then he won't be playing at all this season. It's a shit load of wages for someone who won't play."

[RBshorty]

I would imagine Downes wants first team football. We couldn’t give him that. Alvarez won’t be starting every match. (He’s discipline record pretty much proves that.) Kante fills in that gap. Now. If the player is ok with that deal. And the club ain’t getting rinsed. I can’t see a issue.

[Fauxstralian]

Kante was injured for most of the last season and a bit at Chelsea and retired to Saudi to pick up a reported £86m a year. Guess a season of that would work for most people but can understand if you'd had enough of living there and playing joke football WAS a fabulous player

[Takashi Miike]

"this kante story is classic dwarf cսnt interference, probably trying to do one of his agent friends a favour. he just can't keep out of the fucking way and let the professionals do the job. it makes literally no sense wasting 20m on transfer fees, and no doubt another 10m+ on wages for a semi retired midfielder that doesn't (for me) start in front of alvarez"

[goose]

"""He can play well almost anywhere across midfield"" he deffo can't."