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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

Rossal wrote: ↑19 Aug 2025, 08:21 Alvarez going to Fenerbache on loan, full wages covered 

what are we doing?  Sending our best midfielder out on loan in the position we are in 

Absolute shambles, I wasn't expecting much this summer or this season......but i am surprised how bleak the outlook is. 

 

Ron Eff" wrote: ↑19 Aug 2025, 08:25 Seen a link this morning of Paqueta to Palace. I mean, I know they won the FA Cup and are in the Conference League, but Crystal fucking Palace. Surely not

Seen a link this morning of Paqueta to Palace. I mean, I know they won the FA Cup and are in the Conference League, but Crystal fucking Palace. Surely not

Alvarez going to Fenerbache on loan, full wages covered 

what are we doing?  Sending our best midfielder out on loan in the position we are in 

Absolute shambles, I wasn't expecting much this summer or this season......but i am surprised how bleak the outlook is. 

southbankbornnbred wrote: ↑19 Aug 2025, 07:31

Fauxstralian wrote: ↑19 Aug 2025, 06:45 We have Summerville & Guilherme … if we can get them fit
We need mobile physical midfielders. I’d even take Bissouma on loan after he has fallen out of favour at Tottenham 
Was good at Brighton but has never really fit there
Presume Potter knows him and what he can do

The Lille player Muckau is a no brainer, should have happened by now

Without wanting to turn every little twist and turn at West Ham into a panic story, I’m unsure how Potter intends to use Summerville and Guilherme when they come back.

He’s made it clear he wants to play 5-3-2 (3-5-2) where he can - probably limiting our best player and captain in the process. So, not really using wingers.

The team is all over the place in so many ways. Neither Jimmy or Guilherme are wing-backs.

Sullivans probably lining up Vardy 

Fauxstralian wrote: ↑19 Aug 2025, 06:45 We have Summerville & Guilherme … if we can get them fit
We need mobile physical midfielders. I’d even take Bissouma on loan after he has fallen out of favour at Tottenham 
Was good at Brighton but has never really fit there
Presume Potter knows him and what he can do

The Lille player Muckau is a no brainer, should have happened by now

We have Summerville & Guilherme … if we can get them fit
We need mobile physical midfielders. I’d even take Bissouma on loan after he has fallen out of favour at Tottenham 
Was good at Brighton but has never really fit there
Presume Potter knows him and what he can do

The Lille player Muckau is a no brainer, should have happened by now

Doak 25M to Bournemouth. Exciting young player that I would like to see at West Ham.  There are good deals out there. Our transfer dealing is rubbish.

Oh I get that, the money is all over the place, it's just like Goose, I struggle to see how they try to imply we have to sell before we can buy due to no or very little wages. 

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 21:09 Fuck sake, I've been to the school of Sullivan Economics with my sums a bit there adding up..

120 - Ings
100 - Antonio 
100 - Kudus 
80 - Fabianski 
80 - Soler
60 - Coufal
60 - Cresswell 
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=£600k

80 - Hermansen
80 - Diouf 
40 - Walker-Peters 
10+ - Wilson

=£210k

Douglas Luiz off to Forest

We get Douglas Bader 

Thats my understanding too Goose. Sullivan just doesnt want to borrow anymore ( even though he has secured the facility to ) before selling or getting more off the books. He could also just be stalling for time to ensure Potters targets are not secured and / or waiting to the last minute in the belief he can get a bargain ( aka rip some club off ) via his dishonourable / weasle like negotiating and derisory offers. With all hope lost he wheels out a Salthouse, Silkman or Mackay or other agent facilitated player deal.  Player is older, Prem experience, free or low cost, not that quick or even once played for a “big club”.  Brownhill is still a possibility. If this conspiracy theory does not play out then it will simply be Sully just not wanting to shell out much and fully back a manager that was Bradys not his choice. A manager he said was just a coach who was largely successful at Brighton because of their recruitment. We have to stand in awe and marvel at the lack of self awareness and sense of irony our little megalomaniacal owner has.  

Fuck sake, I've been to the school of Sullivan Economics with my sums a bit there adding up..

120 - Ings
100 - Antonio 
100 - Kudus 
80 - Fabianski 
80 - Soler
60 - Coufal
60 - Cresswell 
​​​
=£600k

80 - Hermansen
80 - Diouf 
40 - Walker-Peters 
10+ - Wilson

=£210k

We’re not struggling on PSR, that myth has been debunked.
We do/did have a cash flow problem but have sold Kudus.

our wages to turnover ratio is (was) one of the lowest in the PL.

its all bullshit.

We've clearly got a board/chairman who feels that all the clubs supporters his customers are ignorant fuckers who struggled to get a GCSE in Telling the Time and so cannot do the economic maths.

1980's mindset don't even come close. 1950s more likely.

I hate this board, but I do on balance believe we’re probably close to PSR. We bought Todibo for £33m, and brought his contract wages on board for several seasons. We bought Diouf for £20m and his wages, too.

And we’re probably due instalment payments on the likes of Kilman.

In addition, Aguerd, JWP and Cornet are back from loans, so full wages back on the books.

Selling Kudus no doubt helped. And offloading Ings, Antonio etc, too.

But we’ve bought a lot of shit players over the past few years, expensively and on big wages. I doubt there is a lot of wriggle room. But the fault for that lies with this board, several past managers and shite agents/directors.

We’re just a terribly run club. 100% still the circus that Noble told everybody we had moved away from. Not his fault, btw, he was just mindlessly repeating what he was told.

We’ve been in the stadium nine years and there’s still no sign of the (shared) sponsorship deal the board said they’d pursue. Etc etc etc. Piss up. Brewery.

Missed off Soler, another £80k off the books and Wilson reports of adding around £10k plus Bonuses. Stinks.

I instantly thought the same as you, Goose, reading that. There should be a shit load of wriggle room for wages already. The Board are so full of shit.


Off the top of my head back of a fag packet so not accurate:

120 - Ings
100 - Antonio 
100 - Kudus 
80 - Fabianski 
60 - Coufal
60 - Cresswell 

£520k

80 - Hermansen
80 - Diouf 
40 - Walker-Peters 

£320k

Around £200k should still remain, yet they continue to plead poverty and cannot do any business until we sell someoke else. Don't buy it.

this really boils my piss.
The club have shifted a fortune in wages on Ings, Antonio, Soler, Kudus, Fabianski, Coufal, Cresswell.

its just more lies being pumped by the club.

Forest, Bournemouth, Brentford, Palace and Brighton are far above us

OWNERS OUT!!!!!

100%

He wants success at the club and will do what it takes. Ours wants to grab every penny he can for himself

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 18:50 They gambled and it paid off when they came up. Their chairman may be a bit of a dodgy fucker