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Posted: **26 May 2025, 20:02**

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

Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic
Koni De Winter | CB | Genoa
Morten Frendrup | DM | Genoa
Richard Kone | ST | Wycombe
Aaron Ramsdale | GK | Southampton
Caiomin Kelleher | GK | Liverpool
James Trafford | GK | Burnley
Kyle Walker-Peters | FB | Free Agent
Taylor Harwood-Bellis | CB | Southampton
CJ Egan-Riley | CB | Free Agent
Josh Brownhill | CM | Free Agent
Albian Hajdari | CB | Lugano
Lucas Høgsberg | CB | FC Nordsjælland
Ardon Jashari | CM | Brugge
Raphael Onyedika | CM | Brugge
James McAtee | AM | Man City
Mario Struykens | AM | Anderlecht
Mathias Kvistgaarden | ST | Brondby
Clement Bischoff | LB | Brondby
Mika Biereth | FW | Monaco
Barış Alper Yılmaz | AM | Galatasaray
Evann Guessand | ST | Nice
Lucas Stassin | ST | Saint Etienne
Marcus Taverner | FW | Bournemouth
Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco
Valentin Atangana | CM | Stade Reims
Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester City
Hamza Igamane | ST | Rangers

Rumoured Out

Nayef Aguerd | CB | Leverkusen, Marseille, Juventus | ~25m
Maxel Cornet | FW | Genoa/Others
Guido Rodriguez | DM | Betis/River Plate
Tomas Soucek | CM | Everton
Michail Antonio | ST | Free Agent
Mo Kudus | FW | Chelsea/Newcastle/Arsenal
Lucas Paqueta | AM | Multiple/Ban
Andy Irving | CM | Celtic

Confirmed In

Jean Clair Todibo | CB | Loan To Perm (32m)

Confirmed Out

Aaron Cresswell | LB | Free Agent | 0m
Danny Ings | ST | Free Agent | 0m
Vladimir Coufal | RB | Free Agent | 0m
Lukusz Fabianski | GK | Free Agent | 0m
Kamari Swyer | AM | Free Agent | 0m
Kurt Zouma | CB | Free Agent | 0m
Carlos Soler | CM | PSG | End of Loan
Evan Ferguson | ST | Brighton | End of Loan
Brad Dolaghan | Released
Dondre Abraham | Released
Mehmet Halim | Released

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 13:29**

https://gregcordell.substack.com/p/west ... -financial

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 13:27**

You are wrong. Please check your working

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 13:25**

the loss was driven by player trading.
outside of player trading we made a profit.

the issue is our player trading............ we're not very good at it.

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 13:22**

West Ham made a 30 million operating loss in the last financial accounts.

The move from Upton Park to Stratford only earned approx 10 million in the first season. Revenues have since increased in line with a general uplift in EPL

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 12:55**

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 11:38 goose, but he/they knew that before moving us to that shithole in stratford. it was all done on lies, the next level was bullshit and the way they've wasted money (on depreciating talent due to shit managers) was always unsustainable. he/they either need to sell up, or attract increasingly more negativity and hatred from those still bothering to go over there

My feelings entirely.

If you buy a football club then every process within it has to be hugely improved or what is the actual point?

They have a bigger stadium which has almost doubled the revenue but we're stuck with an inefficient, crusty old dinosaur who still manages it like when he bought Birmingham City over 30 years ago.

it's run like his own personal fiefdom - dictator style.

It ain't getting any better, don't hope for it or expect it to happen even if you're an eternal optimist...there is no plan in place other than his own exclusive mindset.

We're well and truly fucked.

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 12:43**

That’s excluding player trading. Day to day running of the club.

it will include a higher league finish and an element of European football. I doubt we will make a profit in the season just finished.

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 12:38**

aren't those accounts backdated (a year behind) to include the rice sale? I wouldn't be worried about the future if the midget cսnt allowed a coach to bring through, and build a team with a base from the younger age teams but it's clear that strategy blocks purchases and ultimately, agent commissions. I think the club died the day they walked through the door

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 12:15**

the counter argument is that only 1 PL club made an operating profit LY outside of player trading - and that was us.
we make that profit in part because we dont own a stadium.

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 11:38**

goose, but he/they knew that before moving us to that shithole in stratford. it was all done on lies, the next level was bullshit and the way they've wasted money (on depreciating talent due to shit managers) was always unsustainable. he/they either need to sell up, or attract increasingly more negativity and hatred from those still bothering to go over there

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 11:27**

if we do not sell Kudus + a few others then we're fucked. we are basically sat around waiting for them to decide their futures before we can do anything. meanwhile we will likely miss out on players that we really want/need.

on the point of ownership, Sullivan just doesn't have the money to run a PL club. His biggest asset is the club and it doesnt make any money. I'm not going to blame him for not wanting to throw his own money down the toilet, but he must realise that he cannot afford to move the club on.

problem is, the top 6 have locked down the league with PSR so nobody can actually come in and invest in a club.

next season will be a right laugh...........

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 11:18**

Rossal wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 11:16
Lee Trundle" wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 10:17
Rossal wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 10:13 Have i missed something? If we ship out JWP for £15m and get Brownhill in on a free how is that not good business?

JWP is bang average, good stats, mainly from set pieces at Southampton which he has dried up at.

Its a like for like with £15m in the bank to buy someone else.

I'd take that.

But who's going to pay that for JWP? He hasn't been linked to anyone and seemed a Potter favourite towards the end of the season.

I figured we're getting Brownhill to flip him as soon as possible for PSR.

Might be wishful thinking, but any cash for JWP and getting a replacement on a free is good business from us. Brownhill seems to get around the pitch, just had his best goal scoring season and seems great in the dressing room and was captain in a side that got promoted.

Happy with the deal to bulk out an area that we need numbers in if it means funds can go elsewhere.

Looks like we've missed out on Egan- Reilly though to Marseille, which is massively disappointing. Again area we need, home grown and great season last year......what are we doing letting him go there?!

I think it's more of a case he's been enticed by the prospect of playing in the Champions League with them.

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 11:16**

Lee Trundle" wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 10:17
Rossal wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 10:13 Have i missed something? If we ship out JWP for £15m and get Brownhill in on a free how is that not good business?

JWP is bang average, good stats, mainly from set pieces at Southampton which he has dried up at.

Its a like for like with £15m in the bank to buy someone else.

I'd take that.

But who's going to pay that for JWP? He hasn't been linked to anyone and seemed a Potter favourite towards the end of the season.

I figured we're getting Brownhill to flip him as soon as possible for PSR.

Might be wishful thinking, but any cash for JWP and getting a replacement on a free is good business from us. Brownhill seems to get around the pitch, just had his best goal scoring season and seems great in the dressing room and was captain in a side that got promoted.

Happy with the deal to bulk out an area that we need numbers in if it means funds can go elsewhere.

Looks like we've missed out on Egan- Reilly though to Marseille, which is massively disappointing. Again area we need, home grown and great season last year......what are we doing letting him go there?!

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 10:42**

Surprised how many people turning their nose up at Brownhill. Admittedly not the most exciting signing but will be a strong squad option, I am sure he won't be the only one that we buy in central midfield.
Someone we should be all over is Tanganga from Millwall. Will be good to get a strong English base in there again

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 10:17**

Rossal wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 10:13 Have i missed something? If we ship out JWP for £15m and get Brownhill in on a free how is that not good business?

JWP is bang average, good stats, mainly from set pieces at Southampton which he has dried up at.

Its a like for like with £15m in the bank to buy someone else.

I'd take that.

But who's going to pay that for JWP? He hasn't been linked to anyone and seemed a Potter favourite towards the end of the season.

I figured we're getting Brownhill to flip him as soon as possible for PSR.

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 10:13**

Have i missed something? If we ship out JWP for £15m and get Brownhill in on a free how is that not good business?

JWP is bang average, good stats, mainly from set pieces at Southampton which he has dried up at.

Its a like for like with £15m in the bank to buy someone else.

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 09:47**

Yep, the last time he got a young promising Striker, he hardly used them. He'd only end up keeping Duran on the Bench for 4 years.

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 09:25**

he's not a defender/defensive midfielder, correct

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 09:14**

I don't think Duran is a player that Potter would want.

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 08:46**

Texas Iron" wrote: ↑13 Jun 2025, 03:19 Typical smoke and mirrors from The Dwarf and his cronies…

Wont believe anything unless signed…

We all know how it goes…

“ We Tried…They Lied… Player’s Unreasonable demands…We won’t be the United Statesheld to ransom etc etc…

Two Bob Barrow Boys owners… Cheapskates…

100% Texas.

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 07:52**

It's becoming clearer now why Potter was given that longer deal, rather than the initial alleged six month trial . Keep your trap shut, don't make a sound about transfers and do as your told. All that "The Board couldn't have done more for me" bollocks in January. Only given that flash useless cսnt Ferguson, and nothing since. Suddenly we go from bidding 50m+ for Duran, to being skint. Openly telling your playing squad they're free to go. And all the whole the loyal glove puppet cunts like Whetstone, Ex, Steinberg, Etc continuing to wind up the masses for the benefit of that 4ft shitbag & his tory peer accomplice

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 06:29**

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025, 23:56 Duran rumours will help appease fans as we try to ramp up season ticket sales while not spending a bean and pleading poverty while we wait for clubs to meet our unrealistic fees on “for sale” players. Another 4-6 weeks before any action at best. All points to a bunch of last minute transfer deals after the season has kicked off, Potter and Macaulay targets conveniently missed and Sullivan being the master “gatekeeper” and filling the gaps with freebies, loans and bargain deals via his network of “trusted” ( cough) agents.

Let's call it what it is...Sullivan filling his bank account with Club funds from kickbacks through dealing with agents he has a personally beneficial relationship with (allegedly...my lawyers have instructed SWT).

Posted: **13 Jun 2025, 03:19**

Typical smoke and mirrors from The Dwarf and his cronies…

Wont believe anything unless signed…

We all know how it goes…

“ We Tried…They Lied… Player’s Unreasonable demands…We won’t be the United Statesheld to ransom etc etc…

Two Bob Barrow Boys owners… Cheapskates…

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 23:56**

Duran rumours will help appease fans as we try to ramp up season ticket sales while not spending a bean and pleading poverty while we wait for clubs to meet our unrealistic fees on “for sale” players. Another 4-6 weeks before any action at best. All points to a bunch of last minute transfer deals after the season has kicked off, Potter and Macaulay targets conveniently missed and Sullivan being the master “gatekeeper” and filling the gaps with freebies, loans and bargain deals via his network of “trusted” ( cough) agents.

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 23:44**

Jhon Duran on loan rumours doing the rounds, swap deal for Kudus anyone!!

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 23:40**

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025, 20:45
onsideman wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025, 19:53 I don't particularly want Brownhill either, but any comparison needs to look at career trajectory. 1 goal in 15 for Ward-Prowse last year and he's got progressively less productive since 2021-22. For your historical stats to stand up you'd need to see a significant improvement next season and I for one ain't hopeful

Ward-Prowse shouldn't have been loaned out last season by Lopetegui, Steidten or whether it was a joint decision, as the season before last he produced decent results in his debut season for us.

Prem League - 7 G 7 A
Europa League - 4 A
18 Goals made altogether

Helped us reach 9th in the Prem as well as the Europa Quarters losing to Leverkusen. Brownhill has never made such an impact at that level and I'm not hopeful he'll get near what Ward-Prowse produced.

I don't even strongly dislike Brownhill, he seems like an honest hard working OK squad player. I'm more angry with the Club resorting to basement deals for average players because we are run like a 2bob amateur Club at times by Sullivan.

That all being said should he likely rock up I hope he can take his decent form from the Championship and continue in much the same vein. Looking at his career though he'll be bucking a trend to achieve it.

Well you can lead a horse to water but you can't stop him blubbing incessantly at the beginning of June. If you're this upset now you're gonna need to strap in, cos it's going to be a long summer for you.

I'm not sure you're cut out for this.

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