Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
Posted: 11 Nov 2025, 16:43
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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Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 17:16 scorch, said the same thing months ago and was told to stop talking shit. people really don't comprehend the depths these people will go to
threesixty wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 18:14
My overall point is that it nearly worked. If Bowen puts that pretty simple chance away, it works. No one talks anymore. It's not like teams are smashing us to pieces or we are not making chances.
Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 17:29threesixty wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 16:52Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 16:25Sorry, but you're talking garbage, and as usual have proper weird opinions.
Firstly, no one is saying flog the 33 (he's still 33 FYI) striker in every game. But for fuck sake, at least start him in must win winnable home games, he's barely starting him at all. Every time Wilson is on the pitch, we look a miles better team and at least some sort of goal threat. What is he saving him for? Next season's Championship campaign?
Secondly, no one is saying go all out attack, all the time. However, you don't seem to have noticed, but we are getting further and further away from the teams just above us, we're now 3 wins away from Leeds, by playing this no striker/no attack 11, we've only won 3 fucking games all season. We could've dragged Fulham right into it by beating them, and yes, I am saying we should be going all out attack to beat them cunts at home, yet he starts the game with 4 central midfielders, and no striker yet again, a selection that has seen us not win a fucking game yet?
Your 'serious ideas' include not worrying about picking up points, which you said on here a couple of weeks ago. Bravo, that's what we've gone on to do, and what do you know, we're 5 points away from getting out of the bottom 3, and once again, I'll remind you, we've only won 3 games all season, we can't afford to just wait for the transfer window and see what happens, that's stupid talk.
If this magic transfer window you're expecting goes to plan and we'll have no problems whatsoever staying up, why not, up until then, actually try to beat fucking Fulham at home by attacking them, instead of packing the midfield and limply losing yet again?
Teams down the bottom don't go on crazy runs like they used to, we are not going to go unbeaten for 10 games, regardless of who we sign. So we need to be picking up points now, and a home game against Fulham is one of the most winnable we'll have all season. To not start our only striker was criminal, you have to be an absolute idiot to suggest anything else.I don’t agree with not starting Wilson. But I UNDERSTAND why.
He’s obviously trying to manage the situation. On one hand you want the team to learn how to play with what they have. You literally have one joker in the pack (Wilson) to get you out of trouble. So I just think he’s tried to balance it out using him sporadically so he doesn’t break him.
what people do with stats is cherry pick to make a point. Yes he has had 2 wins but he’s drawn quite a few. It’s not like he’s been miles off results in every game. The other day we lost from a goal that would have been disallowed. Yesterday it was bad kick from our left back. People are making out like we’re getting run through by teams. Villa who are a few points off the top managed to beat us with a crazy goal from way out.
my point is when you watch the games we aren’t that far away from getting results. We are a balanced team without cutting edge. I don’t see any coach getting much more out of this side that Nuno has.
It’s hilarious with Wilson as well. The player most of us didn’t want at all. Is now the key player that you think would be saving our season. Ironic really.
No one is cherry picking anything. He's not managing the Wilson situation, he's just not fucking playing him.
The point you seem to be ignoring, and it's the main point, is that yesterday was a game we HAD to win. A potential relegation rival, at home, we haven't won since we beat Newcastle & Burnley (when Wilson started both games) he absolutely had to start him yesterday. It's fucking bizarre, and ridiculous, to argue that point.
For the record, I've been backing the manager up till yesterday, but picking 4 central midfielders and not picking our only striker, was a disaster, and absolutely has to be called out. Stop being a contrarian dipstick because you like him.
I know you are not bothered about winning points at this stage, but everyone else realises that points are critical, especially when playing fucking Fulham at home. Plank.
threesixty wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 16:52Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 16:25threesixty wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 12:33Mate, I used to think West Ham fans in general were a bit clued up and it was just Sullivan. But some of the comments now, and the YT guys.. I’m like bloody hell you people are insane. I agree with everything you said.
1 fucking 34 yr old striker with a crazy injury record is meant to last 13 games! We’ve got a game in 2 days, is he meant to do 90 there as well?
we allowed the last manager to bomb out players who are starting CL games for Marseille!
Yet the fans think it’s just Nuno’s tactics and if we go all
out attack we’ll be fine. Some of them wanted Ange ffs! Look at what happened to ange at Forest?
this is a serious league. People need to have serious ideas.Sorry, but you're talking garbage, and as usual have proper weird opinions.
Firstly, no one is saying flog the 33 (he's still 33 FYI) striker in every game. But for fuck sake, at least start him in must win winnable home games, he's barely starting him at all. Every time Wilson is on the pitch, we look a miles better team and at least some sort of goal threat. What is he saving him for? Next season's Championship campaign?
Secondly, no one is saying go all out attack, all the time. However, you don't seem to have noticed, but we are getting further and further away from the teams just above us, we're now 3 wins away from Leeds, by playing this no striker/no attack 11, we've only won 3 fucking games all season. We could've dragged Fulham right into it by beating them, and yes, I am saying we should be going all out attack to beat them cunts at home, yet he starts the game with 4 central midfielders, and no striker yet again, a selection that has seen us not win a fucking game yet?
Your 'serious ideas' include not worrying about picking up points, which you said on here a couple of weeks ago. Bravo, that's what we've gone on to do, and what do you know, we're 5 points away from getting out of the bottom 3, and once again, I'll remind you, we've only won 3 games all season, we can't afford to just wait for the transfer window and see what happens, that's stupid talk.
If this magic transfer window you're expecting goes to plan and we'll have no problems whatsoever staying up, why not, up until then, actually try to beat fucking Fulham at home by attacking them, instead of packing the midfield and limply losing yet again?
Teams down the bottom don't go on crazy runs like they used to, we are not going to go unbeaten for 10 games, regardless of who we sign. So we need to be picking up points now, and a home game against Fulham is one of the most winnable we'll have all season. To not start our only striker was criminal, you have to be an absolute idiot to suggest anything else.I don’t agree with not starting Wilson. But I UNDERSTAND why.
He’s obviously trying to manage the situation. On one hand you want the team to learn how to play with what they have. You literally have one joker in the pack (Wilson) to get you out of trouble. So I just think he’s tried to balance it out using him sporadically so he doesn’t break him.
what people do with stats is cherry pick to make a point. Yes he has had 2 wins but he’s drawn quite a few. It’s not like he’s been miles off results in every game. The other day we lost from a goal that would have been disallowed. Yesterday it was bad kick from our left back. People are making out like we’re getting run through by teams. Villa who are a few points off the top managed to beat us with a crazy goal from way out.
my point is when you watch the games we aren’t that far away from getting results. We are a balanced team without cutting edge. I don’t see any coach getting much more out of this side that Nuno has.
It’s hilarious with Wilson as well. The player most of us didn’t want at all. Is now the key player that you think would be saving our season. Ironic really.
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 17:10 "It’s hilarious with Wilson as well. The player most of us didn’t want at all. Is now the key player that you think would be saving our season. Ironic really. "
no, what's hilarious is you thinking this useless cսnt can pick and choose when to select our only recognisable striker, and start most games without one in the team.
Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 16:25threesixty wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 12:33eusebiovic wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 11:02We all know that our club is a shockingly run in every measurable indicator but there are plenty on here who have Stockholm Syndrome and continue to make excuses for the ownership by blaming the coach. Now it's poor Nuno's turn to perform alchemy and create gold out of a bucket of shit.
We have only one senior striker who is on a pay as you go contact. He simply isn't fit enough to last one half of football never mind 60 odd minutes. That ain't his fault it's the stupid fuckers who signed him. We should have 2 first choice strikers capable of scoring 12 goals each a season. I'm not talking about Mbappe or Isak or even Harry fucking Kane it shouldn't be beyond a club of our resources to identify a couple of players with a bit of youth on their side to be able to achieve that aim.
We are the worst run club in the Premiership by quite some margin - some might point to Wolves but at least when they were flush with money somebody they had a habit of identifying the right players. Now the money has gone they have had to sell anything that wasn't nailed to the floor because their Chinese owner isn't prepared to subsidise it anymore.
How can you sign 4 centre halfs and (the departed Aguerd included) for £125 million and every last one of them struggles to post a 5/6 out of 10 in most of the matches they play?
James Ward Prowse - scores as many direct free kicks as Beckham in his career and as soon as we sign him the only thing the blokes good at turns to crap.
Stockholm Syndrome - I'm telling ya!Mate, I used to think West Ham fans in general were a bit clued up and it was just Sullivan. But some of the comments now, and the YT guys.. I’m like bloody hell you people are insane. I agree with everything you said.
1 fucking 34 yr old striker with a crazy injury record is meant to last 13 games! We’ve got a game in 2 days, is he meant to do 90 there as well?
we allowed the last manager to bomb out players who are starting CL games for Marseille!
Yet the fans think it’s just Nuno’s tactics and if we go all
out attack we’ll be fine. Some of them wanted Ange ffs! Look at what happened to ange at Forest?
this is a serious league. People need to have serious ideas.Sorry, but you're talking garbage, and as usual have proper weird opinions.
Firstly, no one is saying flog the 33 (he's still 33 FYI) striker in every game. But for fuck sake, at least start him in must win winnable home games, he's barely starting him at all. Every time Wilson is on the pitch, we look a miles better team and at least some sort of goal threat. What is he saving him for? Next season's Championship campaign?
Secondly, no one is saying go all out attack, all the time. However, you don't seem to have noticed, but we are getting further and further away from the teams just above us, we're now 3 wins away from Leeds, by playing this no striker/no attack 11, we've only won 3 fucking games all season. We could've dragged Fulham right into it by beating them, and yes, I am saying we should be going all out attack to beat them cunts at home, yet he starts the game with 4 central midfielders, and no striker yet again, a selection that has seen us not win a fucking game yet?
Your 'serious ideas' include not worrying about picking up points, which you said on here a couple of weeks ago. Bravo, that's what we've gone on to do, and what do you know, we're 5 points away from getting out of the bottom 3, and once again, I'll remind you, we've only won 3 games all season, we can't afford to just wait for the transfer window and see what happens, that's stupid talk.
If this magic transfer window you're expecting goes to plan and we'll have no problems whatsoever staying up, why not, up until then, actually try to beat fucking Fulham at home by attacking them, instead of packing the midfield and limply losing yet again?
Teams down the bottom don't go on crazy runs like they used to, we are not going to go unbeaten for 10 games, regardless of who we sign. So we need to be picking up points now, and a home game against Fulham is one of the most winnable we'll have all season. To not start our only striker was criminal, you have to be an absolute idiot to suggest anything else.
threesixty wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 12:33eusebiovic wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 11:02threesixty wrote: ↑27 Dec 2025, 23:49
55/44 posession to Fulham.
hardly parking the buss
https://www.skysports.com/football/west ... ats/531308
the stats tell the story. We fluffed our big chances and they got lucky because our junior left back fluffed a kick.
we play far better football than under any manager I’ve seen here in the last 3-4 yrs (and yes that includes Moyes).
the problem is our squad is decimated. I just think our fans are fantasists sometimes. Yeah I have a problem with Wilson not starting but at the same time I’m also aware that he’d been out injured for a year and is on a pay as you play contract. We have no real replacement for him so we cannot train and build a strategy around a player that isn’t going to last 90 every game.
thw reality is we didn’t lose because Wilson wasn’t on the pitch. We lose because Bowen and Summerville are not finishing their chances. If our wide forwards and no.10 (Paq) did their jobs we’d be ok. So we have to get 3 new attackers in the window. And we will win our games.
getting another manager in with the squad we have after all the work that’s been put in to blood youngsters in and change our style is absolutely deranged.
(this is the first functioning midfield I have seen in about 4yrs that you can’t just run through).
give him a fucking window an back him. We gave Pother two windows and kept with him and I never saw anything positive). This guys had like 3 months and taken over a bottom 3 club. It’s nuts how our club and fans are sometimes. I don’t get it.
We all know that our club is a shockingly run in every measurable indicator but there are plenty on here who have Stockholm Syndrome and continue to make excuses for the ownership by blaming the coach. Now it's poor Nuno's turn to perform alchemy and create gold out of a bucket of shit.
We have only one senior striker who is on a pay as you go contact. He simply isn't fit enough to last one half of football never mind 60 odd minutes. That ain't his fault it's the stupid fuckers who signed him. We should have 2 first choice strikers capable of scoring 12 goals each a season. I'm not talking about Mbappe or Isak or even Harry fucking Kane it shouldn't be beyond a club of our resources to identify a couple of players with a bit of youth on their side to be able to achieve that aim.
We are the worst run club in the Premiership by quite some margin - some might point to Wolves but at least when they were flush with money somebody they had a habit of identifying the right players. Now the money has gone they have had to sell anything that wasn't nailed to the floor because their Chinese owner isn't prepared to subsidise it anymore.
How can you sign 4 centre halfs and (the departed Aguerd included) for £125 million and every last one of them struggles to post a 5/6 out of 10 in most of the matches they play?
James Ward Prowse - scores as many direct free kicks as Beckham in his career and as soon as we sign him the only thing the blokes good at turns to crap.
Stockholm Syndrome - I'm telling ya!Mate, I used to think West Ham fans in general were a bit clued up and it was just Sullivan. But some of the comments now, and the YT guys.. I’m like bloody hell you people are insane. I agree with everything you said.
1 fucking 34 yr old striker with a crazy injury record is meant to last 13 games! We’ve got a game in 2 days, is he meant to do 90 there as well?
we allowed the last manager to bomb out players who are starting CL games for Marseille!
Yet the fans think it’s just Nuno’s tactics and if we go all
out attack we’ll be fine. Some of them wanted Ange ffs! Look at what happened to ange at Forest?
this is a serious league. People need to have serious ideas.
THUNDERCLINT wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 11:35threesixty wrote: ↑27 Dec 2025, 22:43 I’ve just heard rumours that Harry redknapp is in the frame. I’m now petrified. We need 3 forwards. That’s all. We are creating but we have no finishers. It’s not the hardest problem to solve. Please let’s not lose our shit here.
He's not. It's Sullivan's stooges throwing around names at Sullivan's bequest. Carrick will be next.
The real scoop is Nuno's gone as soon as/if Frank gets sacked.
eusebiovic wrote: ↑28 Dec 2025, 11:02threesixty wrote: ↑27 Dec 2025, 23:49Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑27 Dec 2025, 22:59 not lose our shit? we have, yet another manager that's more happy with the other team having the ball. that thinks the best way about approaching a game is not picking a striker. if you're not losing your shit yet, you have to be a bit divvy
55/44 posession to Fulham.
hardly parking the buss
https://www.skysports.com/football/west ... ats/531308
the stats tell the story. We fluffed our big chances and they got lucky because our junior left back fluffed a kick.
we play far better football than under any manager I’ve seen here in the last 3-4 yrs (and yes that includes Moyes).
the problem is our squad is decimated. I just think our fans are fantasists sometimes. Yeah I have a problem with Wilson not starting but at the same time I’m also aware that he’d been out injured for a year and is on a pay as you play contract. We have no real replacement for him so we cannot train and build a strategy around a player that isn’t going to last 90 every game.
thw reality is we didn’t lose because Wilson wasn’t on the pitch. We lose because Bowen and Summerville are not finishing their chances. If our wide forwards and no.10 (Paq) did their jobs we’d be ok. So we have to get 3 new attackers in the window. And we will win our games.
getting another manager in with the squad we have after all the work that’s been put in to blood youngsters in and change our style is absolutely deranged.
(this is the first functioning midfield I have seen in about 4yrs that you can’t just run through).
give him a fucking window an back him. We gave Pother two windows and kept with him and I never saw anything positive). This guys had like 3 months and taken over a bottom 3 club. It’s nuts how our club and fans are sometimes. I don’t get it.
We all know that our club is a shockingly run in every measurable indicator but there are plenty on here who have Stockholm Syndrome and continue to make excuses for the ownership by blaming the coach. Now it's poor Nuno's turn to perform alchemy and create gold out of a bucket of shit.
We have only one senior striker who is on a pay as you go contact. He simply isn't fit enough to last one half of football never mind 60 odd minutes. That ain't his fault it's the stupid fuckers who signed him. We should have 2 first choice strikers capable of scoring 12 goals each a season. I'm not talking about Mbappe or Isak or even Harry fucking Kane it shouldn't be beyond a club of our resources to identify a couple of players with a bit of youth on their side to be able to achieve that aim.
We are the worst run club in the Premiership by quite some margin - some might point to Wolves but at least when they were flush with money somebody they had a habit of identifying the right players. Now the money has gone they have had to sell anything that wasn't nailed to the floor because their Chinese owner isn't prepared to subsidise it anymore.
How can you sign 4 centre halfs and (the departed Aguerd included) for £125 million and every last one of them struggles to post a 5/6 out of 10 in most of the matches they play?
James Ward Prowse - scores as many direct free kicks as Beckham in his career and as soon as we sign him the only thing the blokes good at turns to crap.
Stockholm Syndrome - I'm telling ya!
threesixty wrote: ↑27 Dec 2025, 22:43 I’ve just heard rumours that Harry redknapp is in the frame. I’m now petrified. We need 3 forwards. That’s all. We are creating but we have no finishers. It’s not the hardest problem to solve. Please let’s not lose our shit here.
threesixty wrote: ↑27 Dec 2025, 23:49Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑27 Dec 2025, 22:59 not lose our shit? we have, yet another manager that's more happy with the other team having the ball. that thinks the best way about approaching a game is not picking a striker. if you're not losing your shit yet, you have to be a bit divvy
55/44 posession to Fulham.
hardly parking the buss
https://www.skysports.com/football/west ... ats/531308
the stats tell the story. We fluffed our big chances and they got lucky because our junior left back fluffed a kick.
we play far better football than under any manager I’ve seen here in the last 3-4 yrs (and yes that includes Moyes).
the problem is our squad is decimated. I just think our fans are fantasists sometimes. Yeah I have a problem with Wilson not starting but at the same time I’m also aware that he’d been out injured for a year and is on a pay as you play contract. We have no real replacement for him so we cannot train and build a strategy around a player that isn’t going to last 90 every game.
thw reality is we didn’t lose because Wilson wasn’t on the pitch. We lose because Bowen and Summerville are not finishing their chances. If our wide forwards and no.10 (Paq) did their jobs we’d be ok. So we have to get 3 new attackers in the window. And we will win our games.
getting another manager in with the squad we have after all the work that’s been put in to blood youngsters in and change our style is absolutely deranged.
(this is the first functioning midfield I have seen in about 4yrs that you can’t just run through).
give him a fucking window an back him. We gave Pother two windows and kept with him and I never saw anything positive). This guys had like 3 months and taken over a bottom 3 club. It’s nuts how our club and fans are sometimes. I don’t get it.
Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑27 Dec 2025, 22:59 not lose our shit? we have, yet another manager that's more happy with the other team having the ball. that thinks the best way about approaching a game is not picking a striker. if you're not losing your shit yet, you have to be a bit divvy
Keep dreaming" wrote: ↑27 Dec 2025, 19:19 Who cares anymore?
We need so many players to even have the slightest hope to avoid relegation, it's just unfunny. Sullivan is rapidly making the club worth 1£