Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

[stubbo-admin]

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

[THUNDERCLINT]

Yep, until that central midfield is improved ( athletes, young, energy, pace ), we can fully write off the upcoming season. We need another striker and goalkeeper but the central midfield is key. Sell at least 2 from Alvarez, JWP, Paqueta, Guido, Soucek snd Irvine if, as it now seems to look, we are back to sell before we can buy.  

Failure to do so will equate to a relegation fight regardless of manager imo

You don't need energy or pace to pass sideways and Potter's play book is a snakes and ladders board with the ladders removed.

Save the money for the next bloke in January.

[Sir Alf]

Yep, until that central midfield is improved ( athletes, young, energy, pace ), we can fully write off the upcoming season. We need another striker and goalkeeper but the central midfield is key. Sell at least 2 from Alvarez, JWP, Paqueta, Guido, Soucek snd Irvine if, as it now seems to look, we are back to sell before we can buy.  

Failure to do so will equate to a relegation fight regardless of manager imo

[Lee Trundle]

I just want us to hurry up and buy a first team capable striker.  Then I'll worry less about the potential of Wilson and Antonio signing if we do.

It should have been the first player through the door the 1st day the transfer window opened.

[El Scorchio]

 Here's a weirdly on point article, especially with Allardyce being discussed earlier. I guess the 'Sullivan specials' are coming into focus a little more. Apologies if posted already.

 Ryan Bertrand almost joined West Ham
Bertrand spoke about how he almost signed for West Ham at one point in his career. The left-back says West Ham’s owners wanted to sign him, but Sam Allardyce wasn’t so keen as he’d just signed Aaron Cresswell from Ipswich.
Ultimately, Bertrand found this situation strange and he ultimately rejected the chance to join West Ham.

“Yeah, a few offers. West Ham at the time. And that was a bit of a weird deal. Weird, weird deal,” Bertrand said.

“Why?” Bertrand was asked.“Because I think Allardyce was there, and I think he just brought Cresswell from Ipswich. But then the owners wanted to bring me in. I don’t want to be that guy where the ownership brought me in and the manager’s like, I’ll play him, but I just brought my guy in,” Bertrand added.“It was just weird. And there was a few others.”

https://tbrfootball.com/champions-leagu ... eird-deal/

[Massive Attack]

Potter should have become a Coach Driver instead of being a Football Coach. Hates attacking Football.

[Fauxstralian]

Potter turned off the deluge of goals against but did nothing else to convince
Always thought he needed to reshape the team by adding pace & energy to midfield & bring down the average age 
No sign of that midfield change and at the moment the squad looks bottom 6 at best
Time to change that but Sullivan’s BEAK being poked in and links to players like Wilson doesn’t fill one with confidence 

[Massive Attack]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chroni ... 116100.amp


https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/35970431 ... um-wilson/

[Jean-Luc Paul Goddard]

Even if Sullivan did initially have faith in Potter, his remit would have been at the very least to do a little better than the bloke he replaced. In the end he was worse. Maybe he does just need time, but it's a risk, and if he continues as before then it will cost a lot of money to replace him and fund new players in what will possibly be a relegation battle.

Hence, Potter is now on thin ice and has to prove himself worthy of being given much funding, even if that means making his task much more difficult.

So, basically a Catch-22.

[Eerie Decent]

I just can't let myself believe, given what has gone on  in the last couple of years, that he'll be thick enough to sign Wilson.

Aside from everything that is wrong with the signing, the worst bit of all is the cheeky cսnt has done nothing but slag our club off over the years.

Won't happen. Can't happen.

[El Scorchio]

he should be doing everything he can to help Potter succeed.

 

And there is the eternal problem with our owner. 

[scott_d]

I'm not saying Sullivan does have faith, I'm saying he should have faith by virtue of the fact that he should never have allowed him to become manager if he didn't.

It might have been Brady's choice but ultimately it's his decision.  They should have given him the job with a brief to stay up and then use the summer to rebuild the squad so now we are in the summer he should be doing everything he can to help Potter succeed.

And if that has changed, he should fucking sack him.  Or he should walk. 

[Jean-Luc Paul Goddard]

Exactly.

[Lee Trundle]

Sullivan has watched him become the worst West Ham manager (win % wise) in our history in the past 6 months, and he was Brady's pick.

Maybe that's why he could have little faith in him?

[scott_d]

Sullivan probably doesn't have much faith in Potter (and why would he?) 

Because he appointed him?  
Sullivan has the final decision, if he didn't think Potter was the man he shouldn't have appointed him but now that he has, he HAS TO back him otherwise we are in for another season just waiting for a manager to be sacked.

[Sydney_Iron]

I would wager we won’t be seeing Wilson at WHU, really is a stupid story especially after claims Potter doesn’t see the need to recruit a striker and wants to prioritise other areas, mind you that’s on par with the rumour about Wilson in many ways

Sounds like someone with an axe to grind or just wanting click bait is behind these ridiculous story’s, that or we are a shambles and flip flopping on transfers and the like? Which can’t be ruled out either with Sullivan in charge……

[Tomshardware]

Wilson would be classic West Ham, injury prone and his best days are behind him.

[Massive Attack]

Ex usually gets it right and not your typical clickbait wanker. Personally I'd just take it with a pinch of salt as we are often razzle dazzled by the usual methods, but there's also elements of truth to it all as well. 

[RBshorty]

I think you miss understand. It's Sullivan. Whetstone. And You Tuber's who are dropping the rage bait. And certain individuals are laughing at the fanbase.

[Massive Attack]

RAGE BAIT.!!!!!

 

 

Well don't allow it to get to you so much then, otherwise you'll end up with a coronary at this rate. Should be used to Sullivans games by now.

[RBshorty]

RAGE BAIT.!!!!!

[Mike Oxsaw]

Claret and Sullivan reports we've immediately taken out another substantially larger payday loan from Barclays on (presumably) paying the last one back.



 

Makes me wonder is Sullivan's mismanagement techniques extend across his whole empire and many/most of his other operations are also in distress through borrowing heavily against potential future earnings.

Handing the banks a shovel load of interest payments through his West Ham connections may be his way of keeping the wolves from the doors of his other operations.

[El Scorchio]

Claret and Sullivan reports we've immediately taken out another substantially larger payday loan from Barclays on (presumably) paying the last one back.

 

[Mad Ferret]

We were most likely never even on for him.

Simply his agent trying to get other clubs to get a move on.

[El Scorchio]

Burnley and Leeds trying to jump-in and sign Wilson ahead of us shows the aisle we are shopping in. I'm sure all the promoted teams will look at West Ham as "one they can finish above". And why not - a bang average manager, an out-of-his-time owner, a disillusioned fan base and an ageing squad. What could possibly go wrong?
6/1 for us to go down could look very generous as the circus rumbles on

For once good news. Let them have him. However he will score against us. You just know it. Even if it's the only goal he scores all season.

[aldgate]

Burnley and Leeds trying to jump-in and sign Wilson ahead of us shows the aisle we are shopping in. I'm sure all the promoted teams will look at West Ham as "one they can finish above". And why not - a bang average manager, an out-of-his-time owner, a disillusioned fan base and an ageing squad. What could possibly go wrong?
6/1 for us to go down could look very generous as the circus rumbles on