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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

fraser wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 18:28 Not to mention all the normal "I want to go there" bullshit that the club are using to make it look like he's being a cսnt when really it's just the usual cսnt doing the cunting 

Not to mention all the normal "I want to go there" bullshit that the club are using to make it look like he's being a cսnt when really it's just the usual cսnt doing the cunting 

I don’t blame Kudus, the club have told the whole world that we need to sell him to raise funds. He wants to stay in the PL no matter how much we try and push him
to Saudi.

Levy has us by the nuts. It’s just another indication of how poorly the club is run.

 

Lee Trundle" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 14:55

fraser wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 14:32 Forest were ridiculed on here for their transfer strategy,  Them and Villa so close to relegation and look at them both now. We had a massive chance to kick on but between Sullivan and Moyes we weren't brave enough to take it. 

It makes me feel sick knowing we paid £40m for Kilman only to see Milenkovic, who is a far, far better player, move at a fraction of that price to them.

Why the fuck are West Ham supporters, discussing some sulky shitcunt of a player,on the merits of whether or not, he is better off going to either one of those dirty stinking shitcunt clubs.

Fucking hell - this place really has turned into KUMB.

It was an absolute fucking disgrace last season,  with regards to  the manner in which we sold our best player in a couple of generations to that other shitcunt club in North London.

As a club, we're now more than likely, going to match or surpass that.

It just shows the complete and utter contempt the board has for our support - no fucking change there.

We're a fucking joke of a club - and judging by the comments i see across  social media sites, so are a lot of our 'fans'.

Lee Trundle" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 14:55

fraser wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 14:32 Forest were ridiculed on here for their transfer strategy,  Them and Villa so close to relegation and look at them both now. We had a massive chance to kick on but between Sullivan and Moyes we weren't brave enough to take it. 

It makes me feel sick knowing we paid £40m for Kilman only to see Milenkovic, who is a far, far better player, move at a fraction of that price to them.

Jean-Luc Paul Goddard" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 15:10

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 14:28

Yes, I think the only positive would be Madueke going to Arsenal might reignite Chelsea's appetite- if it happens. Kudus would need his head examined if he just dismissed them in favour of spurs.

The only thing is that (unlikely though it seems) Kudus might be intelligent enough to realise that, at 24, for his long term career, opting for a club whose manager plays a style that suits him is more important than just going to the biggest club, especially if both clubs are in the Champions League.

Thomas Frank likes direct play with overlapping full backs and the wide forwards cutting inside, which is ideal for Kudus. Maresca on the other hand likes lots of possession, inverted full backs and the wingers staying high and wide, which doesn't suit Kudus anywhere near as much. To be honest, he'd be a mug if he didn't do his utmost to join Spurs. Hopefully he is.

With the ridiculous value to be found all over the place- seemingly- by numerous other teams, the Kilman deal just looks worse and worse as time goes on. 40 million. 100k a week. 7 years. We're not shifting him for the duration of that when he's 34, and he'd be mad to move unless he's desperate to play first team football but for a huge pay cut. How many of these shithouse deals has Sullivan tied us into over the years? Just like living on loans secured against future income year to year, it's all hand to mouth and there's just zero long term thinking. It would be so fucking easy to change as well. There's literal evidence of about 5-6 teams in the same division who manage it with a lot less resource than us. We're stalled while others are streaking past us.

Forest did look like a target for ridicule two years ago with their 'sling everything at the wall and see what sticks' philosophy and staying up by the skin of their teeth, and yes it could easily have gone wrong but it's worked out for them and they look fairly upwardly mobile and sustainable now, even if they regress and finish mid table. They are still streets ahead of us at this point.

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 14:28

Yes, I think the only positive would be Madueke going to Arsenal might reignite Chelsea's appetite- if it happens. Kudus would need his head examined if he just dismissed them in favour of spurs.

The “Sullivan Effect” in full force. About 3-4 weeks before we see last ditch moves via trusted agents.  He only has a month to keep getting the optics right and look like we really “ tried” but ultimately fail getting Macaulay and Potter’s preferred targets.  So expect the noise of bids ( too low, silly terms, refusal to pay unknown agents leading to transfer collapses etc )  over the next 3 or so weeks.

Can someone list the players on the books of Salthouse, Silkman, Mackay and any other known agent sychophant, mates of Sully.  Callum Wilson the obvious one? 

fraser wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 14:32 Forest were ridiculed on here for their transfer strategy,  Them and Villa so close to relegation and look at them both now. We had a massive chance to kick on but between Sullivan and Moyes we weren't brave enough to take it. 

Forest were ridiculed on here for their transfer strategy,  Them and Villa so close to relegation and look at them both now. We had a massive chance to kick on but between Sullivan and Moyes we weren't brave enough to take it. 

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 14:28

Jean-Luc Paul Goddard" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 14:12 Shame that Elanga going to Newcastle definitely puts them out of the running to make a Kudus bid. Expect Spurs to hold their ground now and wait for Sullivan to inevitably cave in to a lowball offer.

Yes, I think the only positive would be Madueke going to Arsenal might reignite Chelsea's appetite- if it happens. Kudus would need his head examined if he just dismissed them in favour of spurs.

Sullivan has to be prepared to be strong and play hardball over this with a longer term view and even tell the player he can't leave as the valuation hasn't been met (well played Brentford over Mbuemo), but as you say he won't, because he can't see or strategise past any current transfer window especially financially and will always grab at any money immediately rather than be patient or speculate to accumulate, to the detriment of the club both in terms of buying and selling. 

 

Hammer I am" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 14:12

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 13:53 Forest another club putting us to shame and absolutely leapfrogging us in not only footballing terms but recruitment and strategy terms.

Buy Elanga for 16 mill, sell for 55 mill then immediately go after a promising PSV winger they've been tracking as a ready made, cheaper and younger replacement. That's the way to do it. Yeah it might fall apart for them next season but even they are making far more positive and forward thinking moves than us.

 

Depressing isn't it, trouble with us is we sometimes take a step in the right direction and immediately panic and revert to the same all boring default position because things didn't fall into place quick enough. I would 100% welcome relegation and all the risks involved with it if it meant getting rid of the board and hoping things will be different going forward

Jean-Luc Paul Goddard" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 14:12 Shame that Elanga going to Newcastle definitely puts them out of the running to make a Kudus bid. Expect Spurs to hold their ground now and wait for Sullivan to inevitably cave in to a lowball offer.

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 13:53 Forest another club putting us to shame and absolutely leapfrogging us in not only footballing terms but recruitment and strategy terms.

Buy Elanga for 16 mill, sell for 55 mill then immediately go after a promising PSV winger they've been tracking as a ready made, cheaper and younger replacement. That's the way to do it. Yeah it might fall apart for them next season but even they are making far more positive and forward thinking moves than us.

 

Shame that Elanga going to Newcastle definitely puts them out of the running to make a Kudus bid. Expect Spurs to hold their ground now and wait for Sullivan to inevitably cave in to a lowball offer.

Forest another club putting us to shame and absolutely leapfrogging us in not only footballing terms but recruitment and strategy terms.

Buy Elanga for 16 mill, sell for 55 mill then immediately go after a promising PSV winger they've been tracking as a ready made, cheaper and younger replacement. That's the way to do it. Yeah it might fall apart for them next season but even they are making far more positive and forward thinking moves than us.

fraser wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 13:09

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 11:35 I think the release clause only lasts 10 days (1-10 July) What the fucking point of that is, I don't know. Surely any team interested just waits until 11th and then offers less. 

Perhaps the anticipation was that there would be an absolute frenzy for his signature immediately in the window. Maybe if he'd had a better season, there would have been. 

But it seems utterly pointless having a release clause that's only applicable for ten days, if what I've read is correct.

No you've got this the wrong way around, it means we don't have to accept £85 million out of that window. If he had carried on the same trajectory as first half season we would have been forced to sell him for that, if out of that window we would say nope, more or we keep him.. It's totally in our favour
We can sell him for what we want under that anytime it was to stop us selling him for less than we wanted to. 

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 11:35 I think the release clause only lasts 10 days (1-10 July) What the fucking point of that is, I don't know. Surely any team interested just waits until 11th and then offers less. 

Perhaps the anticipation was that there would be an absolute frenzy for his signature immediately in the window. Maybe if he'd had a better season, there would have been. 

But it seems utterly pointless having a release clause that's only applicable for ten days, if what I've read is correct.

I think the release clause only lasts 10 days (1-10 July) What the fucking point of that is, I don't know. Surely any team interested just waits until 11th and then offers less. 

Perhaps the anticipation was that there would be an absolute frenzy for his signature immediately in the window. Maybe if he'd had a better season, there would have been. 

But it seems utterly pointless having a release clause that's only applicable for ten days, if what I've read is correct.

Never particularly taken to Kudus with stupid goal celebrations (or non-celebrations). However, there's definitely a player there. Was great first season but like many players last season, looked lost most of the time. I think he'd do well in a better side and it's inconceivable that we would sell to Spurs. Sullivan has conveniently forgotten that he would never deal with them again? He's got way too comfortable since the Burnley days to think it's even an option. I can see him doing well there and if we don't beat Sunderland first game of the season, every game suddenly looks a struggle for points for a while. Ultimately, Kudus has the release clause and we should be saying it's that or nothing at all for Spurs. Suddenly the Chelsea cash plus a couple of players deal looks golden in comparison. I'd rather us keep an unhappy Kudus than sell for £50-60 million to Spurs. How is it time and time again we end up selling our best players for a pittance because they're unhappy? Arnautovic and Payet were at their peak and we sold them for peanuts because they threw a strop. About time we showed some balls than bend over again and again 

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 10:21

fraser wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 09:43 I'd have Saudi over Sully any fucking day. 

Disappointed to hear that from you, frase.

I expected as much from the phony eye-tie.

fraser wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 09:43 I'd have Saudi over Sully any fucking day. 

goose wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 09:33

E6 Hammer" wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 09:21

goose wrote: ↑08 Jul 2025, 08:56

when he bought into the club 'mate'. keep up.

I always was under the impression that there would be several rounds of investments.

why?