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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
Yeremay | FW | Deportivo La Coruna
Adama Bojang | ST | Reims
Rocco Reitz | MF | Borussia Moenchengladbach
Dominic Calvert-Lewin | ST | Free Agent
El Hadji Malick Diouf | LB | SK Slavia Prague
Oscar Mingueza | RB/MF | Celta Vigo
Tyler Morton | CM | Liverpool
Harvey Elliott | AM | Liverpool
Zion Suzuki | GK | Parma
John Victor | GK | Botofogo
Jacob Ramsey | MF | Villa
Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton
Nga Makou | CM | Lille
Quinten Timber | CM
Hayden Hackney | CM | Boro
Yves Bissouma | CM | Spurs

Rumoured Out

Nayef Aguerd | CB | Leverkusen, Marseile
Maxel Cornet | FW | Genoa/Others
Guido Rodriguez | DM | Betis/Espanyol
Tomas Soucek | CM | Everton
Michail Antonio | ST | Free Agent
Mo Kudus | FW | Chelsea/Newcastle/Arsenal
Lucas Paqueta | AM | Man City
Andy Irving | CM | Celtic/Wrexham
Emerson | LB | Marseille

Confirmed In

Jean Clair Todibo | CB | Loan To Perm (32m)
Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic (Free Agent...Tribunal)
El Hadji Malick Diouf | LWB | Slavia Prahia | 20m
Kyle Walker-Peters | RWB | Free Agent
C****m Wilson | ST | Free Agent
Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester (18m)
Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton (38m + 4m)
Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco (17m)
Igor Julio | CB | Brighton (Loan)

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
Muhammed Judus |stroppy| sp*rs| £55m
Michail Antonio | Released
Kieran Casey | Swansea | Loan
Edson Alvarez | Fenerbache | Loan with Option
Emerson | Marseille | £1m
Aguerd | Marseille | £20m
Max Cornet | Genoa | Loan

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 19:02**

No. What the prick does is fuck around with deals trying to get it on the cheap, gets told to fuck off then panic buys square pegs for round holes for exuberant amounts

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 18:52**

He has spent a fortune backing the managers. And yes, of course it's the money the club earns, that's how it works. They have not been the right managers, and they have not been the right signings, but the money spent on transfers is indisputable, you plank.

I'd rather we done our research, bought wisely, sold wisely, invested in the infrastructure of the club, appointed good managers. Every single one of us wants all that, and it's been said a thousand times.

I honestly wonder if some of you can read what has actually been written.

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 17:19**

But Sullivan hasn't invested in the club, he has on a few occasions spent club money on terrible deals on a pay structure designed to set us up in a difficult position long term.
And I don't the fact that he has backed managers. He didn't acquire those players if it wasn't for one sort of a deal making him look good one way or the other, but not for backing a manager

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 16:30**

ATHammer wrote: ↑24 Jun 2025, 15:24

Arnautovic - £20mil
Felipe Anderson - £40mil
Haller - £45mil
Kilman - £40mil
Zouma -£30mil
Aguerd - 30mil
JWP - £30mil

All players that managers wanted, who we massively overpaid for to get (maybe Arnautovic aside, although only eventually)

I agree. All players, with the possible exception of Zouma, whose health issues should have been a massive red flag which scuppered the deal were unsuited to the mangers style of play.
The issue is "players the manager wanted". Surely this should have been an objective process run by a director of football.
Arnautovic was not at the top of Slavs list and Moyes lucked in by changing his position.
In the cases of Anderson and Haller they were never going to survive the change of manager. Both have had successful careers away from West Ham. We did overpay but they were devalued by Moyes and sold at an even greater loss than should have been realised given no consistency in managerial appointments.
Kilman and JWP were terrible buys, not suited and not worth the money. Surely a football person would have called these deals out?
Aguerd is a ball playing centre half not suited to backs to the wall football. Moyes wanted him, but why? Again a football person, backed by analysis of Aguerds game would have called this deal out.
Another example of wasteful spending rather than strategic investment in playing staff.

Yes, everyone knows all that, you're just regurgitating what has been said a thousand times, and what I touched on in the last bit of my post, which you conveniently left off.

The owner is shit, but let's not pretend he hasn't backed managers with big dough. The opposite has been true, to our detrement.

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 16:04**

LeroysBoots wrote: ↑24 Jun 2025, 15:26 Truth is historically we never buy players early despite what the manager might want for pre season. Sullivan has no desire to pay transfer fees or wages until the very last minute, it's his strategy.

100%. Penny fucking pinching mindset. Rather save a few quid than do what's best.

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 16:01**

ATHammer wrote: ↑24 Jun 2025, 15:24

Arnautovic - £20mil
Felipe Anderson - £40mil
Haller - £45mil
Kilman - £40mil
Zouma -£30mil
Aguerd - 30mil
JWP - £30mil

All players that managers wanted, who we massively overpaid for to get (maybe Arnautovic aside, although only eventually)

I agree. All players, with the possible exception of Zouma, whose health issues should have been a massive red flag which scuppered the deal were unsuited to the mangers style of play.
The issue is "players the manager wanted". Surely this should have been an objective process run by a director of football.
Arnautovic was not at the top of Slavs list and Moyes lucked in by changing his position.
In the cases of Anderson and Haller they were never going to survive the change of manager. Both have had successful careers away from West Ham. We did overpay but they were devalued by Moyes and sold at an even greater loss than should have been realised given no consistency in managerial appointments.
Kilman and JWP were terrible buys, not suited and not worth the money. Surely a football person would have called these deals out?
Aguerd is a ball playing centre half not suited to backs to the wall football. Moyes wanted him, but why? Again a football person, backed by analysis of Aguerds game would have called this deal out.
Another example of wasteful spending rather than strategic investment in playing staff.

Moyes basically just froze out the players he didn't want, IMO. Scamacca can be added to this list as well.

To get to the heart of the matter, it always all leads back to Sullivan. The self proclaimed football expert still sanctioned and made all these terrible buys for those prices. Let us not forget he didn't torpedo any of these like he has done with other deals, or just not entertain them in the first place. The buck stops 100% with him. He's a fucking expert who knows better than everyone else on earth when it suits him and he pleads innocence and plays the 'I didn't want them but just went along with it.' when that suits him. He's not some poor gullible old lad hoodwinked by nasty employees. Incredible how with the power of hindsight he's the greatest talent spotter who ever lived with a hit rate higher than Klopp at Liverpool. I'm just amazed Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG or Man City haven't asked him to sell little old West Ham and offer him billions to oversee their transfer strategy, such is his genius..

Every player we've signed, whether a success or a massive flop, and every player who has got away for various reasons is 100% down to him. And our record is mainly fucking lousy since he took over. For every Bowen or AWB, there are five Tores, Ayews or Kilmans,

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 15:26**

Truth is historically we never buy players early despite what the manager might want for pre season. Sullivan has no desire to pay transfer fees or wages until the very last minute, it's his strategy.

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 15:24**

Arnautovic - £20mil
Felipe Anderson - £40mil
Haller - £45mil
Kilman - £40mil
Zouma -£30mil
Aguerd - 30mil
JWP - £30mil

All players that managers wanted, who we massively overpaid for to get (maybe Arnautovic aside, although only eventually)

I agree. All players, with the possible exception of Zouma, whose health issues should have been a massive red flag which scuppered the deal were unsuited to the mangers style of play.
The issue is "players the manager wanted". Surely this should have been an objective process run by a director of football.
Arnautovic was not at the top of Slavs list and Moyes lucked in by changing his position.
In the cases of Anderson and Haller they were never going to survive the change of manager. Both have had successful careers away from West Ham. We did overpay but they were devalued by Moyes and sold at an even greater loss than should have been realised given no consistency in managerial appointments.
Kilman and JWP were terrible buys, not suited and not worth the money. Surely a football person would have called these deals out?
Aguerd is a ball playing centre half not suited to backs to the wall football. Moyes wanted him, but why? Again a football person, backed by analysis of Aguerds game would have called this deal out.
Another example of wasteful spending rather than strategic investment in playing staff.

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 15:11**

No excuses but next Monday June 30 will be a key day as clubs that need sales will have do business
From July 1 purchases will fall into the new year so we need to get on with it early next week

Will that happen …. hmmmm

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 15:03**

nychammer wrote: ↑24 Jun 2025, 11:25
The window closes at 7PM UK Time this year so we wont at least be getting the 'Dont go to bed' line

'Don't put The ONE Show on'

FFS surely we should have a new defence and midfield signed by now. And a striker. It's a disaster.

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 11:25**

Mad Dog" wrote: ↑24 Jun 2025, 10:25 When do you reckon were going to yet again hear "we tried" out of that little porn dwarf lying mouth

Sept 1st 19:00:01

The window closes at 7PM UK Time this year so we wont at least be getting the 'Dont go to bed' line

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 10:35**

Sydney_Iron wrote: ↑24 Jun 2025, 10:33 then literally piss up against a wall a decent transfer budget and OPPORTUNITY.

We didn't literally piss up against a wall.

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 10:33**

Ita fucking sickens me really, a few years ago we won a European trophy and should have used that as a springboard to the next level? but what did we do, keep a manager a year too long and then literally piss up against a wall a decent transfer budget and OPPORTUNITY.

Mind you its seems rinse and repeat with these owners??? this window will be shit, and next season let's be realistic, all we can hope for is a finish of 12th to 17th next season, we really are just another fodder club for the big clubs to play.

Transfers of anyone decent or with ambition bar a decent wage

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 10:25**

When do you reckon were going to yet again hear "we tried" out of that little porn dwarf lying mouth

Posted: **24 Jun 2025, 05:58**

Never have so few wasted so much money…

…and achieved so little…

2 Bob Barrow Boys…

Posted: **23 Jun 2025, 20:20**

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑23 Jun 2025, 13:21 Sullivan offering derisory bids at less than half the asking orice for targets Macaulay and Potter have identified.

He has done that for the 15 years he’s been at the club. A thinly veiled way to not get the managers targets because he does not raye them ( eg not experienced Prem players, not played for a big club and most importantly not via his agent contacts ). The claim will be that club was too hard to deal with, agents want too much or too many involved etc and as I thought all along nothing much will happen until August possible last 2 weeks of window. Sales hopefully in and keaving it late will conveniently leave us scramblimg so that Sullivan can save the day bringing in someone thru his 1980/90s process of contacts and kick backs. This is groundhog day yet again. Sullivan is a narcissist. He has to be seen to be the saviour and / or man that gets things done. Irony being that this action is key to him being reviled by the fanbase.

Arnautovic - £20mil
Felipe Anderson - £40mil
Haller - £45mil
Kilman - £40mil
Zouma -£30mil
Aguerd - 30mil
JWP - £30mil

All players that managers wanted, who we massively overpaid for to get (maybe Arnautovic aside, although only eventually)

The problem hasn't been derisory bids or not backing the manager, it's the opposite, the problem has been lack of foresight and proper planning over the years, but at least get it right if you're going to CONSTANTLY drone on about the same thing for fuck sake.

Posted: **23 Jun 2025, 19:56**

Would be ironic if it’s Potter asking about him as all the details have Sullivan written all over them.

Posted: **23 Jun 2025, 17:18**

eusebiovic wrote: ↑23 Jun 2025, 16:42 https://thehardtackle.com/transfer-news ... -palhinha/

Another fucking pearler - Potter has asked for him even though we were supposed to sign the bloke before or after he went to Fulham.

Another 30yo!

Posted: **23 Jun 2025, 17:08**

I'll give you 200,000 reasons why we won't be signing him.

He's currently on that, pounds per week.

Posted: **23 Jun 2025, 16:42**

https://thehardtackle.com/transfer-news ... -palhinha/

Another fucking pearler - Potter has asked for him even though we were supposed to sign the bloke before or after he went to Fulham.

Posted: **23 Jun 2025, 15:39**

"Levy, the Glazers and Ratcliffe get a lot of high profile stick, but Sullivan somehow consistently manages not to while arguably doing a far worse job."

With links to his previous business empire, he may well have a lot of skeletons in a lot of media closets dissuading any significant criticism from gaining the public exposure needed.

Posted: **23 Jun 2025, 15:31**

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑23 Jun 2025, 13:57 Afraid so Scorch

Depressing. Unfortunately the social media do not hammer Sullivan hard enough either. The whole blaming of Steiden and undermining of most managers or simply shoddy handling of everything. We just have to hope we see the end of his control sooner than later. Its been 15 years of pain after Brown, Chapman, The Cearns going back to WW2. One set of greedy, self interest, selfish, self absorbed owners after another. It does make you feel we are cursed. Not one owner has ever got close to realising the potential of the club. Not one period or era of sustained success. Even the Lyall / Greenwood years of cup success, we were largely crap in the league.

He doesn't have the same excuse as the Icelandics, Brown, Cearns/Chapman and so forth. They were incompetent but in a different way either through being far too prudent and tightfisted or recklessly stupid when they had a bit of wedge to blow. Telling Jack Petchley to do one was a massive mistake as well.

Never have our attendances been so high and never has the premiership TV incomes been so lucrative - the problem is Sullivan and the way he operates the football side of the club. There is no excuse now, the budget the club has to lay down foundations and get things done properly is astronomical compared to all our previous owners. The portakabin gym facility at the training ground is another complete pisstake. Really?

Pellegrini was most certainly shell-shocked when he first clocked it. He probably expected a half decent facility without having to viddy it beforehand. He would NOT not have expected something so half-arsed that he would have seen back in his playing days in 70's Chile - dictatorship and all! I have no doubt that he wouldn't have taken the job if he'd seen that shitshow before he signed the contract in the tacky mansion.

It's pathetic and beyond the pale and repeated and infinitum regardless of the manager it happens to be.

Posted: **23 Jun 2025, 13:57**

Afraid so Scorch

Depressing. Unfortunately the social media do not hammer Sullivan hard enough either. The whole blaming of Steiden and undermining of most managers or simply shoddy handling of everything. We just have to hope we see the end of his control sooner than later. Its been 15 years of pain after Brown, Chapman, The Cearns going back to WW2. One set of greedy, self interest, selfish, self absorbed owners after another. It does make you feel we are cursed. Not one owner has ever got close to realising the potential of the club. Not one period or era of sustained success. Even the Lyall / Greenwood years of cup success, we were largely crap in the league.

Posted: **23 Jun 2025, 13:42**

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑23 Jun 2025, 13:21 Sullivan offering derisory bids at less than half the asking orice for targets Macaulay and Potter have identified.

He has done that for the 15 years he’s been at the club. A thinly veiled way to not get the managers targets because he does not raye them ( eg not experienced Prem players, not played for a big club and most importantly not via his agent contacts ). The claim will be that club was too hard to deal with, agents want too much or too many involved etc and as I thought all along nothing much will happen until August possible last 2 weeks of window. Sales hopefully in and keaving it late will conveniently leave us scramblimg so that Sullivan can save the day bringing in someone thru his 1980/90s process of contacts and kick backs. This is groundhog day yet again. Sullivan is a narcissist. He has to be seen to be the saviour and / or man that gets things done. Irony being that this action is key to him being reviled by the fanbase.

What a shocker. It's not like we've all been predicting it for months that he's going to as usual absolutely cut the manager and head of recruitement's nuts off at his whims. This is why we'll never ever have any lasting success with the dino dwarf running anything on the football side. We'll never build anything long term or sustainable.

Levy, the Glazers and Ratcliffe get a lot of high profile stick, but Sullivan somehow consistently manages not to while arguably doing a far worse job.

Posted: **23 Jun 2025, 13:38**

Fauxstralian wrote: ↑23 Jun 2025, 11:54 The Leicester keeper looked decent obviously dealing with a SHIT defence in front of him
Understand he also has worked with our new keeping coach previously as well
Presumably cheaper than Relegation Ramsdale as well as Leicester will be one of those teams that need to sell before June 30

At least he's had a good dress rehearsal for our fucking shit defence then.

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