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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

Mad Dog" wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 22:08 Starting (STARTING) to think we are FUCKED next season

ATHammer wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025, 17:23
Just wish the circus would leave town and give us back our beloved club.

What gets lost in all this transfer window excitement for me is that, based on the "World Class Club in a World Class Stadium" promises on moving to Stratford any ownership with a vision, strategy and tactics to deliver that strategy would, by now, be looking at one or two players to refresh a top quality squad, regularly competing in Europe.
Instead we have spent loads on disparate players in an uncoordinated manner over the last few years, invested nothing and created a "World Class" laughing stock of a club.
It wasn't Husillos's fault; it wasn't Newman's fault; and it wasn't Steidten's fault that the hotch potch team assembly has left us where we are, It was David Sullivan's, never more clearly evidenced than last years "winning of the transfer window" with 3 picks for Steidten, 3 for Lopetegui and 3 for Sullivan creating a 3 humped camel. And now he is leading from the rear again, hiding behind Macaulay and Potter whilst pleading poverty so rummaging around at the boot sale end whilst expecting top dollar for our cast offs, Aguerd and Cornet for example.
Just wish the circus would leave town and give us back our beloved club.

northbankboy68 wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 22:04 Sullivan is out of his depth.

With him apparently joining Forest it looks like we might get a chance to see if we missed out on Igor Jesus

Will he join the list of us having seen Kerkez and Reijnders first hand over 2 legs and being offered Ekitike for €20m?
 

Maverick180180 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025, 05:56

We’d of been better off keeping hold of Rice and letting him leave for free

Any Old Iron" wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 22:58

Mad Dog" wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 22:08 Starting (STARTING) to think we are FUCKED next season

Of course we are fucked next season. Over the last few seasons under the clueless Sullivan we have been wasting huge amounts of money on duds who after a year or two with us end up with next to no sell on value.  And in addition to that they managed to waste the Rice jackpot.
Now we have another clueless manager who shows no signs of being in any way pro-active in the transfer market and will soon have us in a relegation dog fight. 
Potter will have gone before Christmas but tragically the cause of our decline will still be here.

northbankboy68 wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 22:04 Sullivan is out of his depth.

northbankboy68 wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 22:04 Sullivan is out of his depth.

We still havent signed anyone its a fucking nightmare. In 10 years time we'll be playing in the East London Sunday League. 

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Mad Dog" wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 22:08 Starting (STARTING) to think we are FUCKED next season

Starting (STARTING) to think we are FUCKED next season

I can't claim to have seen a lot of him, but I thought that Leicester keeper was absolutely mustard against us at their place.

Sullivan is out of his depth.

West Ham United interested in Leicester City goalkeeper Mads Hermansen..

#ExWHUEmployee

Now out of him and Ramsdale, I prefer this Keeper which would be a step in the right direction. 

Hopefully they are still looking for even better than both but don't hold out much hope there.

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 18:18

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 10:41 I keep  boring everyone with the prediction that nothing will happen before August in terms of incoming  players and to fully expect the same starting 11 that finished last season to start at Sunderland.  Sullivan tends to engineer things this way at the best of times when he is in full control, which he is again. That funnels us towards having to use his agent contacts as the window closes in.  

The need and identification of young up and coming players will be ignored and Potter and Macaulay will largely have to settle on “used goods”, 25 years or likely nearer 30 but meeting Sullivan’s top requirement which is Premiership experience. By definition they will be on high wages and Sullivan as always will be seduced by the name of a big club thet the player once played for.  

Relegatiion itself or a relegation fight, long hard season seems by far the most likely outcome based  on the way things are shaping up.  “Back to where we belong” with this owner.  

I don't disagree with the August timeline...but don't think that's down to Sullivan this time.

We're frankly, an unattractive proposition, with many ahead of us in the queue for the better talent.

So we either go in for the second or third tier prospects who see us as the peak of their current ambitions, or we wait to see if the bigger Lions have their fill and some of the choicer morsels remain available.

That looks like August, however you spin it. 

I do think we'll end up with younger prospects....but they'll be cheap punts from shit leagues...not top prospects from second tier leagues like Belgium...because the chairman sees anything over 10m as needing to be a sure thing, not a punt.

Any big money will be spent on our of contract players...which is where the older age bracket will come in. 

In reality we need a set of players nearing their prime....23-26 who are ready for the hear and now. We're not stable enough to be buying 'for the future'.

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 10:41 I keep  boring everyone with the prediction that nothing will happen before August in terms of incoming  players and to fully expect the same starting 11 that finished last season to start at Sunderland.  Sullivan tends to engineer things this way at the best of times when he is in full control, which he is again. That funnels us towards having to use his agent contacts as the window closes in.  

The need and identification of young up and coming players will be ignored and Potter and Macaulay will largely have to settle on “used goods”, 25 years or likely nearer 30 but meeting Sullivan’s top requirement which is Premiership experience. By definition they will be on high wages and Sullivan as always will be seduced by the name of a big club thet the player once played for.  

Relegatiion itself or a relegation fight, long hard season seems by far the most likely outcome based  on the way things are shaping up.  “Back to where we belong” with this owner.  

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 10:41 I keep  boring everyone with the prediction that nothing will happen before August in terms of incoming  players and to fully expect the same starting 11 that finished last season to start at Sunderland.  Sullivan tends to engineer things this way at the best of times when he is in full control, which he is again. That funnels us towards having to use his agent contacts as the window closes in.  

The need and identification of young up and coming players will be ignored and Potter and Macaulay will largely have to settle on “used goods”, 25 years or likely nearer 30 but meeting Sullivan’s top requirement which is Premiership experience. By definition they will be on high wages and Sullivan as always will be seduced by the name of a big club thet the player once played for.  

Relegatiion itself or a relegation fight, long hard season seems by far the most likely outcome based  on the way things are shaping up.  “Back to where we belong” with this owner.  

If it’s true that we are touting Kudus to clubs rather than waiting for an approach then we won’t get close to the asking price. Will end up being something like 50m. 

Kudus may well be left with the option of move to Saudi or stay at West Ham.

maybe Chelsea will cough up £70m, but i dont see Spurs/Newcastle doing that.

wils wrote: ↑19 Jun 2025, 13:51 Reading the Guardian about Kudus to Spurs rumours. I wasn't aware of this situation. Is this widely known and I am just slow to it?

"Despite not having done business with West Ham since 2011 because he does not get on with the club’s owners, the Tottenham Hotspur chair Daniel Levy is prepared to bite the bullet....."

It doesn't surprise though.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... sunderland

Someone needs to poison one of those cheese platters Ladyboy serves up over there in that meeting.

 

Reading the Guardian about Kudus to Spurs rumours. I wasn't aware of this situation. Is this widely known and I am just slow to it?

"Despite not having done business with West Ham since 2011 because he does not get on with the club’s owners, the Tottenham Hotspur chair Daniel Levy is prepared to bite the bullet....."

It doesn't surprise though.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... sunderland

Keep dreaming" wrote: ↑18 Jun 2025, 15:31 Is it a professional football club world record to release 11 players without making any profit, and without replacing anyone?

Sullivan OUT

I keep  boring everyone with the prediction that nothing will happen before August in terms of incoming  players and to fully expect the same starting 11 that finished last season to start at Sunderland.  Sullivan tends to engineer things this way at the best of times when he is in full control, which he is again. That funnels us towards having to use his agent contacts as the window closes in.  

The need and identification of young up and coming players will be ignored and Potter and Macaulay will largely have to settle on “used goods”, 25 years or likely nearer 30 but meeting Sullivan’s top requirement which is Premiership experience. By definition they will be on high wages and Sullivan as always will be seduced by the name of a big club thet the player once played for.  

Relegatiion itself or a relegation fight, long hard season seems by far the most likely outcome based  on the way things are shaping up.  “Back to where we belong” with this owner.