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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

Rumoured Out

1. Nayef Aguerd | CB | Leverkusen, Marseille,  Juventus |  ~25m
2. Maxel Cornet | FW | Genoa/Others
3. Guido Rodriguez | DM | Betis/River Plate 
4. Tomas Soucek | CM | Everton
5. Michail Antonio | ST | Free Agent
6. Mo Kudus | FW | Chelsea/Newcastle/Arsenal
7. Lucas Paqueta | AM | Multiple/Ban
8. Andy Irving | CM | Celtic

Confirmed In

1. Jean Clair Todibo | CB | Loan To Perm (32m)

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

Now, if we're debating players in our squad who don't give a fuck, Todibo would be top of that list.

Clearly couldn't care less about playing for West Ham.

RootsRadical wrote: ↑27 May 2025, 12:40 Todibo is the worst CB we've ever had by some distance, couldn't believe how bad he was v Ipswich, he didn't even look like a footballer.
Very puzzling.

Todibo is the worst CB we've ever had by some distance, couldn't believe how bad he was v Ipswich, he didn't even look like a footballer.
Very puzzling.

RBshorty wrote: ↑27 May 2025, 11:53 Our goal difference is 0 since Potter been here. Aguerd ain’t coming back. And unless someone comes in with a silly offer. The other 2 ain’t leaving. The money will go on the midfield. And a striker. The Youth will fill any gaps.

Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑27 May 2025, 09:58 Apparently, even Sociedad don't want Aguerd, as he's been shit the 2nd half of the season, so you might get your wish.

Would there be a worse collection of centre backs in the Premier League than Aguerd, Kilman, Todibo & Mavropanos? £120mil worth of defenders there, and I'd sooner have Dawson back on his own in a back 1 than any combination of them on the pitch.

Our goal difference is 0 since Potter been here. Aguerd ain’t coming back. And unless someone comes in with a silly offer. The other 2 ain’t leaving. The money will go on the midfield. And a striker. The Youth will fill any gaps.

”On you’re dicka” sounds perfect for West Ham.  If only Rod Fanny had not retired. What a line up we would have had?

Kilman was pretty lucky to stay on the pitch, I thought.

God knows what he was thinking when he went in with his elbow like that.

I really hope the rumours about Todibo being parked here for a season are true. Cash in on him and Aguerd and get two proper defenders who want to head, tackle, mark players etc etc.

Kilman hasn't been great either but i dont see anyone wanting to sign him.

RBshorty wrote: ↑27 May 2025, 07:21

fraser wrote: ↑27 May 2025, 06:45

RBshorty wrote: ↑26 May 2025, 21:15 Hype.! Fucking hell goose. Don't let any of the Sullivan Shill Merchants over on YT see that word. It would be the biggest shortage of Kleenex. This side of the cough you can't mention.

You seem a bit obsessed with these YouTubers... 

And you seem a bit obsessed with me!...

 

Apparently, even Sociedad don't want Aguerd, as he's been shit the 2nd half of the season, so you might get your wish.

Would there be a worse collection of centre backs in the Premier League than Aguerd, Kilman, Todibo & Mavropanos? £120mil worth of defenders there, and I'd sooner have Dawson back on his own in a back 1 than any combination of them on the pitch.

Emerson has put out on SOCIAL MEDIA:
'Time is the answer for everything'

Seeing as he wasn't even in the match day squad at the weekend probably means he's 99% gone this summer.  A bit of a shitty way to treat him like that, IMO.  Over 100 appearances, and part of the cup winning team.

So it's imperative we get a first team left back in this summer.  We can't rely on just Scales there.

I reckon we need a player in every single position, apart from right wing.

Really? Why so?

He's not suited to the PL - take the money and buy someone better suited.

Aguerd back hopefully 

fraser wrote: ↑27 May 2025, 06:45

RBshorty wrote: ↑26 May 2025, 21:15 Hype.! Fucking hell goose. Don't let any of the Sullivan Shill Merchants over on YT see that word. It would be the biggest shortage of Kleenex. This side of the cough you can't mention.

You seem a bit obsessed with these YouTubers... 

RBshorty wrote: ↑26 May 2025, 21:15 Hype.! Fucking hell goose. Don't let any of the Sullivan Shill Merchants over on YT see that word. It would be the biggest shortage of Kleenex. This side of the cough you can't mention.

As well as the areas mentioned, we also need a left back/wingback. Badly.

Ladysmith wrote: ↑26 May 2025, 22:05

goose wrote: ↑26 May 2025, 22:03 According to some, we ‘won’ the transfer window last summer. It’s easy to get carried away with the optimism of the new season and not see what’s coming.

Check out my thread on Bowen, he may need replacing.

goose wrote: ↑26 May 2025, 22:03 According to some, we ‘won’ the transfer window last summer. It’s easy to get carried away with the optimism of the new season and not see what’s coming.

According to some, we ‘won’ the transfer window last summer. It’s easy to get carried away with the optimism of the new season and not see what’s coming.

Hype.! Fucking hell goose. Don't let any of the Sullivan Shill Merchants over on YT see that word. It would be the biggest shortage of Kleenex. This side of the cough you can't mention.

On a par with the Simod cup isn't it?

It’s hard not to get caught up in all the hype during the window, so set your expectations out before it all kicks off and revisit at the end.

For me we need:

centre forward 
at least one, maybe 2 x centre midfield 
centre back
keeper

then if any current first team leave they’ll need replacements - I’m thinking Kudus & Emerson primarily.

Far Cough UKunt" wrote: ↑26 May 2025, 20:59 What's the point of having two parts?

 

I just looked it up. It’s because of the FIFA World Club Cup, a tournament that no proper football fan gives a toss about.