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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

He had from January to the end of the season to work out that our problem was a turgid midfield that needed 2 or 3 replacements 
With a week to go what funds he did have haven’t addressed that at all

The crying poor owner is responsible for our current state.
Potter is a gormless buffoon unable to see the bleedin’ obvious
Both need to go or we are nailed on to be in the Championship 
Only got lucky the last two seasons due to the dismal promoted teams
That luck has run out

Dick Shaftsbury" wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025, 09:59 I honestly feel sorry for Rodney. He wasn't backed in the summer transfer window, 

Dick Shaftsbury" wrote: ↑25 Aug 2025, 09:59 I honestly feel sorry for Rodney. He wasn't backed in the summer transfer window, and now they come out and say that he has two games to save his arse. What a shower of cunts. 

Was reading that Mukau of Lille was carried off on a stretcher after a heavy knock early in their win over Monaco
Lille have sold a lot this summer & have said the door is closed on him & another player unless they receive a ludicrous offer
Not from us, SON

Could have bought him after we played them if not before
WE TRIED… not really

I honestly feel sorry for Rodney. He wasn't backed in the summer transfer window, and now they come out and say that he has two games to save his arse. What a shower of cunts. 

Like Alf said, I think it’s only loans that’ll come through the door now. Sullivan won’t back a manager he may well have to sack with any more permanent transfers. We don’t own the stadium and have only two genuine playing assets in Bowen and Paqueta- no guarantee Sullivan wouldn’t sell them. The only leader on the pitch with a bit of edge to him that you need in a relegation struggle is Wilson- how long before he falls out with Potter. These are truly desperate times. Sullivan won’t invest in the team, we are somehow skint despite having two business geniuses at the helm, the manager is unravelling and we have a team of nice chaps who can’t dig in. Oh and every set of fans we encounter, home or away, will mercilessly take the piss out of us. Pretty hard to explain to any kid why he or she should start supporting West Ham. 

Wrexham have had an offer for Irving accepted apparently. Should just be a loan. Could come in handy in the likely event we end up in the Championship next year.

One solution albeit short term and temporary ( which is Sullivan’s MO ) is to throw away / offer big loan fees  and pay the big wages of Elliott and Bissouma ( no 8 and no 6 ). High risk but with our inability to attract or pay for Macaulay targets ( Sullivan hence talks about him getting “stuck in” bevause he cannot get or doesnt want those kind of targets, oh and btw, in April it was leaked we didnt want a DOF because Hussilos and Steidten had failed( they werent empowered DOFs anyway) and Sullivan was taking on DOF role !!) . So if Elliott and Bissouma want regular football they might come on loan assuming we get no one in the next 7 days?   Not ideal and there would not be a purchase option on Elliott but they ate proven Prem players and a mitigation against relegation even though we would throw 10 million+ down the drain its better than relegation cost?

desperate times call for desperate measures and these loans depend on no other club beimg interested in them 

We have been linked with about 20 midfielders over the last few weeks many of whom looked likely types
Due to Sullivans dithering & low balling none have even been close
None of these will suddenly happen this week
Might be a loan of someone who hasn’t kicked a ball for 6 months but nothing else
Strap yourself & enjoy the ride down

Boniface’s move to Milan has fallen through, issues with his knee.

sounds perfect for us.

What other shit, relegated players can we sign?

Wout Faes
Harry Winks

 

Vexed wrote: ↑24 Aug 2025, 19:40 Apparently Magassa has blown us out, bit of a shame because he looks the business. What happened to Mukau of Lille? 

Apparently Magassa has blown us out, bit of a shame because he looks the business. What happened to Mukau of Lille? 

He’s also peddling that he is now stepping in to take control. Like he wasn’t micro managing it anyway. Case in point Wilson. That was all Sullivan. 

He’d do anything to save a few weeks wages. Backfired now transfer fees are costing more than the cash saved on wages. In his mind clubs are going to get more desperate the later it gets. 

Barty888 wrote: ↑24 Aug 2025, 18:37

Their incompetence never fails to surprise me.

we are properly fucked.

Haha was saying in April they need to be scouting likely signings and here we are. Honestly resigned to our fate at this point. 

No fucking shit! They played with fire and are now getting burned alive.  

Thick as fucking pig shit this lot.

Ron Eff" wrote: ↑24 Aug 2025, 17:25 On reflection, and with the benefit of hindsight, ridiculous that we weren’t going in for Grealish with Man City subsidising the wages (presumably). 

I was always in favour but so many weren’t. He's an infectious character, clearly a top quality player who is exciting to watch, and with a limited transfer budget, a stop gap option if nothing else. He’s going to be to Moyes what Lingard was. 

We have such shit options in the forward area outside of Bowen. 

Paqueta to Spurs last day fire sale
Antonio pay to play contract when we sign nobody else 

nailed on 

Ron Eff" wrote: ↑24 Aug 2025, 17:25 On reflection, and with the benefit of hindsight, ridiculous that we weren’t going in for Grealish with Man City subsidising the wages (presumably). 

I was always in favour but so many weren’t. He's an infectious character, clearly a top quality player who is exciting to watch, and with a limited transfer budget, a stop gap option if nothing else. He’s going to be to Moyes what Lingard was. 

We have such shit options in the forward area outside of Bowen. 

On reflection, and with the benefit of hindsight, ridiculous that we weren’t going in for Grealish with Man City subsidising the wages (presumably). 

I was always in favour but so many weren’t. He's an infectious character, clearly a top quality player who is exciting to watch, and with a limited transfer budget, a stop gap option if nothing else. He’s going to be to Moyes what Lingard was. 

We have such shit options in the forward area outside of Bowen.