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Fabrizio Romano
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Soungoutou Magassa has just signed his four year contract as West Ham player. Deal 100% sealed.

Like the look of him, looks strong and good reader of the game,  hope he does well for us.

Ron Eff" wrote: ↑29 Aug 2025, 18:20 Spurs managed to agree a deal and sign Xavi Simons in about 15 hours. This bloke has been having a medical for three days!

Can anyone tell me the correct pronunciation of his first name?
Guess in the change room he will be Soungy or Gouty

Jaan Kenbrovin" wrote: ↑30 Aug 2025, 00:24

twoleftfeet wrote: ↑29 Aug 2025, 22:28 I thought he’d failed his medical? 

They agreed a 6 year deal, then in the medical discovered he only has 5 more years to live, so they finally agreed a 4 year deal.

twoleftfeet wrote: ↑29 Aug 2025, 22:28 I thought he’d failed his medical? 

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑29 Aug 2025, 23:25 So pleased that they managed to rectify the issues with his medical.

Welcome to WHU, Soungoutou!

So pleased that they managed to rectify the issues with his medical.

Welcome to WHU, Soungoutou!

I thought he’d failed his medical? 

He sounds promising. Look forward to see how he gets on and becomes a mainstay in the Team. Welcome to the madhouse, Soungoutou!

Most recoveries in their league and wasn't even their first choice so would have had less minutes than most of his pees, quite impressive 

A couple of ambitious forward thinking signings today. I’m feeling slightly more optimistic about the future. At keast until Sunday anyway.

Announced on os
Welcome Mugassa

The 6’2 Magassa, who is also comfortable at centre-back, ranked second in tackles won in Ligue 1 and was amongst the leading defenders for interceptions and progressive passing in 2023/24. This resulted in a move into midfield, where he ranked first for ball recoveries during the 2024/25 season. Having been extensively scouted by the coaching staff and recruitment team, who identified both his ability to make an immediate impact and scope for future growth, the highly rated young Frenchman is looking forward to showcasing his talent in Claret and Blue. 

 

Spurs managed to agree a deal and sign Xavi Simons in about 15 hours. This bloke has been having a medical for three days!

Fabrizio just confirmed contracts signed, 4 year deal. Was originally mooted to be 6...maybe last minute details were being confirmed on length.

We’ve got Fernandes so probably pulling another John on this poor cսnt. Just left him in a gown in a hospital waiting room. 

I knew that decent pre-season would bite us in the arse. He'd have loved to have bemoaned about how skint we are due to FFP, got a couple of cast offs on play as you play and cozied down to finish 17th.

Sullivan has absolutely no shame. I remember him once saying that he'd make a great West Ham manager 'if I had the time'. It's straight out of the unwritten rulebook for rich cunts with massive egos. I've worked for a couple of them and they always remind you that your job is piss easy and the only reason you're employed is because the job is beneath them. Sullivan has seriously reminded me of the most odious cunts I've ever worked for and the fact that he's got hold of my club is and has always been a horrifying prospect.

The transfer window brings out all the snakes and rats with stuff like agents leaking nearly done deals to invite clubs into a bidding war and that's where Sullivan is perfectly comfortable, making enquiries into players he has absolutely no intention of signing to get a bit of leverage on a player he does want (whether the manager likes it or not) but of course he'd REALLY prefer to pay nothing and spend his time counting the toilet rolls and soap at the OS.

Remember last season when he openly said that the only player he liked was the one he bought, Summerville? That must have been motivating for the rest of the new players. You'd have thought he'd learned that lesson when he said Snodgrass was shit.

By the way, where IS Summerville? Has Sullivan fucked him to death?

Anyway, here we go again panic buying at the arse end of the window. Let's see how clever he really is waiting so long. I expect to see a couple of £40 million quid Max Kilmans.

Why the fuck did I renew?

Considering he was ahead of Fernandes and he still hasn’t been announced there’s clearly something not right, whether it goes through or not

kylay wrote: ↑29 Aug 2025, 15:04 Completing parts 4 and 7 of the medical but definitely will be announced today in what has been a model of efficiency and not at all an unnecessarily protracted, bloated process. 

Completing parts 4 and 7 of the medical but definitely will be announced today in what has been a model of efficiency and not at all an unnecessarily protracted, bloated process. 

goose wrote: ↑29 Aug 2025, 11:16 Another embarrassing episode for Chutney Ferret 

Another embarrassing episode for Chutney Ferret 

Signing confirmed by Sullivan to ExWHU..."He has signed".

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑28 Aug 2025, 13:37

Swiss. wrote: ↑28 Aug 2025, 13:36 6' 2' box top box midfielder. Just what need. 

This isn't happening now mate.

Failed medical.

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑28 Aug 2025, 11:17

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑27 Aug 2025, 17:14 Hearing that he’s failed the medical.

Prob explains why we've gone all in for Fernandes.

Jean-Luc Paul Goddard" wrote: ↑28 Aug 2025, 16:15

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑28 Aug 2025, 15:21 Sully declared himself defacto director of football months ago when we binned off Steidten...getting these deals done has been his responsibility since then.

Macaulay is essentially head of talent identification. If deals are for players we've identified for months and are only just getting done, that's always been on the dwarf.

The thing with this though, it's not like you identify a player and just go out and buy him for his RRP like at a shop. There has to be constant weighing up of how much you're willing to pay and any amount over an initial bid may impact on who else can come in, depending on the budget restraints.

Potter has already stated that he wanted Macauley to act as a conduit so he doesn't have to have conversations about recruitment and can focus on tactics, training, etc. That means that even when we finally make an initial approach that there's a constant back and forth relay running between Potter, Macauley and Sullivan on our side as well as the selling club, the player and his agent on the other. This is one of the reasons that it works better and certainly faster to have a Director of Football who both makes the recruitment decisions and handles all the negotiations.