West Ham Transfer Rumours

01 Aug 2026 16:32:30
Magdeburg game today showed we have no pace or quality and when we have the ball no target men up front.

We need 2 or 3 quality midfielders and at least 2 strikers with pace.

And I must admit, with 55 years as a West Ham fan through thick and thin. Nuno worries me.


I can't see a game plan where we want to dominate teams which we should be. He has such a negative approach to not losing rather than wanting to win.

And clearly, we need 5 or 6 signings and we need them Now!!! Not in 3 weeks, not at the end of the window, Now!!

01 Aug 2026 17:15:17
Absolutely. We were piss poor. I'm afraid our youngsters are just not up to scratch. Orford did nothing, lost the ball a lot, and looks lightweight. Scarles offers no threat. I like Kante, but he was bad today. Lamadrid was ok.

Zero pace in that team, especially if Diouf goes. Very worrying indeed.

01 Aug 2026 20:00:59
Yeah, not a fan of Nuno's tactics. I remember watching a video a while back on them, and I vaguely remember the person analysing his tactics, and it was about how he tries to control the game without the ball.

Said before I don't think 442 suits our players either. Pablo again not involved much; times where he could have taken a touch, laid it off, but decided to take 3 or 4 more, then has to go back. Honestly, think JWP might be quicker as we.

Lamadrid had quite a lot of the ball in good positions but didn't really do anything with it. I think Earthy, in the same situations, would have made better use of it, but he's barely been given a chance. Wouldn't be surprised if he's pushed to the door by Nuno despite not getting a real chance.

Kante I thought was good today, but he was awful against Rangers. Despite his size, he's not a defensive midfielder, more of an 8.



Orford, from what I can recall, only gave the ball away once. Other than that, he seemed to keep things simple and always made himself available for the pass.

With Potts looking likely to go, I think we are only left with one proper ball winner in there in Magassa, and he hasn't even played yet.

I fear at some point we will end up with JWP, Soucek and Pablo on the pitch at the same time. We assembled probably one of the slowest teams in the Prem; we might end up with one of the slowest in the Championship at this rate.

Any players we sign now I doubt will be starting in our first few games. Nuno will probably favour the players he's worked with in preseason, like how when he first came in and played the likes of Irving and Soucek in midfield for a couple games. Wasted points that could have kept us up. We have a tough start also.

01 Aug 2026 16:27:20
WH have enquired Troy Parrot AZ Cf. Tbh, personally don’t see this can’t be a budget buy, and unfortunately this is where WH are looking.

01 Aug 2026 19:14:12
To be honest, with all this going on around selling shares in the club, I wanna know who is actually gonna take the lead and make moves in the transfer market?

01 Aug 2026 16:23:06
Who now owns WH football club, answer no one. Kretinsky will either have to match and buy the gold shares, and become the largest stake holder, or settle into investment mode, do nothing, let Staveley make a deal with Smith first, then move onto Sullivan, which will be no birthday party.

Finally, Kretinsky, if he doesn’t move, will either retain his shares and watch on, or in turn sell on to Staveley making them the owners.



Personally I don’t think Staveley people have the 6 /7 hundred million, it will take to buy WH.


In the meantime what about the football? No question this is going g to impact at the wrong time.


Two weeks today who will be running the club?
Despite endless talk no purchases to date. Could be a complete mess.

01 Aug 2026 11:41:37
Moore turned us down as he and his family are all Millwall fans I believe.

01 Aug 2026 11:59:58
That's silly, sorry Corby.

01 Aug 2026 16:53:00
Maybe, but this is what I heard. Joyful, could you play for Millwall back in the day, being a Hammer? No way I would have.

01 Aug 2026 17:28:17
Players are professional people, or you would hope so. My brother supports this one, my aunt supports someone else, cmon my mate, WH just passed on it, no known reason. On top of that, we are desperate for players. Now, for me a mistake, too late anyway. Regards.

01 Aug 2026 09:33:30
Potts looks like he could be away 10m.

So we have a homegrown player that supports West Ham and has experience in the Championship that has also shown on his day he can hold his own at Prem level.



Potentially being replaced by a player that some would consider a fairly average player at Celtic for 25m playing in a worse league than the Championship?

Feels like a mistake to me.

01 Aug 2026 10:52:52
Different players. AI Engels is far better technically than Potts, we should be keeping Potts and signing Engels. You say a league far worse than the Championship, and there are many on here saying we have by far the best team in the Championship. How did we get on against Rangers? I'll admit that there isn't the depth in that league, but Celtic would more than hold their own in the Championship.





Also don't forget Celtic are in the Champions League, so it's not just about the Scottish Premiership, Van Dijk, Tierney, Edouard and now Maeda have all transferred to PL clubs and are currently still playing in the PL (of course we don't know how Maeda will get on, but you get my point).

Engels and Hatate would be good signings, I think.

01 Aug 2026 11:08:08
Apologies, Tierney is back at Celtic now.

01 Aug 2026 11:30:34
Overall, the league is worse apart from Celtic and Rangers, who I said in a below post I think would challenge for play-off places. Hopefully there is something in the data that suggests he will be more than capable in the Championship for 25m; you'd expect him to be the best midfielder there?

I get that they are different types of players, we are missing someone that can progress the ball, so hopefully he can do that.

If Potts goes, then we need to hope Magassa doesn't try to force his way out, or we will be left short of a ball winner, something Potts showed he's more than capable of in the Championship.

If the window closed tomorrow, we'd still have no left wing, only 2 senior CBs, and no creative midfielders.

So I'm not of the mindset we have by far the best team in the Championship. Yes, we have some players that are too good for the Championship, but they can't do it all on their own, and our squad is far from ready for the Championship, in my opinion.

I think we should have already signed a couple proven Championship players and integrated them into the squad.

Ex was reporting that we have agreed personal terms with quite a few players, and it's just a case of agreeing a fee with the club, similar to what's happened with Engels. Time will tell, just need to get a move on. A slow transfer window cost us points last season that maybe could have kept us up, let's not let it now cost us promotion.

01 Aug 2026 11:49:15
I would prefer to keep Potts and get shot of Magassa, as I think he has many a yellow and red card in him, and he seems a little erratic. Sometimes he looks really good, sometimes shocking. I don't think either of them gets on with Nuno.
Robbo, I don't think even the most ultra positive fan on here thinks we currently have the best side. imo I think many thought we had the basis of a decent side, and some players decided to stay, but most would have expected some new acquisitions to have come in over the last 6 weeks.

Probably not as good as we've lost, but decent. But, as we have seen, nothing has transpired. So, if things don't change by September at the latest, the dark clouds will descend.

01 Aug 2026 15:36:50
I don't understand how it's taken all summer to decide Engels is the midfielder we need???

Of all the players available, and he is the special one at £25m? Come on, there are better and cheaper options for God's sake.

Great performance today against mighty Magdeburg.

01 Aug 2026 09:28:09
Freddie Potts to Bruges for £10.2m.

01 Aug 2026 15:38:49
What players have Brugge got that we can have?

At this rate, how many midfielders will we need? Potts going, Irving went, Soucek long-term injured, Fernandes sold. The list is getting longer and longer!!!

31 Jul 2026 22:03:05
George Ilekhana, Al Itihad, young CF can come to WH loan with option, no idea what he’s like?

31 Jul 2026 21:58:51
Transfer puzzle, Fernandes was transferred to Spurs, as part of the deal, Spurs said we can have Mikey
Moore, left winger, hot prospect for a season dry loan.

Good young prospect, West Ham said no thanks, WH now after Morgan Whittaker. Boro may let him leave because they are trying to make a deal for Mikey Moore!

Am I missing something here?

31 Jul 2026 22:34:11
Id be happy with Whitaker, to be honest. Joyful. Him and Bowen on the wings would add a good goal threat from either flank. He seems like a good profile of player we should be after.

I must admit I don't know much about Moore.

31 Jul 2026 22:44:20
I don't disagree, but there are 46 games plus cup outings, so in reality 2 players are needed for each position. A good dry loan is perfect for West Ham, that's my thoughts. Who's second choice on the left Cornet?

31 Jul 2026 23:07:29
I agree with the loan market, Joyful. Some good players available at Championship level from the big boys. Yes, we need squad depth. I think Cornet could have a part to play this year, as he can play LW, LB, and through the middle, but due to his injury record, I wouldn't rely on him.

It sounds like it's either Moore or Whitaker from your post? Whitaker is decent at Championship level, so I'd go for him out of the 2.

01 Aug 2026 07:35:53
West Ham turned down Moore for reasons unknown. He is a future prospect.

01 Aug 2026 08:36:24
We need players for now to get us out of this league and Whittaker knows this league more than Moore. 🤷

01 Aug 2026 15:39:52
I honestly have absolutely no idea what on earth we are doing regarding transfers anymore, and what the policy is!!!

31 Jul 2026 21:30:35
What has happened with Kretensky buying more shares to be majority shareholder? About 6 weeks ago we heard he was going to buy some of Vanessa Golds, but now Amanda Stavely is set to bid for them, has Kretensky changed his mind?

31 Jul 2026 22:29:46
Kretinsky is involved with two or three big businesses. And his football club in the Czech Republic, I don’t think he ever wanted to own West Ham, it’s his only loss maker at present.

It was a long-term, small investment for him. He’s probably happy to revert to his holdings. He might, however, take some of Sullivan's shares if Staveley negotiates for them.

31 Jul 2026 16:58:56
Soucek, as you know the player is in his last year of contract. He is not ready to return for a while yet.

The player is happy to leave as a free agent at season's end. No clubs are interested whilst he’s injured.

He’s wanted back in Czech by Slavia, this is a matter for WH to sort out.

31 Jul 2026 19:57:03
Wouldn't be surprised to see him leave considering his injury.

31 Jul 2026 16:10:19
Morgan Whittaker Middlesbrough forward on the radar.

31 Jul 2026 16:43:02
Good player, goal-scoring winger. Think we were linked to him when he was at Plymouth.

31 Jul 2026 16:50:04
Yup joins the other 20 possibles! It’s basically a question of who wants to come, how much they cost, and if there’s higher-rung opportunities elsewhere?

31 Jul 2026 17:41:41
I think Celtic have already refused 25 million from Premiership side Forest. I know nothing about negotiating, but I think I now understand why we haven't managed to buy anyone yet. Absolutely ridiculous. I did hear on another site that we were very close on cost, maybe not?

31 Jul 2026 18:14:29
WH, not close enough. Celtic will probably take the money if we match their price, but we need to push the boat out or move on, one or the other. Pay up or pass on the player, end of story.

31 Jul 2026 18:14:41
I think the 25m was what they rejected in January, if reports are to be believed.

Apparently we bid 18m for Engels and will be returning with another bid. Maybe we can meet in the middle, 21-22m.

25m is expensive imo; probably better available for that kind of money, but I suppose the problem is getting them in the Championship.



Also seems to get mixed reviews from Celtic fans.

Can't be much in it between Scottish Prem and Championship?

31 Jul 2026 19:39:58
Iron.Al, Championship is streets ahead of SPL. Genuinely a significant gap in quality.

31 Jul 2026 19:57:31
Who aren't we interested in?

31 Jul 2026 21:43:12
That's my worry, IronGeez. I think Celtic and Rangers squads probably get in the play-offs. But overall the Championship is a lot more competitive.

So, 20-25m, same as what Hackney went for, seems a lot. Engels could turn out an average Championship midfielder for that kind of money. I'd be expecting him to have the potential to step into the prem.

31 Jul 2026 16:02:11
Doesn’t seem like a lot has changed, we’ve agreed personal terms with Engels but haven’t agreed a fee with Celtic, what’s going on? 🤷

31 Jul 2026 16:47:16
Look below.

31 Jul 2026 15:52:08
Appears Desasi is available for £13 Million. Surely that's got to be a no brainer for West Ham. Player gets to staying London so winvwoincall arpund.

31 Jul 2026 16:46:45
West Ham agreed a deal for Disasi four weeks ago. He didn't want to play in the Championship. It's not over yet, just maybe?

31 Jul 2026 16:52:25
Fingers crossed it's the best move for him, then we can build around players like that if/when we get promoted.

31 Jul 2026 15:44:10
WH are a mile below Celtic request for Engels, the Scots are looking for circa 25 m WH bid around £18 m bid knocked back, but will WH be back?
They need to move, prem clubs are watching, we have the money, no excuses. Unless there’s a better target, in midfield there’s plenty players, but are any as good for that money as Engels?

31 Jul 2026 13:01:14
Mac, Egan Riley deal Todibo.
On paper, maybe, Egan Riley is much less value than Todibo, whichever way you go.

Marseille are underfunded, one against the other P/ex if you like is a possibility. Marseille would still pay off the rest over 2/3 years. No lump sums.

Egan Riley is ok; he’s no Disasi, he’s better than Killman (who isn’t), but nowhere near Mavrapanos.

31 Jul 2026 15:59:01
Thanks, Joyful, much appreciated. The thinking is, we get Tobido off our books, his wages and attitude, and bring in another cb with better attitude, less wages, and he is a harder worker.