West Ham Rumours

16 Apr 2019 20:12:36
Sky Sports saying we've been offered Dzeko.

16 Apr 2019 21:12:19
Utter madness if we do go for him. Roma want far too much for him, (£20M according to some reports) he'll want silly wages (£165k a week's been banded about fcol!? ) and at 33 what value is there in signing him?

He'd only ever be a short term fix at best and we'd have to finish something like 2nd as opposed to our usual 11-15th in the league and win a cup just to cover in prize money what we'd have spent on him - and with the best will in the world Edin Dzeko alone just ain't going to make that happen!

Surely it makes much more sense to sign a younger player who will still have value in 3,4 or 5 years time?

16 Apr 2019 23:16:30
Well said Billy, hopefully no more sticking plasters.

17 Apr 2019 06:53:21
Agree entirely with Dzeko comment, these agent / players are such greedy b———-s, all trying to get on the The Premiership gravy train👎 I would say yes for £2m and £25k a week or on yer bike, I wish MP would get these prospective pensioners off his radar, he seems to love some of the ones that played under him years ago! We all know the Premiership is a very tough competitive demanding league, it needs players with stamina and pace in all positions to compete, he as a Manager looking at WH hospital beds should see only to well what a waste of time signing has beens or those with historic injury problems!

17 Apr 2019 18:11:41
I have no problem with Dzeko, if he’s FREE and requires no more than £100k per week. He’s rarely injured, guarantees goals and his wage would be funded from Carroll leaving, therefore I think it’s a goer.

17 Apr 2019 18:35:09
Mark, the only problems are, he wants £165k, plus obviously he’s now 33 and the Premiership is tougher from when he was playing in it!

18 Apr 2019 18:39:51
Dzeko now decided he wants to stay where he is, think he wants an easy life in Italy rather than the tough spotlight of the Premiership, so just as well we didn’t sign another player that wants an easy life on huge wages!

18 Apr 2019 22:40:06
What about a straight swop Chico for Shelvey.

19 Apr 2019 10:52:23
Surely we need to aim higher than Shelvy? Ok player. but is he someone that will change out team massively? I'm not too sure.

20 Apr 2019 08:19:47
See we’ve upped our bid apparently for Medel to £7.7m, am I the only one that is thinking Husillos and MP are far to blinkered in their recruitment policy, Medel approaching 33, Chilean! That’s not cheap for me, experienced yes, but for the bloody Premiership, how many more £7/ 8m’s are we going to throw away on players that are simply not good enough for the Premiership and are short term patch up jobs that will end up on the treatment table picking up their £70k weekly!

20 Apr 2019 19:35:23
Exactly. When you spend those 7 mil plus wages on these players who will never really play . adds up.

14 Apr 2019 16:05:14
I see you lot are having a fantastic season after spending millions in the summer, a few more wins and you could be pushing 10th place 😁.

14 Apr 2019 20:51:29
The women’s team have given us something to look forward to at least.
Another season resigned to believing we should be doing better. At least there were a few decent performances thrown in there I suppose.
Can’t be spending much more I reckon and that’s probably a good thing given our recruitment history.

15 Apr 2019 07:42:33
Bucky, think you are a bit harsh on our Saturday performance, it was the best we have played since I can remember imo! We played with great energy and cannot fault anybody for lack of effort, Masuaku who has taken some real stick had a great game, no he can’t defend but he can fly down the flank with some decent crosses, so that’s his position for me in every game! can only say, it is Pellegrini’s first season, you have to get to know the team you have inherited, then assess what you have. I agree he made some awful signings imo but also some really good ones. Several were signed in desperation just to make up the squad numbers which I can understand! Sorry but can’t get enthusiastic about Women’s football, would rather cut my garden grass🤣 We need to recruit younger fitter signings, the oldies are knackered and can take longer to recover from knocks, yes they will cost more but we need a team than can sustain Premiership status and even more!

15 Apr 2019 10:07:06
Let’s hope we take points of off your lot meaning u miss out on champions league.

15 Apr 2019 11:05:17
Don’t worry we will it’s what we do! Anyone for lasagne :)

15 Apr 2019 18:11:04
Oh don’t get me wrong Chelmsford. Saturday was one of the positive performances I was speaking of. Whilst the result was not positive I believe that performance is more of what it is to be a West Ham. A very good effort after weeks of failing to achieve those standards against teams around us. Then failing to pull it off due in part to luck not being on our side. It’s classic West Ham and I loved it.

Masuaku I like and hope he finds his from from the first season under Bilic when he seemed to play so free and with more confidence. It’s up to the manager to get him performing again.

16 Apr 2019 23:21:48
quietly happy that people are starting to see the positive with Masuaku :-)

08 Apr 2019 17:11:57
Antonio dead leg keeps him out of tonight’s match squad.

08 Apr 2019 19:14:08
I would like to diop start over ogbonna.

06 Apr 2019 07:53:44
Spuds are reported to be willing to sell Trippier, he'd sort our right side out.

06 Apr 2019 11:40:43
I can’t see any deals between the clubs. Too much bad blood.

07 Apr 2019 14:24:31
There was a lot of talk about Trippier joining us a few years back before he became a regular first team spud I seem to remember he being seen in a few hostelleries with a few of our lads.

08 Apr 2019 10:04:31
Trippier would be a great addition for us, but yes unfortunately with the hostile feeling between the clubs that won’t happen! I am obviously not privy to all the reasons for the bad blood between us, apart from being rival capital clubs, but am aware that Levy tried to block us from getting the London Stadium but so did others at the time!

08 Apr 2019 10:54:49
There are many reasons Jermaine to the animosity. 😏.

08 Apr 2019 14:46:17
Yeah, Levy hates us for some reason. The Adebayor stuff probably didn't help either.

{Ed002's Note - Spurs tend to over value sales which make them very difficult to deal with. But WHU maintain a serious interest in Mahlon Romeo and I expect they will follow it up.}

08 Apr 2019 15:28:44
Defo!

03 Apr 2019 13:21:31
According to one report, personal terms have been agreed with Gary Medel?

{Ed002's Note - Certainly WHU made enquiries in early December and I appreciate Sanchez is injured - but he will be available next season. That means the addition of Gary Medel would be a short-term solution if Declan Rice were to leave, which he shouldn't do as he won't get the playing time he gets elsewhere.}

03 Apr 2019 15:21:35
Any truth in us being interested in Dani Olmo?

{Ed002's Note - Dani Olmo was looked at by West Ham last season when Dinamo Zagreb were happy to profiteer with interest from Borussia Dortmund, Crystal Palace, West Ham, Cagliari and most noticably Milan. They wanted too much and he is spending the season in Zagreb. I am not aware of any renewal of interest but given previous interest, it would not be a surprise.}

03 Apr 2019 19:19:44
Thanks ed.

04 Apr 2019 12:40:25
great feedback Ed002, thanks!

05 Apr 2019 09:36:59
Cheers Ed_002, voice of reason as always - really appreciate your input.
Just out of interest, do you know if there is likely to be interest in Arnautovic/ Perez? Assuming Carroll will go as well?

{Ed002's Note - Arnautovic has obviously disrupted West Ham's season with the issues he caused in January. Right now I am not aware of any interest in him, although his brother may well still be talking to the Chinese - I don't know. Again, I am not aware of interest in Perez. Regardless, West Ham need to sort out the forwards and get settled. I am told that the club think that Xande Silva has a great future and hope to give him opportunities in the first team when fit. As we have discussed, in addition to the December and January flirting with Maxi Gomez, the club has looked at the likes of Said Benrahma, Edin Dzeko and Max Kruse but there is a risk with each due to experiance or age. However, Aleksandar Mitrovic is a now realistic target and very much the Andy Carroll type player - but there will be a lot of competion - time to talk with Fulham.}

06 Apr 2019 02:47:45
Arnie seems to be playing like a guy that doesn’t want to be there and has fallen out with team mates and club. His problem is that if he wants away unless he picks up his game no-one will want him. Our problem is we have him an improved contract which we will have to keep paying with his value dropping based on his performances.

08 Apr 2019 10:42:09
Cheers Ed002, as normal you have got through the waffle :-)
Interesting about xande too, I quite like him as a player and would only require us to buy one and keep one if he gets promoted which would be a touch.