West Ham Rumours

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28 Apr 2021 22:23:19
Arnautovic linked with a return. Why am I not surprised?

03 May 2021 23:14:52
we have been linked with everyone and his dog nothing i see online or in the press surprises me.

05 May 2021 20:33:52
Well as stated we are and have been linked with a lot of players but for me only one stands out and the only one that has played in the premiership who scores regular is Abraham. If we can't afford him then look for someone in the lower leagues but don't get anyone who hasn't
played in any of our leagues. Learn from our past mistakes with overseas players. If we qualify for Europe we need another centre forward to complement Micky so make your mind up board if u want to play with the big boys find the money for Moyes
Also a priority is get Lingard in,
What do the rest of u guys think?

06 May 2021 08:43:54
Have to ask why Abraham isn't getting into the Chelsea side whilst Werner isn't scoring goals. Would love to hear from Chelsea fans what they think of him

He can obviously score goals but is their an attitude problem.


We have a great dressing room at the moment wouldn't like to see that change.

06 May 2021 11:32:58
Mercerl, if you look at the stats, Abraham and Giroud both score more goals than Werner, but they don't create anywhere near as many chances for their team mates. in that stat alone, Werner is in a league of his own when compared to the other two.

06 May 2021 14:08:45
It is to do with Style of play. Tammy does not have the attributes to play in a Tuchel team, just like Haller was not suited to the style of play WHU had to play.
At PSG Tuchel had Neymar, Di Maria and Mbappe, while at Chelsea he clearly prefers a combo of Werner, Haevertz, Pulisic and Zyech with Mount in behind them. Abraham and Giroud both stand out as completely different types of player to the other mentioned. He clearly likes thee quick and technical players up front as they are quite a conservative team who are set out not to concede.
This is why i am not 100% sold on Tammy. Very expensive numbers being touted about for him, and he may not be ideal.

{Ed002's Note - It is nothing to do with style of play.}

14 Apr 2021 20:22:36
I've seen a couple of reports saying West Ham are in pole position to sign Celtic striker, Edouard?

15 Apr 2021 07:58:43
If you read hammers. news they publish 3rd party reports that link us with everyone lol.

Hypothetical though: would you swap Rice for Lingard and Dean Henderson if Man Utd came calling?

{Ed077's Note - Dean Henderson has seemingly become first choice at Man Utd so why would they offer him as part of a deal for Rice?

15 Apr 2021 08:12:50
Stevie, rumours are everywhere as we know, I dislike them until a deal is done so try to ignore, but sometimes you there may be some some truth or hope not!
Edouard has played for Rogers at Celtic, so they know each other, so providing Rogers rated him, surely that puts Leicester in pole position, but situations and circumstances change, but I wouldn’t be unhappy with him going by his goal scoring record!
More worryingly for me on BBC gossip today, it says, Lingard is undecided about whether to return to ManU, also Rice is considering ManU as well!
Well if that’s the case, Poor DM must wonder what he has to do to retain our most influential players and hope it doesn’t unsettle our other signings if that was to happen! ⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒.

{Ed077's Note - why would you worry about anything on the BBC gossip page? It is just the collection of transfer headlines/rumours in other rags, don't lose much sleep over them.

15 Apr 2021 10:15:04
Ed077. Oh they wouldn’t offer Henderson but that would be my hypothetical price for Rice.

{Ed077's Note - personally I dont see Rice leaving WHU this summer with European footy looking very very likely for WHU (IMO). And nor do I think he should if WHU get to Europe.}

15 Apr 2021 20:31:20
Agree Ed, if we are able to close out the season well and make Europe, even if only the Europa League, I can see him staying. He would get to play in Europe, would be playing in a team which is hopefully still improving and will attract some new players, and will be captain. But mostly unless it all turns back to a relegation struggle why would he leave London to live in Manchester?

{Ed077's Note - agreed on most part. Cant comment London or Manchester conundrum.}

24 Apr 2021 22:54:13
If rice is a west ham player next season i would be truly astounded i really believe he would be atrracting all the top clubs in europe and at home with personally UTD and CHELSEA favourites as fred and co ain't up to it and besides kante chelsea are light in that department but he'd get in any of the top german spanish and english clubs he's that good and if we accept anything less than 80 million then we are crazy even in the current climate.

08 Apr 2021 20:59:45
with mikael antonio being ruled out for 4-6 weeks meaning we play with a false 9 or jarrod bowen leads the line with so much at stake is it worth looking at taking a look at a uncontracted player short term deal with some good bonuses subject to them being in a good fitness state sturridge/ costa might be worth a cheeky punt also puts the player back in the window.

08 Apr 2021 22:19:28
I don’t think any would be able to hit the ground running. Perhaps get Lingard in the false 9 role and rotate it during matches with Bowen, maybe even, dare I say it, Benrahma.

09 Apr 2021 13:36:26
whats the worse thing that could happen if they come and train with us at least gives dm/ ai a chance to have a look at there fitness levels gives us a different option some players do keep them selves in good condition.

05 Apr 2021 12:05:31
Declan out for 2 Games with knee injury so one assumes Noble comes in he's going to have to be at his best.

05 Apr 2021 14:06:31
We have been very lucky with Rice/ Soucek fitness, but this is a real blow
and highlights how desperately we need CM back up like Kral.

05 Apr 2021 17:53:53
Could Coufal play in midfield alongside Soucek with Johnson at right back, Coufal gets forward and knows how to defend and has got the legs to go 90mins unlike Noble?

05 Apr 2021 21:42:02
Here we go again 3-0 up and now 3-2.

06 Apr 2021 12:46:43
Do you ever have anything positive to write?
Every hammers fan on here may have been fearing the worse when it went to 3.1 but the fact we held on and by all accounts were very good in the first half, should be something to be pleased about. I just feel some people just can’t wait to knock us and whilst I don’t think everything Moysie has done has been great he has helped put this club back on the map and I’m sick of whinging hammers. I’m sure if we won the league you would still be moaning.

06 Apr 2021 22:41:32
its noble or the youngster coventry whom a few of the staff have been raving the fact he ain't even made the bench surprises me.

16 Mar 2021 17:23:43
Hi chaps, I know we've been saying about maybe signing a keeper, would it be worth keeping an eye on Sam Johnson at WBA, especially if they get relegated, do you think he's good enough?

20 Mar 2021 20:26:30
Personally I’d rather see us go for players with a winning mentality. I think Soucek and Coufal have been excellent additions and their pedigree as winners (albeit a lesser league), has really shone through. Ondrej Kolar would be my number one choice. 77 clean sheets in 142 games at Slavia Prague. Obviously this would be dependent on him recovering from the fractured skull he got in the Rangers game.

24 Mar 2021 16:40:35
He'd have been my first choice as well. He's flown under the radar a bit but I'd not be at all surprised to see one of the usual big European club suspects to be sniffing around once he's recovered.

26 Mar 2021 03:56:01
Our main agenda in the summer is keeping RICE and SOUCEK as I truly believe there will be big bids for both so sort that future problem and then I think an attacker a goalkeeper and another holding midfielder and we will give anybody a challenging game.

28 Mar 2021 17:15:25
with a lot of clubs have limited funds due C.V. 19 and lack of spectators I've seen post saying we have between 40-50 mill to spend plus what DM generates from sales anderson lanzini amongst a couple of others who maybe are on there way out, what's required 2 strikers DM cover for RB and if funds are available GK to challenge for top spot don't think that will happen in this window. good chance to also bring through the youngters.