West Ham Rumours

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04 Aug 2020 14:18:41
We appear to be in advanced negotiations for the £18m capture of Martin Braithwaite from Barcelona, with Anderson reported in talks with Lazio for a £30m return.
Braithwaite is a centre forward, which I assume signals the end of Haller.

{Ed002's Note - I am not so sure that he would be an upgrade on Heller - and he is 29.}

04 Aug 2020 14:30:21
I thought the Braithwaite ship had sailed and we were no longer interested, I don’t know too much about him, I know he had a spell at Middlesbrough and he didn’t exactly set the world on fire there, he’s also 29 so surely he would only be a squad player, I think I would put the £18m towards someone else personally.

04 Aug 2020 15:08:12
Current market value for Braithwaite is apparently £8.55m! Reported fee is £18m I know he’s 29, but at least he’s had experience over here albeit with ‘ Boro, but so was Adama Traore, who wouldn’t want him in their side? Unfortunately does it mean because he’s with Barcelona his fee doubles or triples in market value? I know a poster on here sometimes mentioned Braithwaite as a target a couple of seasons ago, but can’t remember who it was or if he was serious or not!

04 Aug 2020 18:36:40
Why are we even going for him? And paying more than what baraca paid. Its a joke. He's 29 and shouldn't even be on our radar.

04 Aug 2020 18:38:28
Seen quite a bit about Braithwaite on various sites but thankfully it seems there's nothing to these stories. Awful player, massively overhyped and worth about £8.50 not £18M. He was less than bang average at 'Boro and would be a worse signing for us than Zaza was.

04 Aug 2020 20:27:59
Really hope so. If we do sign him for 18 then I've lost faith in DM. I thought our new approach was the buy young hungry players.

04 Aug 2020 20:28:27
18 could get eze or money towards benhrama or a lb.

04 Aug 2020 21:03:10
I don't believe this story at all. he's not even worth 8 million in this market. Hope it's not true.

04 Aug 2020 10:23:28
Arsenal fan informed me he heard we are after Iwobi at Everton, connection is right for DM, asked the fan his opinion, he said "rubbish" that's why we got rid of him! But it's about opinions, but he did go to every home game? He cost Everton £28m, that's a lot for a rubbish player, so Everton would need to take a hit on that fee if we were interested, but would prefer to see that go towards a striker that can score goals, Iwobi scored 15 in 149 games at Arsenal!

02 aug 2020 14:54:35
if we are talking seriously about transfers that west ham could do this summer, and in areas of the pitch we need improving. we are talking eze from q. p. r, £10m + hugill. we are talking matty cash from forest for £10-12m. soucek for £15m looks a solid addition. i'm not sure there would be much more available than that. moyes has a good record in the transfer market. this would represent a good window in my view.

03 Aug 2020 12:25:59
No LB?

Add manning and or antonee Robinson to that.

03 Aug 2020 14:44:41
Can you think of a LB available for decent money? I couldn't, unless Ben Johnson can play there.

{Ed002's Note - Antonee Robinson (LWB) was due to move to Milan in January as the replacement for Ricardo Rodriguez who was on a loan to by deal with PSV. He would have been signed if a heart issue was not found which left Milan with no back up to Theo Hernandez, Now PSV don't want the player and need Milan need to sell RR before looking again at AR - but RR is less than keen on moving to Trabzonspor in Turkey. There is a further complication in that a new coach has arrived in Milan. David Moyes who had the player at Everton as a youngster wants to take him to West Ham.}

04 Aug 2020 20:57:31
Thanks ed very informative. Mike I think both manning and robinson could be available at a decent fee especially with Wigan being relegated.

Also perhaps we can do business with Hugill going in the opposite direction.

02 Aug 2020 06:07:39
We are stuck with what we have, for eg. who would buy Haller he cost 45mil and on 70 grand aweek the days of big transfers are gone due to the virus.
If their is a second wave of the virus i think a lot of lower leagues clubs will fold and a big collapse in the football transfer market.
We will have to wait and see if i'm right or wrong What do u think lads.

02 Aug 2020 08:40:34
Bideford, it looks that way at the moment, but when I read BBC Football gossip text each morning, I still see silly fees like £70/ £80m figures still mentioned, but they are mainly foreign players with tags on them from those always in the CL, PSG, Real, Barcelona etc! But us clubs outside the elite in the Premiership, notably us will as you say be stuck with our big earners that haven’t give any clubs an incentive to want to buy them, unless it’s at a massive loss?

02 Aug 2020 10:07:22
Someone may take Haller for £30m, not sure about Anderson. £15m possibly.

02 Aug 2020 10:24:14
I don’t think there will be much player movement this window. The “big” clubs might have some interchanges, but the rest of us - not so much.

I think the team we played for the final matches and the way we played are good enough for comfortable PL survival next season.

I know there’s been loads of chatter about our full backs, an ageing Noble and not enough goals up front, but how bad would you feel if we started the first game of the season with the side we finished this one with?

02 Aug 2020 11:27:14
Markro, I would be more than pleased to start with the team we finished with this season, I said after watching our games, we haven’t missed any of our expensive imports, only trouble is we need Antonio hopefully to keep injury free if possible as he’s been our spearhead up front! Would like to see another with him but already with Premiership / Championship experience to help out! We.

02 Aug 2020 14:31:52
It's all well and good selling players to free up funds but doesn't the club still owe somewhere in the region of £60M from previous transfer dealings?

I'd imagine that figure would have to be drastically reduced before they could even consider bringing in reinforcements.

I know it's not an unusual practice for a club to owe large amounts over transfers (Man Utd £170M for example) but with the board pleading poverty I have a feeling our transfer dealings this summer will be very limited, if any at all.

31 Jul 2020 05:37:36
Morning guys, John Stones being linked today, he's worked with Moyes before at Everton?

31 Jul 2020 13:18:36
Stevie, don’t think he really fulfilled his potential that he showed at Everton when he went to City? But makes sense with the DM link especially when he wasn’t an automatic choice at City and has only had 16 appearances in all competitions this season! Arsenal also interested apparently. A figure of £20m being mentioned!

31 Jul 2020 18:44:59
I’d take Stones. He’s only 26 and Moyse could really bring him on and work on ironing out those errors he’s become known for. He is handy at bringing it out from the back, drawing the opposition front line and creating midfield space behind.

I’m not sure where the money would come from, though. Reports are we haven’t got any and need to sell to buy.

31 Jul 2020 22:16:26
Think Stones would be an excellent buy. With Rice, Soucek and Bowen we’d have the foundations of a pretty good 11.

31 Jul 2020 22:23:51
STONES if he is 26 then €20 million from CITY they will ask for treble that and that's if he's available he's got CHAMPS LEAGUE FOOTY why would he come to us that's a million on that happening. COYI.

01 Aug 2020 10:06:11
I suppose it depends on what he’s been told by Guardiola. If City buy this window to cover his position, maybe the writing’s on the wall.

Is he interested in playing, or a bench warming bank balance?

{Ed002's Note - He is available.}

01 Aug 2020 17:53:48
No brainer. Great buy.

01 Aug 2020 18:30:12
Personally I think it would be a good buy he’s a great player that hasn’t had the look in at city. But, is there any truth in it? Or has it come out of the sun or mirror or sky lol.

01 Aug 2020 17:25:51
Thx, Ed002.