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09 Jul 2019 22:59:42
Hey Ed. Was your comment about Borja Iglesias based in rumblings or murmours you've heard or of solid interest on West Ham's part you know about?
Others who have club sources stating a number of names definitely not coming, and it sounding like Marega and one other mystery named player in the frame (and you're the onky one to have put Borja Iglesias in the frame) .
Cheers.
{Ed002's Note - This is what I have said:
Maxi Gomez (S) First choice and needs to be resolved
Salomon Rondon (S) Need to push now given the uncertainty at Newcastle
Callum Wilson (S) emerging interest as Gomez is looking difficult
Duvan Zapata (S) - the player was not keen on a move to West Ham in January and the €50M asking price has already scared off Newcastle and Inter Milan - WHU could return but I doubt he would be viable, certainly not at the asking price.
Moussa Marega (S) looking for a move to the PL with interest from Wolves, West Ham and Leicester - interest of Aston Villa has gone after signing Wesley.
Aleksandar Mitrovic (S) was a realistic target and very much the Andy Carroll type player - but there is a lot of competition - and WHU did not take the time to talk with Fulham as other clubs are already doing so - he will head elsewhere or opt to stay at Fulham with a one year get out at a low price in case there is no promotion
Borja Iglesias (S) watched by WH playing for Espanyol and an option to Gomez - but Everton are keen
Florian Aye (S) makes little sense
Edin Dzeko (S) - heading elsewhere
Max Kruse (S) - has been watched by West Ham but heading elsewhere
Dario Benedetto (S) is a Plan C for Roma and RBL and suggested WHU move makes no sense given his goals have dried up, his injuries over the past couple of years and he will only be able to get a one year Tier 5 work permit initially.}
1.) 10 Jul 2019 11:07:10
so not much to look forward to then ed haha.
2.) 10 Jul 2019 12:55:05
Thanks for the info Ed (and apologies if I've made you repeat yourself) .
3.) 10 Jul 2019 18:47:55
Haller?
26 Jan 2019 16:29:10
"Sky Sources" stating Gomez deal close with "more to follow".
Interesting times!
1.) 26 Jan 2019 18:45:24
It is interesting if nothing else,
Ed would whu be able to buy Gomez ( or anyone ) and loan back to the same club without needing to make squad space at this time?
{Ed002's Note - I don’t think that is plan.}
2.) 26 Jan 2019 20:34:10
Who in earth would join us after watching this rubbish tonight. Shocking disgraceful performance which just shows how much we need to get rid of lots of players.
3.) 26 Jan 2019 19:11:58
Ed - so dies this mean this is actually real and we could sign him this window?
Or just idle newspaper/ Twitter rubbish?
4.) 26 Jan 2019 21:40:17
Thanks ed,
100% Phil awful throwback to the old days, west ham, v little club? Only one winner.
5.) 26 Jan 2019 21:41:43
Embarrassing! Hernandez, Carroll, Obang clearly have their minds set on playing somewhere other than West Ham! MP got it badly wrong tonght badly wrong .
{Ed0333's Note - I have no idea who caroll thinks he has a hope in hell of playing anywhere else?
6.) 26 Jan 2019 21:48:08
At least we drew the second half. 😳.
7.) 26 Jan 2019 22:16:54
He was trying to impress AFC WIM because that's about his level it's fraud that he's on 100,000 roughly a week he should wear a mask absolute robbery he's gone and must never pull a hammers shirt on again.
{Ed0333's Note - I would rather have Harry redknapp with a dodgy heart up front than Andy Carroll.
8.) 26 Jan 2019 20:12:25
So can you elaborate on your understanding of the 'plan' Ed (novel us having one! )
{Ed002's Note - The plan is to try and buy him.}
06 Jul 2018 08:41:45
So the "rumours" of an "exciting" ex player returning are back on.
Can't see it being Payet. Sakho or Song maybe?
Any clues Mike?
1.) 06 Jul 2018 10:08:43
Tomkins would be my shout!
2.) 06 Jul 2018 11:17:31
Carlton cole obviously haha.
3.) 06 Jul 2018 11:21:40
Sorry mates i wouldn't touch him with a barge pole. We don't need players like him in our club.
05 Jun 2018 22:25:39
Interesting Pellegrini stating in Chile he's trying to get Sullivan to loosen up and sign a "great player" to help with attracting others.
Guessing he's talking about Pastore, though not convinced we should me matching his 190k a week while Lanzini who made the Argie squad over Pastore sits on 35k.
But, the premise that he's aiming high must surely be a good thing.
1.) 05 Jun 2018 23:35:51
Lanzini earns more than 35 pal 😂.
2.) 06 Jun 2018 14:36:48
Hi STUBBO he was on 35,000 he had a wage increase apparently. COYI.
30 Jan 2018 22:43:46
Antonio left out of the squad on disciplinary grounds tonight.
Trouble 't Mill?!
1.) 30 Jan 2018 23:16:19
Bust up with Noble?
2.) 30 Jan 2018 23:19:54
Over inflated ego after all the new contracts Sullivan has given him.
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09 Jun 2025 19:38:48
An unsavoury thought.if we have to sell before we can buy, who can we sell that is going to actually bank roll a rebuild? And how do we shift those that we don't want. At this point, we have quite a few that look largely uncoveted!
Rodriguez
Irving
Mavropanos
Ward Prowse
Areola
Paqueta (owing to court case)
Cornet
Kilman.
We've advertised we're desperate. We've advertised we can't buy until we sell. We've advertised we have cashflow troubles and not a pot to piss in.
All of these make us prone to horribly low ball offers at best, and at worst targets to avoid dealing with to leave us in the rubbish.
The above are our 'unwanted and unloved' largely. None of them look frankly desirable to a suitor. All (Irving aside) are on career high wages. And it's telling we rarely get shot of a player unless it's free at the end of their contracts.
Sullivan has engineered a disasterous dealing position, made us look needy and desperate, and the fabled rebuild is (rightfully) subject to shipping out sub par rubbish we don't want.
The only players it looks like we have that are truly saleable assets are Alvarez, Kudus, and Aguerd. We've been lowballed on Kudus already (**** knows how they think they'll get 70m+ for him). But 50m doesn't finance a rebuild. Aguerd's suitors are already playing the "We'll have him on loan again" angle, as are Cornet's.
This window looks ****ed before it's even started. Potts, Earthy, Marshall, Orford and Casey better have high ceilings.looks like they might well be needed more than we'd like.
1.) 09 Jun 2025 20:30:42
Worst ways. Rodriquez, Mavro, JWP, Cornet, Kudus, Alvarez and Emerson should bring in over 100mil plus the wages this saves. Few freebies and a few take a punt cheapies and that's about it, unless someone finds there is a few millions stuffed down the back of Sully's sofa. After having the same seats since the move to LS, my boys and I have managed to move 24 rows further down the same section (due to my age and disability), when I spoke to both of them they said they were looking forward more to see what the new view was like, rather than the football, Just about sums it up really!
2.) 09 Jun 2025 20:42:20
STUBBO, with your long experience, you have a handle on the situation, according to what I understand, Mavropanos, Cornet and Rodriguez I think will go, but yes we will struggle to get them all gone, and if WH are waiting to sell before they buy, we will get nobody in at all, as our preliminary targets are disappearing, it’s ridiculous, , coupled with this, irregardless of our new data driven technique, it looks like Sullivan does not want to back this manager, the next two weeks will tell the story
3.) 09 Jun 2025 20:50:57
Brilliant post. Exactly how I see it. We're like a farmer going to market with an empty cattle truck. CATTLE TRUCK the very definition of the position we are in.
4.) 09 Jun 2025 21:26:23
We are a just over a week into the transfer window, we have ages to go to shift players and get others in. If we were near the end of the window I would understand all the fuss, but we aren't so I can't!
5.) 11 Jun 2025 13:01:41
I don't think all the fuss is because of the lack of signings although its part of it, I think it's more of the clear indication that the owners are not willing to put money in and show any ambition, people are sick of the lies and the way the club is run. now I can understand wanting to be self sufficient but that would require being savvy in the transfer market which we are not, infact compared to other prem clubs we are awful at it. Penny pinching won't get us out of the mess sullivan has got us in, very risky strategy that could see us relegated.
6.) 11 Jun 2025 18:32:31
All the talk about us being okay under PSR, then another report says we were in the red close to 100mil last year. Sully can't just put money into the club for transfers that isn't how it works. Look at Newcastle, richest owners in the prem yet they had to sell players last season to comply with PSR, why because they cannot just put money into the club for transfers. Look at Chelsea sold their ladies team and 2 hotels to their holding company so they could comply with PSR. This PSR is ruining all clubs, loads have sold their young up a coming players to comply, hopefully we won't have to. All this talk about missed that player and missed that one, who says we were even interested. let's wait to see what happens in the window and then moan if we have to.
7.) 11 Jun 2025 23:28:21
Not sure what report you're referring about the losses. But all reputable sources have said we are nowhere near PSR. We have actually recorded profits because of the Rice money in recent years. Basically the club can lose 105m over the course of 3 years,15m of the club's money the other 90m of losses have to be covered by the owners. The last injection of equity was by kretinsky back in 2021 so it's outside the 3 year PSR window. Basically meaning in the last 3 years our owners have put no money into the club which they are allowed to do without finding loopholes like chelsea. Newcastle owners would have maxed out their allowable spend and must have gone over so that's why they had to sell to be under the acceptable loses. Now previous years have dropped off they can go again and inject money in again.
Our owners could inject money into the club and not sell anyone and we'd be fine under PSR. They would rather sell our better players than put their own money in.
Sullivan used to loan the club money and earn interest from it, but a loan doesn't help with psr it has to be through equity to help with psr. So he'll only do it if it benefits him. It seems to me the ambition quite simply isn't there, the only positive I can think of is that it means potential new owners would have a clean slate to inject money in.
So yeah we could wait for our player sales to go through getting rid of our better players and replace them with our 3rd or 4th choice as all our other targets have gone but that's the owners choosing to do that, it's not because they have their hands tied by psr like they want you to believe and the sooner fans understand that the sooner we can get them out.
8.) 12 Jun 2025 14:34:24
Declan Rice money is split over a few years not 3 like PSR.
9.) 12 Jun 2025 16:17:43
It shows the measure of the man that in the past he loans the club money and fair enough he wants to make a bit of money on it, but not only charges interest but double the Bank of England base rate! Just like a loan shark. He already has millions yet wants to make money on the ‘so called’ club he loves.
Then we can talk about the fact that he has sold our stadium and I think was hoping to get the London stadium for next to nothing . I doubt the government or mayor will fall for that one. But having no stadium of our own I don’t think is a good thing.
The guy is a joke
10.) 12 Jun 2025 17:25:00
@gerry, I'm hoping we are due another installment for Rice in this coming psr window. But I also read that it's earmarked to be paid to the bank as we took out a loan against the future rice payment.
Either way the point i'm making is it's our owners choice to sell our better players rather than inject money in. So they are lying when they tell us they HAVE to sell.
If this coming season is a disaster due to a poor window it's solely down to their incompetence and lack of ambition.
Spot on hammer-D, acting like he's a fan yet he was charging big interest to the club, he values the club at something like 800m to a billion he's going to make a huge profit when he sells up. Yet he still won't invest and show a bit of ambition.
11.) 12 Jun 2025 21:36:43
He won't sell up because he doesn't want to. He can strut around posing as Billy Big Bollocks as he owns the club. Take that away and what is he? An old ex porn baron with a wife who is only with him because of his vast wealth. Don't get me wrong he made his money from an industry him and Gold built and they saved us when we were in deep poo so he deserves some credit. Can't see anyone buying us anytime soon and if they did they would be hindered with PSR the same as Newcastle were. The only reason the barcodes are okay this season is because of CL. Such a shame that the 150+ mil was wasted mostly and the wrong manager was appointed, if we had got it right on both counts we could have been back in Europe again.
12.) 13 Jun 2025 09:49:57
He definitely won't sell up if fans just accept it and believe the lies.
Difference with Newcastle is the owners brought in footballing people and listened to them, all their signings have worked out well.
We have no clear plan and our owners won't invest. We could have got in champions league ourselves but come January because we were safe we didn't invest and try push on.
We have big potential just need to right owners to unlock it.
07 Sep 2020 18:25:26
Rumour doing the rounds Moyes will be out the building (resign) by Friday (as posted by Bill Gardner via a couple of reporters) .
Ed. any substance in this to your knowledge?
Weird he's done no press since the Diangana sale - neither before nor after the "Betway Cup" drubbing by Bournemouth, and he's never skipped his press calls with us.
Thoughts anyone?
{Ed002's Note - I don't know who Bill Gardner is and know nothing of it.}
1.) 07 Sep 2020 22:09:03
He did do press and said he wants to build a team that is not flaky.
17 May 2018 20:57:21
Mike. anything at all you can do to assuage fears and rule out Ranieri?
1.) 17 May 2018 21:09:15
Stubbo, I’ve just seen Ranieris odds are shortening?
2.) 17 May 2018 21:20:46
Nothing on this one at present, let’s hope not, IRONMIKE.
3.) 17 May 2018 21:21:33
Odds shorten just because people place bets. Don't read anything into the odds.
4.) 18 May 2018 16:47:53
What’s up with Ranieri? Pl experience, has won it, knows the players and speaks English . SKybet have him at 12-1, got to be worth a punt in more ways than one.
5.) 19 May 2018 10:24:49
Dabber it's PELLEGRINI mate 100%.
13 Mar 2018 09:04:43
IRONMIKE not sure if I missed an update or not, but do you have any knowledge of what the response to Tabor and Group's enquiry was with respect putting investment in to the club, and have any insight on whether they will return?
Given current fan sentiment, the group would surely only need to make their interest known at the public level to receive vast support?
1.) 13 Mar 2018 11:47:52
New investment would be good IF THE money was used amongst other things to get us a professional director of football to deal with transfers, this would go a long way towards taking the club forward.
21 Nov 2017 06:04:33
Who do we think the "players with big reputations" are Moyes was referring to?
I'm thinking Carroll, Lanzini, Kouyate.
Really hoping for a shake up on Friday with some lesser lights like Rice, Ayew, Haksabanovic and Sakho being given the chance to stake their claims.
It's a shame it's a short week from a training perspective.
1.) 21 Nov 2017 11:05:07
I honestly can’t see Moyes changing the team
I feel rice should play centre half, I’d play
sakho up top wif ayew one side and Antonio
the other.
2.) 21 Nov 2017 17:38:52
If I'd play AYEW his all round play is awful but one thing he's suprised me with his he's a great finisher in the box so that's where I'd play him on the last man and get in the box at all costs a wide man he ain't if you look back at his Swansea days and against us he scored a great touch in the six yard box.
3.) 21 Nov 2017 21:56:41
Ayew is in my opinion a poor man's Chicharito.
His only issue is we expect him to be a talented ball playing winger as that was the perception.
Sniffing out goals from 6 yards he's very good at.
4.) 24 Nov 2017 11:46:35
I'm by no means an ayew fan but one thing I can't take away from him is that at least he tries and works hard, even if he ain't got the quality, and like u said stubbo he does seem to get in the right place to nick a goal from 6 yards.
14 Oct 2025 07:38:43
Funny. This ship long since sailed.move on and find the next Omorodion. But if we do that we'll baulk at the fee and we'll end up overpaying for Chris Wood, whose form will then nosedive.
It's inevitable.
02 Oct 2025 13:20:57
Why are we looking at fullbacks?
It's about the best covered area of the whole squad with two good options on both sides, plus both the right sided options comfortable covering on the left side.
Plus the age profile is more than acceptable.
25 Sep 2025 11:33:42
Lots of talk now of Kretinsky supposedly preferring Silva.
Frankly, he seems the most 'fit' to come in and deliver the style of play the fans want to see, as well as having the experience and calibre to succeed.
Obviously the problem is he's not been sacked so would cost us (the penny wise, pound foolish Chairman) money!
Let's just hope it's true, and Kretinsky can 'logic' Sullivan into submission.he's certainly got plenty of ammo with the last two failings on Sullivan's head, and maybe can galvanise the board to finally do the right thing.
The 10 point plan always said:
"6. Employ the best staff to take the club forward. While we are proud of the club's achievements, we should be clear it is not just down to the board. We have ensured we have the very best people in the right jobs, from football staff and sports science to the new stadium project team and supporter services. We can all see the difference these people are making to West Ham United and our progress on and off the pitch. West Ham is proud to be an equal opportunities employer who has the best interests of its staff and its customers at the heart of every decision the board makes."
About time they stuck to this one!
24 Sep 2025 07:30:40
If we tie two things together:
1. That David Sullivan really does care about West Ham (supposedly, him and Dave "Longfella" Hunt bonded over a shared love of West Ham, and Ampika has been pretty vociferous in her defence of this via her socials last few days)
2. That Krentinsky is here and influencing the process after two f**k ups by Sullivan in hiring.
Just maybe the 'lady could be for turning'?
22 Sep 2025 13:14:20
Wouldn't surprise me if Benitez suddenly entered the fray. Was in the press saying he wants another PL gig, and a short term gig would give him the platform to show if he still has it. Plus we know Sullivan highly coveted him in the past.
Sullivan has basically brought us to this place where there is no guranteed fix. Manager's on short term contract struggle to motivate players IMO (as we've seen with squads results plummeting when it's announced a manager is off at the end of the season) .
Surely the solution here is to offer Nuno a 3 year contract with break clauses based on league position at different points in time.
That way if Nuno back himself to outperform those clauses he takes it, and if he won't take it it means he's after another pay off.
E.g.
1. Sack for free if in bottom 3 with 10 games of season 25/26 left
2. Sack for free if relegated
3. Sack for 6 months pay if in bottom 5 at Xmas 26/27
4. Sack for 6 months pay if in bottom 7 at end of season 26/27
A schedule like that of break clauses would mean he could get the long contract, but the club is protected in severe underperformance. If he won't sign for something like that, he shouldn't get the job to start with since there should be a strong incentive not to fail.
11 Jun 2025 09:02:33
.and we won't want him for 60m.we'll want him for 25-30m, and he priced out at 60m.
11 Jun 2025 09:01:49
Agreed. But the trouble is we don't have the money to make punts at 10 to 20m that don't work, so go looking for 'sure things'.and prime time 'sure things' cost 40m+.so we go looking for former sure things that are 'proven' and have a couple years in the tank left.
Ageing, no resale, high wages. And repeat.
So we scout the 'next talent', hope to get them for what we consider 'punt money' (5-8m), baulk at it when that price rises, and then end up back in the usual market for ageing proven former stars.
It's not by accident that cycle repeats over and over.
13 Sep 2020 19:39:01
The main difference is the squad actually suits the kind of football Howe tries to play. Moyes is finished and has been for a very long time. It's negligent that he's anything like in charge of our club.
13 Sep 2020 19:37:22
I'll agree that Moyes kept us up the first time. Second time round he got the same number of points in the same number of games Pellegrini did.
He's a punch drunk busted flush of a manager, who shouldn't be anywhere near our club - but unfortunately the owners have shaped West Ham into their own image, and they and Moyes deserve each other.
Our club wouldn't surprise me if we are in League One in five years time.
GSB are asleep at the wheel, are leaches where we need benefactors, and are negligent in their management of the club. The one thing they absolutely are not is fans.
Moyes is the embodiment of their incompetence.
We're going down.
24 Nov 2018 22:17:35
We had a large spend for a single window, but 100m is not big money for an entire squad overhaul.
That's the difference. Thought we played well today, created chances, but defended poorly in the first half (Masuaku the worst culprit) .
Antonio and Arnautovic did what they do well well, and did what they do badly as per as well.
Sadly we lack a true high quality goalscorer (Arnie is a very high quality forward but his finishing is average) and Antonio has enough about his game to get in good positions but lacks quality to capitalise.
We're a work in progress but at least worth watching again. This is the West Ham way really. having a go, olaying some decent stuff, but ultimately not being at the same level as the big sides.