West Ham Rumours 2

05 Aug 2026 17:10:35
Joel Veltman on a free.

05 Aug 2026 18:01:03
This is how we are winning the league?

05 Aug 2026 18:32:46
This squad is way off winning the league, no pace, no creativity.

Veltman, I dont think is a bad signing on a free.

Soloman lw.
Engels cm.

Parrot st.
Bamba Dieng st free.



Get Sorba Thomas or Azeez to cover nd compete for the wing positions. Could allow Bowen to be pushed up top when needed.

Another CB.

I think this is pretty close to the minimum we need.

05 Aug 2026 18:58:00
Yes but can't see it.

05 Aug 2026 19:06:43
The narrative was we were waiting on certain players, but we are well past the point of how long we should have waited imo. Still time yet, was hoping for a flurry of signings, as apparently we have agreed terms with numerous, hopefully Veltman is the start of it. I'm doubting this big time now though.

05 Aug 2026 16:26:03
Veltman really ambitious, utility player past his best, Bissaka may be on his way. Is this the best WH can do? WH going nowhere. Medical tomorrow.

05 Aug 2026 15:59:28
Disasi, Palace, for reasons unknown, seem to have changed their stance from outright buy to loan, with or without option not known.

Makes a small chance for WH again, but WH cannot really wait until we kick off, it’s not good enough.

05 Aug 2026 00:44:28
Engels has agreed five year deal and terms with WH ok but just the little matter of WH agreeing with Celtic which has not happened as yet, talks back on tomorrow.

05 Aug 2026 17:32:06
Veltman? Thoughts?

05 Aug 2026 18:00:20
If this is an example of WH transfers, you might want to rethink the whole thing.

05 Aug 2026 00:19:21.
Kwasi Sibo international mdf, Ghana now a free agent in talks with WH.

No guarantees but Manor Soloman preferred club is WH owing to history of Benayoun. And Bercovic.

05 Aug 2026 08:41:38
Who??

05 Aug 2026 09:43:13
He's real alright, that's all I can tell you.

03 Aug 2026 18:23:39
Looks like WH raising the bid to get Engels sorted, turning into a saga!

03 Aug 2026 20:33:57
Why don't they just offer what Celtic are asking for? Or, if you go in with a low bid, make it close to the asking price.

03 Aug 2026 20:48:49
He's actually playing for Celtic tonight.

03 Aug 2026 21:42:06
They won't want to sell before the Champions League match, and financially they don't really have to, so if they value him at 25 mill, that's what we need to pay. We might even need to wait until a replacement is sorted as well.

04 Aug 2026 10:36:14
Celtic fans seem pretty happy to see the back of him. Concerning.

04 Aug 2026 11:34:24
When I've seen him, I think he's a good technical player, although I have previously stated there's a bit of a question around his physicality; by that I mean putting his foot in where required.

A lot of my family are Celtic supporters, and none of them want to see him go.

03 Aug 2026 17:35:15
Irankunda Watford, WH have been told that Sporting Lisbon is the preference, and only if it falls through, will WH be considered.

03 Aug 2026 16:47:09
Disasi, Palace are making a bid next two days, in this case it is unlikely, he will be coming to Wh.

Counter bid from premier team was always likely, and this was written into previous post.

Can’t see what Wh can do? It’s a pity.

03 Aug 2026 18:21:21
Waited too long to make moves, whether it was Disasi preference or not.

Deals should have been signed, sealed and delivered weeks ago, buddy.

03 Aug 2026 18:38:50
They genuinely tried, but it was the clause inserted, that's the problem.
The player will not get more money at Palace, the Championship was always the problem.

05 Aug 2026 01:10:45
Disasi waited to see what his options were. He would only have signed on loan with West Ham when the window was closed, or nearly, and it wasn't looking like he was out of Premier League interest. ⚒️⚒️⚒️

03 Aug 2026 15:46:56
Wh Now trying to do a straight swap Fulkrug for Cancelleri the Lazio winger

Now whilst these things don’t normally work, this just might, a quoted amount of money will have to made for accounts purposes

No money will change hands in reality, Fulkrug will walk away from 2 year contract, losing millions in payments, and getting 30 k a week from Lazio

Wh will hang out bunting if this works!

03 Aug 2026 17:41:11
Just what we need, another sick note. Guy has been out injured on and off since March last year. I don't think he played at all during 25/26 season. He has had thigh and other injuries since March 2025.

03 Aug 2026 18:22:16
I'd still rather have him than poisonous Fulkrug.

03 Aug 2026 15:40:11
Arne Engels 3rd bid rejected. WH offered £20 m plus addons £5 m.

Maybe comes the time to move on, Celtic want minimum £25 m plus a ton of easy addons.

03 Aug 2026 16:10:25
Everton won't bid as much as WH at present time. WH have a small window to seal this transaction if they want to; after all these bids and time, sort it in the next few days or leave it.

03 Aug 2026 18:22:52
Agreed, Joyful. Meet them at £22.5m.

03 Aug 2026 13:07:44
Forgot to message earlier this morning but my son messaged me that Disasi has agreed to come back. 🤞🤞🤞 He is right.

03 Aug 2026 14:34:51
Not quite at present. Terms with Chelsea were agreed 4 weeks ago; a clause has been inserted that, if WH are not promoted, Disasi has a buy-out inserted back to Chelsea.

It's not yet signed by the player, and if something else comes along in the meantime, he can opt out.



So, good and bad all in one. We shall see. Hope he signs and comes back. It's what we need.

03 Aug 2026 16:51:56
Just read that Crystal Palace has made signing Disasi a priority, so I guess we shall see how much he really liked playing at West Ham, cuz I don't see this deal happening now. If what I heard is true....

03 Aug 2026 17:02:59
Just did post. Palace next 48 hours making bid.

03 Aug 2026 17:51:37
HammerWV, you can hardly have a go at him for wanting to stay in the Premiership, and if I had a choice of playing for Palace or us at the moment, Palace would win.

03 Aug 2026 18:06:06
Chelsea have half a dozen spare CBs. Sure, Disasi did well for us. How about Tosin? Seems to have been frozen out. Loan with option?

03 Aug 2026 18:39:53
Yup put that on banter already.

03 Aug 2026 19:28:08
Can't blame him. If it was me, and I had the choice, and I was his age with his talent, but his talent only shines in the right system, I would choose Premier League.

05 Aug 2026 01:18:22
West Ham won't be signing Axel. 2 Premier League clubs are in for him, and unless Palace and Axel cannot agree terms, which I think they will after Lacroix joining Chelsea, Axel is in a very good position with Palace as they desperately need 2 C/B's before the window.

Palace are in my bets to get relegated this season, and they are only 5/1 to go down compared to 28/1 last season. That's my out there longshot, not in price terms, but I have no expectations of that happening, although I think they could after losing another top defender imo. ⚒️⚒️⚒️

03 Aug 2026 12:44:44
You all know the background. Kretinsky can easily raise any money needed to buy the gold shares, fact.

Staveley is in fact representing 3 different consortiums all are well known and independently worth billions, although she has done a deal, it’s a handshake.

On paper it looks like put up or shut up to our Czech shareholder. He has time on his side to do it if he wishes and become 52% stakeholder, giving complete control.

However everybody is missing an important point here. Sullivan has been given the same option, he can buy gold shares if he wishes! Further to that I understand that he is talking with various people in order to do so.



Whilst Sullivan is a minnow amongst whales, there’s nothing stopping him doing this, and then of course resume control of West Ham, and or selling the whole lot to one of Staveley consortiums.

This could tip the whole lot up? It’s not beyond the realm of possibilities.

Or he can now sit back, let things play out and demand any silly price, should someone want his shares

03 Aug 2026 15:16:24
Joyful. It is my belief that DK does not want to be the majority shareholder, which is why he only wants to take a return on his investment.

03 Aug 2026 15:33:12
We shall see, mate, in due course.

05 Aug 2026 01:41:23
Hi Joyful, please do not underestimate DK. He's done one amazing thing for West Ham, getting rid of the "sex pest", and while you think he had nothing to do with that, he did go and watch a programme called Spotlight on Staveley. You might have your doubts, and do you know who one of her good friends is, Will Salthouse, one of the "sex pests" very close business associates. Call me hopping on the bandwagon, but do you believe in coincidences, cos that's a big one. And you say Staveley's consortium are worth billions. Well, DK is hardly scrimping and scraping, and his empire will strike back in this matter. imo, he's nobody's fool and doesn't say a lot, unlike the predator. Does that make him a bad person? Listen, I'm firmly in the DK camp, as you can tell. He didn't start off very well at Spartan Prague, but they are flying high now. All this is mainly down to DK normally buying small percentages in businesses, but he didn't with the Post Office, who before he did were shedding bucket loads of money each year, and cos it's taken him a fair while, he is starting to make it a profitable business again.

He did the same at Sainsbury's, who wasn't doing great. So because he hasn't done anything in 5 years, he stated a few times he wouldn't put money in unless Sullivan did, and that wasn't going to happen, and Sullivan wouldn't have got £85 million for MF and £60 mill for Jimmy, as he would have taken £60-65 mill for him and about £40 for Jimmy. Now why I am guessing, I truly believe I wouldn't be far off the mark with us being a Championship club, as teams trying to buy those 2 would have tried to use this against us. So those are my views, but I think DK could be the best thing that us happened at WHUFC for a very long time, as he hasn't done too bad since the "sex pest" has been off the scene, has he. ⚒️⚒️⚒️ 🫧🫧🫧

05 Aug 2026 02:17:19
Is it true Ed that DK can use his pre-emption rights and that would stop Staveley from getting the gold shares is that correct Ed thank you ⚒️⚒️⚒️👍

{Ed001's Note - I believe so, yes.}

03 Aug 2026 08:52:39
Everton trying to spoil the party on Arne Engels this morning, Wh finding this difficult

Mac mate, Bamba Dieng is a free agent, he can join any club any time, there are two stories about the Senagalese player, one is wages demands, the other is an injury of some kind.

03 Aug 2026 10:52:04
And so we come full circle, buddy. West Ham finally make a move for a player, but don't offer enough, and then along comes another club to steal the player away.

This is all sounding like such a familiar tale of woe.

Leaving business till the end of the window, at which time every other club is doing the same thing. Jeeez, we never learn or change, no matter who is at the helm.

03 Aug 2026 06:18:32
Joyful might have mentioned this before but we've been offered Bamba Dieng season long loan. Also now taking serious look at Manor Solomon (not great injury record), Troy Parrott and of course Engels.



Marseille losing Aguerd to Saudi so expect Tobido movement soon.

I reckon we will need 2 strikers, 3 midfielders, 2 cbs and depending on what happens with Diouf and AWB 2 full backs.

Could be a busy week.

03 Aug 2026 10:22:53
Needs to be, mate, whilst our needs are great, and with time closing down, looks to be a bit limited.

As of last night there are no agreements in place, no medical booked.

My gut feeling is 4 players, 2 before kick off, 2 before window shuts.

I just don't see a procession of players turning up, sincerely hope I'm wrong.

03 Aug 2026 10:52:55
It's a piss take. They soon had season tickets on sale!!!!

03 Aug 2026 11:23:41
Is Kretinski the new Sullivan without the shabby characteristics.

03 Aug 2026 12:56:03
No, he's a class act, problem being, he has an energy company that produces more profit in 12 months than West Ham is worth!

For him, it's a matter of choosing priorities, West Ham so far is a small investment, 1.4 % of his value, that's where it's at.

05 Aug 2026 02:00:08
I cannot believe without trying to sound argumentative that people are doubting DK and even putting him alongside the SEX PEST do you think wed have got what we did for MF and CS if sullivan was in charge still absolutely 💯 not he has come out and said he wants to pump money in which he already has but was weary of the dwarf apparently he is going to sell a small percentage of his shares so if he buys the gold shares now without doing this it would take him to over 50 % and I think that would mean as he owns this percentage he'd have to buy the over shareholders at a very inflated valuation of whufc if i'm wide of the mark please tell me Ed thanks.

⚒️⚒️⚒️🫧

05 Aug 2026 02:07:50
I'll tell you one person or family that are loving this fighting over the shares is Vanessa Gold but I think shes pissed off the wrong person in DK as I wouldn't to f with him he looks like a top level contract killer and don't get me wrong we all want what's best for one thing WHUFC and that's it ⚒️⚒️⚒️🫧

02 Aug 2026 16:25:21
Adingra, this is actually what's happening, WH want a loan with obligation but, this obligation is ONLY if they gain promotion, NOT just an obligation, WH are at 17.5 m Plus addons Sunderland at at 24 m plus addons

Potts, should be in Belgium tonight, he's booked in for medical tomorrow, we must presume, we have replacement lined up?

Following Potts departure, assuming Alvarez, Todibo leave anyway WH are happy to let one more player leave that is bissaka a suitable fee has not yet arrived and may not, if it does he can go, the favourite replacement target is Kabore. of man city,


Fulkrug was supposed to turn up to see Nuno this morning, to see if something. can be sorted out he failed to show, making some silly excuse


Tbh I don't u ndersrand why WH are messing with this character, no offers of any kind have happened, he's drawing 55 k a week, he doesn't want to play either Let him go on a free, save 2 years wages end of

Maybe that's the intention. If no offers come in during rest of window, then they may well let him go

02 Aug 2026 20:06:24
Fulkrug, just a waste of resources

I'll bet Nuno was hoping to keep him, hence why no striker moves.

Please get rid of Tobido and Alvarez.

02 Aug 2026 20:31:49
Alvarez is hardly responsible for where we are, and would be a huge player for us in the Championship. I'd be happy if he stayed.
Todibo would be a huge paper loss; there's talent there, too.
Fullkrug is unlikely to be fit or capable of doing a job for us, and, of the three, he should be the first through the door.

05 Aug 2026 02:03:35
I am truly with you on this matter, Any Old Irish, as imo, I can feel the eyes on me now. I don't think we would have gone down. Call me cynical, but that's my opinion. ⚒️⚒️⚒️