West Ham rumours 2

27 Sep 2025 10:44:09
Potter Sacked

26 Sep 2025 08:49:11
MORE on Locatelli, WH are looking at making a firm bid for this player next week, believed 25m euros, pre January window agreement

24 Sep 2025 18:35:30
Guys I've been reading on a few different sites that an agreement with Nuno is close? ?

24 Sep 2025 20:58:18
I’ve read that there’s an emergency meeting today/tonight

25 Sep 2025 10:29:30
NO emergency meetings, there’s been two meetings already, Kretinsky is favouring NUNO, Sullivan does NOT have a problem with this appointment, what he is unhappy with is the length of contract without break clauses in it, further NUNIO wants to get an agreed settlement with Forest, before he would take the job, these two things will decide the situation
OR a maybe it will break it

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!

25 Sep 2025 13:30:37
Silva is by far the best option of those identified on here. His teams play open positive football and he might just fit WHU. I still think we need a CEO and a Director of Football, but Silva could be the best alternative. My first choice would be Xavi now that Thomas Frank has gone, but that’s pissing in the wind.

25 Sep 2025 13:45:28
Can you see Sullivan, coughing up £10 m, and a lot more if Silva comes with staff, especially as he’s pleading poverty on a continual basis, a cash injection/ Loan would be required, just to save face, and Silva wouldn’t stand for a rolling contract or break clauses either, in any contract issued
Let’s see the money, maybe Silva is willing, but he’d want a big say in everything like he has at Fulham, especially on transfers, that maybe too much for Sullivans ego
It’s a good call, but it’s obviously, against Sullivans wishes
Fans I guess will all be happy with this appointment, should it get made, it looks a big improvement on the last two

25 Sep 2025 14:52:50
Silva has got a release clause of £8-£10m apparently and that is the sticking point, Sullivan is reluctant to pay it,

25 Sep 2025 15:40:46
I can see Man U getting shot of their manager and going for silva. I would like Silva but can’t see it happening someone like glaziner might be a better choice as palace seem to be selling all their assets.
I can’t see the Bournemouth manager wanting to leave his job.

25 Sep 2025 15:49:43
Talk about a false economy! Sullivan wastes millions on below average players, but refuses to pay compensation for a decent coach! Madness.

25 Sep 2025 17:12:13
I wonder how much potter and all his team are going to cost Sullivan in compensation plus all the compensation he had to pay Loppy and his team to make us an even worse side than we were under Loppy. I’m so glad we’ve got a board that are experts on football ??

25 Sep 2025 18:01:45
Loppys done now history, Been through Potter before, if he has the break clause in his contract, it’s a different story, with 7 months to run, it’s not mad money including paying off his staff 3 m and that’s negotiable, if lump sum, but if no break clause, it’s a saga, could be near double that

25 Sep 2025 18:37:49
But adding all that up it will come to a similar amount as buying a decent manager out of their contract. It’s fools economy . Although having said all that there is no guarantee one of these managers would bring about the change we all hope to see.

26 Sep 2025 12:32:20
I’m now told that Nuno has said ‘no’ to WHU. Unless Sullivan is flexible, we can forget Nuno.

26 Sep 2025 13:53:14
I think he would have been a vast improvement but would have been back to square one in about 6 months.

26 Sep 2025 14:57:53
Potter isn’t difficult to improve on, but Nuno’s football is a bit like Moyes, so I think you are quite right Hammer-D.

23 Sep 2025 17:49:23
I'm reading on some sites that we seem to be approaching managers that are already at other teams, like Parker and Marko Silva. Apparently Kretinski's idea. I find this hard to believe and could be more fake news released to placate the fans but if it is true it would be a step in the right direction.

23 Sep 2025 19:47:36
Kretinsky is not frightened to pay another club an exit fee for a manager, whilst to Sullivan, paying an exit fee for another manger, is like breaking the holy grail so maybe some persuading has been coming on, we shall see

23 Sep 2025 20:47:28
Any chance Bellamy?
Definitely a positive option for me.

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'?

24 Sep 2025 09:36:57
NOT of utmost importance to Kretinsky 1.5% of his total wealth is invested in WH, he has intervened to save his small investment being wiped out, principally by Brady, who’s ideas where influencing Sullivan too much

HE is a million miles more astute than Sullivan, personally I would like to see him take the club over, which he could do easily

IF WH drop clubs value sinks below the radar, presently 8 /5 to be relegated

24 Sep 2025 12:11:22
Come on lads, we need a CEO and a Director of Football before a permanent appointment of a head coach. Ain’t going to happen though.

24 Sep 2025 14:42:15
Exactly Tin it ain’t going to happen! So we have to make do with next best and try and get a decent manager which probably ain’t going to happen either!

24 Sep 2025 18:56:04
We aren't going to get anyone decent let's face it no manager worth his salt will want to work with the squad we have they will just end up leaving with a tarnished reputation, we have missed loads of opportunities to kick on, the board have proven time again how inept they are and they way they treat people is disgusting, welcome to wear ham Mr dyche!

24 Sep 2025 19:33:10
I can’t disagree with that but much as I would like them to sell up and P.O they are not going to.
I really hope you are not right regarding Dyche. Nuno ain’t a great long term bet but he’s got to be better than that c**t

23 Sep 2025 13:32:46
BACKGROUND BOWEN, there have been several clubs tentatively exploring a January deal for Bowen

The content of a conversation, or several conversations, have crept out, between Bowen and Noble

Bowen has not and has no intention of asking to leave

Noble has made clear to Sullivan, Bowens remarks about how poorly the team is playing etc, he hasn't directly blamed Potter, but you don't need to be that bright, to work that out

Noble has spoken at length to Sullivan NOT Brady

That's it, that might put extra pressure on Sullivan, we shall see?

23 Sep 2025 15:16:54
Put pressure on Sullivan to do what? Get rid of Brady (please) or get rid of Potter? He is already gone. It would be better if he went now and a caretaker was put in.

23 Sep 2025 16:33:34
No idea mate., just giving over agency words

23 Sep 2025 09:22:16
VLAHOVIĆ, his agent in talks with WH, as of yesterday, he wants to leave Juventus as a free agent next summer

10: m euro signing on fee
10 m euro a year wages

Things to consider, Will WH be in the premiership?

Sullivan is thinking about paying the wages, as Paqueta will probably leave, but the sign on fee needs to be looked at

It's a possible, if WH remain in the league

23 Sep 2025 07:52:13
I've read that Bilic is not being considered for the managers job if it becomes available.

21 Sep 2025 22:25:13
De Santo wants a 3 year contract, or maybe 2 years plus one option year, unless Sullivan agrees to that, or something. Very similar, it looks unlikely that Espírito will be coming to WH
De Santo has a decent CV, and feels that a premier league club will soon offer that situation, if not he will go back to Europe

Following two big failures, (Potter not of his making ), Sullivan IS PRESENTLY feeling it's too much of a risk

Therefore, if Sullivan continues on the short term path, it will cut out many possible contenders , so there are only two candidates
Bilic and O'Neil, possibly three if Dyche can be persuaded , but he didn't show any initial enthusiasm for an end of season job

Maybe there will be, others who might want to try the fireman's job, but no one else at present

Make no mistake, for someone to come in for 30 games, to get us out of trouble, for me, deserves a contract
The way WH are playing, we look destined for the drop

22 Sep 2025 07:06:46
Same old same old west ham chaos. And one of the many reasons we want sullivan out. So we would rather waste games where a new manager could be working with the players than commit

Any other club and it would be done. Not here.

And what is going on with Preston Fearon, Freddie Potts and Callum Marshall? Why don't Potter play them. let's consider arsenal recently introduced a 15 year old but Potter thinks our kids aren't ready. How are they going to be ready unless he plays them?

22 Sep 2025 08:29:46
Showing my severe lack of Foreign Managers here but who is “ De Santo”? ⚒⚒⚒

22 Sep 2025 08:56:35
I personally think Nuno would be better than Bilic. But it definitely wouldn’t be the long term option we need. But I think it’s more important at the moment to get in a fire fighter
I am not sure what his record is like with bringing through youth. Hopefully he would bring in Potts for JWP and hopefully take a look at Marshall, Kante and Fearon. Our last 3 managers all said they would play the youngsters and none have done so. Even in our current dire situation

22 Sep 2025 09:58:01
Agreed Hammer-D. Its not working with JWP, Soucek, Rodriguez, kilman and tobido and for me that's the root of our problems.

As long as Potter sticks with those (ok he may have seen the light with soucek and tobido) we are doomed

22 Sep 2025 10:09:41
Just looked up De Santo and it’s bloody Nuno ??not seen anyone yet call him De Santo??⚒⚒⚒

22 Sep 2025 10:18:37
HD, maybe the three managers, didn’t think, the young players were good enough?
Potter and Loppy I would ignore altogether, neither could run a team at Conference level, where I coached and played, complete incompetence, these people are charlatans, they are stealing money, Potter should be arrested for fraud, impersonating a football manager

Moyes, is different, completely understands tactics, and has studied the game intensely, but he doesn’t like to experiment, doesn’t like change, and insists on sticking to a formula, this gets him limited success for a period of time

I can only give my own opinion, and I have watched these players many times Potts should be in the squad, with Fernandes and Magassa, he’s definitely a player, I I would start him in front of jwp anytime

Marshall Fearon Earthy and one or two others all needed a year or another year in the championship first, not first team this year, that’s my take

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.

22 Sep 2025 13:25:51
Joyfull, I can’t agree with you on Marshall, but you’re quite right on Potts and probably right on the other two. And I’d start you in front of Ward-Prowse.
As for Moyes …. he has a blinkered understanding of the game which is stuck on unconcious.

22 Sep 2025 14:43:55
Stubbo, come on, get real. No coach worth his salt will accept conditions like that. Nuno (who IMO is not the ideal replacement for Potter) knows that if he waits, a suitable club here or in Europe will come knocking.
We need wholesale change. Sack Brady. Appoint a qualified Director of Football with a mandate to hire and fire a head coach and conduct transfer business. Appoint a CEO to run the club. Sullivan must step back or sell up. That would bring us into line with most modern clubs and terminate the stranglehold certain agents have on our club.

22 Sep 2025 15:22:54
I have to be honest Joyful i haven’t seen many of them play so on this I may bow to your better knowledge. I just heard many people bigging them up. I know a lot of people were raving about Fearon when he played against Man U. I think with youngsters obviously they have to have ability but their physical stature is also important as too often we see them just get out muscled but I think Kante and Fearon have that as well as some ability. We all know Potts is definitely good enough.
But my point is with some of the absolutely dreadful appearances by JWP, Rodriguez and others they can’t be any worse. Rodriguez’s stats for some games were absolutely shocking and I’m sure JWP was just as bad. So they wouldn’t ruin the team performance as it was already rubbish.
For the life of me I can’t work out why Potter hasn’t done this. All he seems to have done is give Scarles a chance and with the exception of one game did a great job only to be thrown back in the youth team never to be seen again.

22 Sep 2025 15:57:34
STUBBO mate, that offer won’t go down well, whomever comes in will need a minimum of 35 points from 31 games, that’s easy on the maths, but hard on the field


WH are struggling, shocking defending, and Powderpuff front line
Big job to sort this out

Before the January window opens, 20 games will have been played

Large bonus has been the words used by Sullivan, in every discussion, with would be managers, to avoid relegation
But no figure was ever quoted!

Everything is on a shoestring, that’s a major part of the problem at WH
Nuno wants 100k a week basic, too much says Sullivan
Bilic and O’Neil will do it for half that!

That’s part of the reason, we got Potter for 62 k a week via Brady
Instead of Max Allegri at 120 k a week

That’s the part of Sullivans thinking, that’s not understandable
He’s presently saving in excess of 550 k a week on wages
What difference does it make, to take the best manager you can get to TRY
And get out of trouble
IF we get relegated, which looks a possibility
Sullivan will be a massive loser, as the club will devalue overnight By a very substantial amount
He will lose more than 100 m on his own
Where’s the sense here?

22 Sep 2025 17:03:23
Hammer D, many people don’t agree re Marshall, fair enough, but a loan for him was stopped why?
Ok if your not sending him out, play him, give him a chance, he was at Huddersfield last season in league one
But that’s a massive jump to premiership
Now he’s doing nothing
Clearly Wilson and Fulkrug, are not going to get the goals
And with the greatest respect, Bowen cannot save us on his own
That for me, will remain the biggest problem
Our defence can be organised, our players are not that bad, Potter couldn’t organise a tea party
But if we can’t score goals, we will be relegated No question

21 Sep 2025 21:33:59
Mentioned some days back that De santo and Dyche for that matter, are both receptive to the job BUT ARE NOT, exactly falling over themselves to get it
De Santos requests are not small, and he's not wanting a rolling contract either

Dyche is different, but for some reason,



doesn't see himself, as short term. Appointment to put out the fire

Which is of course what Sullivan is looking for
That's why the appointment of Bilic on a short term, or a rolling contract suits him

Sullivan has nothing to crow about that's for sure, No question De Santo is much better suited all round

But the investment following Loppy and Potter, may be too much, for Sullivans thinking

I would ignore any talk about Potter staying on can anybody. See us beating Everton and Arsenal

Sullivan doesn't want to make a third mistake in a row, that's what it's all about

21 Sep 2025 21:56:25
Nicholas Raskin mdf Rangers, is another being thought about at WH

21 Sep 2025 14:30:11
Joyfull,
Any rumblings of a board meeting? Surely, by now, something must be happening to discuss Potter and/or the fan protest. Nothing will happen without there first being a meeting of our shambles of a board.

21 Sep 2025 15:11:14
Unbelievable rumour that the board agree Potter has to go, but they don’t want the new manager to have the difficult away games against Everton and Arsenal as his first matches! What sort of circus act is this, if true?

21 Sep 2025 15:40:09
Omnishambles

21 Sep 2025 18:20:41
It’s madness. So let’s keep the crap guy as the new man might not win either of these first 2 games. We need the new man to have an easy one Brentford at home! We will be cut adrift by then

21 Sep 2025 20:45:07
Brentford at "home" is going to be just as tough as Everton. Especially when we lose our next two games and are sitting pretty at the bottom of the league.