West Ham rumours 2

20 Oct 2025 09:49:58
CHARLIE CRESSWELL, whilst WH have him as a top defence target for January, his agent, is concerned about WH league position

Apparently WH have determined the money received from one particular sale (Aguerd), should be spent On this player

His agent is trying to persuade him against WH, unless a relegation clause is inserted, at a certain pre agreed sale price, so nothing cut and dried here

20 Oct 2025 11:39:54
I have to be honest Joyful I think he is very overrated. I know he is young which is good. But I thought the fanfare around him was well over hyped.
I saw in a recent article somewhere that Harvey Elliot’s transfer to Villa has been the worst of the summer window. Not sure what that was based on cost or ability?

20 Oct 2025 12:33:03
On Harvey Elliot, he’s a Villa player as his loan carries an obligation, but he’s getting no game time at present, and he’s not injured, can only mean, that at present he is not seen as first eleven, this will hamper his career
Maybe his choice of club was wrong, we shall see
On Cresswell, watching any player in England jersey, not really illustrative, of their true ability
I havnt watched any Toulouse games so can’t comment, but WH have watched him several times, so must see something they like
In any case, Ihave a feeling that our league position come Xmas, will decide, what or which players we can get!

15 Oct 2025 11:40:36
Just read on a site Ivan Toney's name mentioned as a possible option come January. Any truth in these rumours and if so would any of you be happy with him? I would

15 Oct 2025 17:04:58
Imo Dabber why not? ⚒⚒⚒⚒

15 Oct 2025 17:22:21
9 clubs are apparently interested, very difficult to sort out, there could be tax ramifications involved, he’s on 440 k weekly, in the east, no clubs want to get involved in his personal business, just for a loan
Spurs and Chelsea, have the clout, if the player is interested, to maybe go for a loan with option
WH just don’t see it, on this one, WH are on the move, they have to get people in, but I don’t see WH having the clout, to sort this one, just my view mate

15 Oct 2025 17:33:24
I’ve read that they are moving away from Toney as an alternative has been offered on loan with obligation, but they’re not letting on who it is, anyone got any info.

15 Oct 2025 17:54:08
Take your pick there are NO AGREEMENTS in place at present time For any positions

15 Oct 2025 18:09:45
I think your referring, to Castellanos, whom WH had two previous opportunities to buy him, from the MLS for 9 m, and from Lazio, last year for £25 m, he’s better In comparison to what we have, but he’s Bowens pace, He is no speed merchant
WH are limited by funds So he’s in the upper tier of what we can get

15 Oct 2025 22:23:55
If Toney returns to England he’ll probably go to Spurs.

16 Oct 2025 09:22:41
Firstly I don’t think we could get anywhere near his wages, also Ii don’t think any half decent player will look at West Ham until we start moving up the league and I don’t think many people want to deal with our board.
Let’s hope our form now improves and we move up the league and a buyer comes in for the club………. oh well we can dream

16 Oct 2025 11:20:55
Hammer-D, no we wouldn’t but not many would. Looking at it from Toneys perspective a loan move in January surely would only be to put himself in Tuchels plans for the WC. In that regard and if its therefore not about money a short term move to WH may be the perfect option …. He’d be guaranteed a start, which he wouldn’t if he went to the money clubs and puts himself firmly in the shop window if he can help turn our season around, which I think he would. Stranger things have happened although I would say I could only see a straight loan happening not a loan with an option/obligation

16 Oct 2025 15:17:08
Fair point daber I didn’t think about the WC. Would still find it difficult to see him wanting to join us or us paying his wages even only for 6 months. I think we will be looking in the modern day Hartson / Kitson area

17 Oct 2025 02:54:12
Toney’s wages alone make it a total non-runner, Although he’d improve our team vastly. The morale would drop due to his money and players like Bowen n Pacquetta would expect equal parity pay. It would be a massive mistake, he’s ‘reportedly’ on £20m per year.

17 Oct 2025 13:00:56
Blimey, Brooking, for once that sounds sensible coming from you! However, you overlook the fact that, under a loan agreement, a negotiated portion of his wages could be paid by his parent club.

17 Oct 2025 20:41:09
For once Tin Legs. Try not to be a snake! You constantly snipe like the holy growl of knowledge. We all have our opinions. Accept them.

18 Oct 2025 11:24:35
Call me cynical but ahead of planned protests against the board suddenly striker names that we will never sign starts doing the rounds, sullivans pr wagon is at full steam

18 Oct 2025 13:09:53
Robbo, I was thinking the same thing!

18 Oct 2025 13:16:08
Brooking, I do accept that people are entitled to their opinions, but I don’t have to accept what they are saying if I disagree with the substance.

19 Oct 2025 19:40:35
Tinlegs, but your opinions are offered in such an offhand manner, as if most on this website are wrong/incorrect, yet your opinions are correct, and we ALL have to bow down to them. I have read many of your laughable statements and not replied. There are a couple of followers on here who make some interesting and fair comments. One of these being someone called Chelmsford, whoever this person is shows they are a true fan and willing to read and consider a persons writing. Sadly, you do not.

20 Oct 2025 15:18:21
Brooking, what discussion forum are you reading? Thing is, I agree with most contributors on here which can be confirmed by reading past posts. Of course there’s a few I disagree with, and you appear to be consistently in that category. I’m very interested in the “laughable statements” I’ve allegedly made. Specifically, to which ones do you refer? I’m always up for a good laugh.
Regards,
Tin.

23 Oct 2025 13:16:01
Brooking10, Chelmsford 1944 here?Thank you for your compliment regarding my posts, very nice of you?My posting name is where I have lived in Essex since 2007 and 1944 denotes my year of birth, so bit of an old boy?I was born 1& bred in Dagenham, followed our beloved ⚒since about aged 10, being taken to Upton Park occasionally by family, until starting work aged 15 in 1959 earning the princely sum of £4 weekly! I tried never to miss any home games and went to London away games and all evening games, total fanatic for our club. I know absolutely nothing of players outside England so never comment on rumours referencing them to us! ⚒⚒⚒

13 Oct 2025 09:27:59
OMORODION, true or not true?

YES, whilst it's true, that WH have approached, Porto for this player, the money involved, for me, makes it impossible, for any deals to be done

WH as you are aware, could have bought this player for 17 m euros
Now we are talking multiple times that amount
Whilst it's thought Porto will let him go for, £70 m, it's a bit of a stretch, to see WH going forward on this

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.

14 Oct 2025 11:02:38
There have been conversations between WH and Porto, just last week, on a personal note, I do not see how this particular pursuit, or anything like it, is monetary wise Even possible?

For me it was if you like a dereliction of responsibility, starting the season with only Bowen as a confirmed goal scorer

Wilson and Fulkrug, as strikers just laughable, now the kid Marshal is being thrust into the premiership, much too quickly, which could ruin him, and the original plan, for him to have a season on loan in the championship, after a loan in division one with Huddersfield, was scrapped out of panic

Whilst a striker will come in during January, 20 plus games would already have been played

Simple maths state, if you don’t score goals, you won’t stay up, that’s a fact doesn’t matter how much Nuno tightens up the defence, which he will

This whole mistake was purely down to Sullivan only, in the last week of the window a difference of 2 m euro in valuation, stopped Franculino coming to WH, and a 3 m difference stopped Charlie Cresswell joining,

Not the way to run a premiership club, when these players are needed, and so it has proved

I do.not agree with some, that WH are in a false position, we are where we deserve to be, Nuno has got a very big job to get us out of this, I hope he can

14 Oct 2025 17:20:04
I think we are exactly in the position we should be. It could be argued that maybe should be bottom as wolves form has picked up the last 3 games. Hopefully Nuno can help us get a few decent results under our belt

14 Oct 2025 21:14:11
Next Mondays game May tell us the seasons story

11 Oct 2025 19:32:54
Fulkrug injured for Germany.

11 Oct 2025 19:57:43
Again. Sooner he is gone the better

12 Oct 2025 09:34:32
Think he’s wages should be stopped, not that his much use when he is on! ⚒⚒⚒

12 Oct 2025 15:33:43
Come on lads. It’s not the player’s fault he’s injured. Admittedly he’s not been great for us, but he is a good player — he’s a current German international. Given the right service, he can find the back of the net. Maybe he’s not a good fit for the Premiership, and God knows he’s not the first, but there’s still a good player in there.

12 Oct 2025 17:11:08
If you want to stop paying people for being rubbish then we should have stopped paying Potter’s wages back in February

15 Oct 2025 22:26:08
He’s not had one 8/10 or 9/10 game since he’s come to us. He’s robbed us silly. He must be made of glass.

10 Oct 2025 09:40:54
WH in conversations with Rodriguez, re termination of contract, which expires next June 30 th
Player has shown repeated reluctance to move on, little wonder he's on 75 k a week

He wants to leave on a free, what a suprise!
and WH to pay complete balance

WH have asked him to find another club, in January, as a free agent, and will give him 1 m exit fee

Player to decide on that?


WITH this player Ward Prowse, and Cornet, hanging on, WH need to be very careful in future, as to what length contracts, are handed out, especially to players of a certain age

10 Oct 2025 09:13:37
WHILST WH, are trying to pre agree loan deal for Endrik, Xabi Alonso, has blocked it as last night
The player, is trying to persuade, Alonso, to let him out for second part of season

We shall, see?

08 Oct 2025 09:22:46
ADEYEMI winger Dortmund, WH are sounding this out, , young fast many attributes, also very expensive 40 m euro
Can play across the front as well, but he's not really a striker,
He would be a great purchase, but surely a striker or two, would be priority

08 Oct 2025 10:18:42
Joyfull, How are we going to afford players in January without breaking the rules ?

08 Oct 2025 12:31:53
That’s why WH looking for loans, BUT there won’t be any loaning for sure of some of the players being looked at, so your question cannot be answered at this time, we may have a better idea, of how WH are going to manoeuvre come December

09 Oct 2025 17:31:17
The simple answer Stevie is we will be linked with a thousand players and end up with pound shop signings as usual

10 Oct 2025 10:55:03
Isnt that the West Ham way everybody. Remember, Sullivan loves a bargain basement deal!

06 Oct 2025 13:16:05
ZIRKZEE, This originally started with David Moyes some time ago, the player was willing to come to WH at that time, Moyes decided against it, and the player a lot later went to Man U
ITS old hat, WH, have started making enquiries about a raft of players, it's unknown wether they would go after Zirkzee again, a loan maybe, buying No, can't see it Leeds and Everton are the runners, there
PALACIOS, not forgotten this player by a long way, he's definitely on the list
PROBLEM, for NUNO, is picking up points with players Unsuited to his style
This long break is going to help, and after Saturday, can visualise the defence improved further BUT
I just don't see where the goals are coming from?

08 Oct 2025 06:13:45
Gotta agree with you Joyful. I think we've all seen that if you play the sort of football Nuno will bring, you have to have serious pace up front, otherwise teams squeeze the pitch moving the back 4 up, confident we can't get behind them

Summerville is a good start, unfortunately it stops there.

As much as I love (and I know this is controversial) but I would sell Bowen if the right bid came (and that would have to be North of £100m)

Encouraging nuno wants Kendrick from Real Madrid and get rid of Fulkrug who am not convinced with

08 Oct 2025 10:12:10
Nuno wants to play with up to 4/5 moving forward on counter, like previous, style at Forest, V shape, fast winger either side, Bowen, and Striker, not quite as fast at bottom of V, so sprinting from halfway line wingers would be in theory, get to penalty area 5/10 metres, in front of forwards
It’s very simple, and can be very effective, problem is at this time, we have only two players to fit that style, this is why, speed merchants, are being studied at WH, ADEYEMI, Traore And others
IF WH can manage to move up the table under Nuno, which is going to be difficult, then a class playmaker, will also be brought in, to feed through balls on the turnover
Number one target is Gibbs White, if we can show promise, and Forest sink, this becomes a possibility

03 Oct 2025 08:35:46
GABRIEL JESUS, WH want a loan with option to buy come January, for the Arsenal forward Arsenal, are way over WH value at present, at present Everton are on it, but WH could possibly sort this
MATEO PELEGRINO, his attributes are obvious but he's a bit on the raw side, WH view it as a chancy move
GOOD. VIBES
Seem to be coming out of WH this week, a spark seems to have been found, certainly been needed

03 Oct 2025 11:38:08
I think Nuno is bringing in his own coaching staff during the international break, he’s currently working with the academy coaching staff which could be a good thing as they can tell him who the decent prospects are.

04 Oct 2025 14:48:14
Wouldn’t they do that anyway?

03 Oct 2025 08:12:20
TRUE, whilst there's a truth in the fact that Southampton, want Ward-Prowse, they want a loan, not purchase, further, the Saints, are not in a position to pay his wages in full, 115 k a week, there's been no clear response from WH, as yet
Obviously WH want to. move him on, before his last year of contract

04 Oct 2025 15:10:48
Can’t we pay Southampton to take him?