Summer Transfer Window 2025 | Official Thread

[stubbo-admin]

May as well get going with this since with Sullivan at the helm, season ticket renewals slow, and the football vacuum to commence, this will soon be all the "news" there is.

Can Potter and MacCauley pull multiple rabbits out of the hat, or will Sullivan 'try really hard' with all of them before grabbing a few aging bargains from Big Willie Salthouse?

Window this close season comes in two parts:

Part 1: 1st June to 10th June
Part 2: 16th June to 1st September

Rumoured Outs...most of the squad

Let the "Rumoured In's" commence. 

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Player | Position | Club | Fee (GBP)

Rumoured In

1. Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic
2. Koni De Winter | CB | Genoa
3. Morten Frendrup | DM | Genoa
4. Richard Kone | ST | Wycombe
5. Aaron Ramsdale | GK | Southampton
6. Caiomin Kelleher | GK | Liverpool
7. James Trafford | GK | Burnley
8. Kyle Walker-Peters | FB | Free Agent
9. Taylor Harwood-Bellis | CB | Southampton
10. CJ Egan-Riley | CB | Free Agent
11. Josh Brownhill | CM | Free Agent
12. Albian Hajdari | CB | Lugano
13. Lucas Høgsberg | CB | FC Nordsjælland
14. Ardon Jashari | CM | Brugge
15. Raphael Onyedika | CM | Brugge
16. James McAtee | AM | Man City
17. Mario Struykens | AM | Anderlecht
18. Mathias Kvistgaarden | ST | Brondby
19. Clement Bischoff | LB | Brondby
20. Mika Biereth | FW | Monaco
21. Barış Alper Yılmaz | AM | Galatasaray
22. Evann Guessand | ST | Nice
23. Lucas Stassin | ST | Saint Etienne
24. Marcus Taverner | FW | Bournemouth
25. Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco
26. Valentin Atangana | CM | Stade Reims
27. Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester City
28. Hamza Igamane | ST | Rangers
29. Yeremay | FW | Deportivo La Coruna
30. Adama Bojang | ST | Reims
31. Rocco Reitz | MF | Borussia Moenchengladbach
32. Dominic Calvert-Lewin | ST | Free Agent
33. El Hadji Malick Diouf | LB | SK Slavia Prague
34. Oscar Mingueza | RB/MF | Celta Vigo
35. Tyler Morton | CM | Liverpool
36. Harvey Elliott | AM | Liverpool
37. Zion Suzuki | GK | Parma
38. John Victor | GK | Botofogo 
39. Jacob Ramsey | MF | Villa
40. Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton
41. Nga Makou | CM | Lille
42. Quinten Timber | CM
43. Hayden Hackney | CM | Boro
44. Yves Bissouma | CM | Spurs

Rumoured Out

1. Nayef Aguerd | CB | Leverkusen, Marseile
2. Maxel Cornet | FW | Genoa/Others
3. Guido Rodriguez | DM | Betis/Espanyol
4. Tomas Soucek | CM | Everton
5. Michail Antonio | ST | Free Agent
6. Mo Kudus | FW | Chelsea/Newcastle/Arsenal
7. Lucas Paqueta | AM | Man City
8. Andy Irving | CM | Celtic/Wrexham
9. Emerson | LB | Marseille

Confirmed In

1. Jean Clair Todibo | CB | Loan To Perm (32m)
2. Daniel Cummings | ST | Celtic (Free Agent...Tribunal)
3. El Hadji Malick Diouf | LWB | Slavia Prahia | 20m
4. Kyle Walker-Peters | RWB | Free Agent
5. C****m Wilson | ST | Free Agent
6. Mads Hermansen | GK | Leicester (18m)
7. Mateus Fernandes | CM | Southampton (38m + 4m)
8. Soungoutoo Magassa | CDM | Monaco (17m)
9. Igor Julio | CB | Brighton (Loan)

Confirmed Out

1. Aaron Cresswell | LB | Free Agent | 0m
2. Danny Ings | ST | Free Agent | 0m
3. Vladimir Coufal | RB | Free Agent | 0m
4. Lukusz Fabianski | GK | Free Agent | 0m
5. Kamari Swyer | AM | Free Agent | 0m
6. Kurt Zouma | CB | Free Agent | 0m
7. Carlos Soler | CM | PSG | End of Loan
8. Evan Ferguson | ST | Brighton | End of Loan
9. Brad Dolaghan | Released
10. Dondre Abraham | Released
11. Mehmet Halim | Released
12. Muhammed Judus |stroppy| sp*rs| £55m
13. Michail Antonio | Released
14. Kieran Casey | Swansea | Loan
15. Edson Alvarez | Fenerbache | Loan with Option
16. Emerson | Marseille | £1m
17. Aguerd | Marseille | £20m
18. Max Cornet | Genoa | Loan

[Steady]

Can someone explain in basic terms for me please (apologies if it’s covered previously and I’ve missed it).

How can we be skint? The Kudus money covered our only transfers of Diouf and Todibo. Then we have a £40 mill loan that was paid back, but have just been awarded £130.9 million premier league prize money and tv money. That should give us £90 million+  excluding any other transfer funds we’d built up previously. Remember we were supposedly going after Duran in January and didn’t spend anything in that transfer window.

Add in the fact we’ve shifted Zouma, Ings, Cresswell, Coufal, Antonio etc which has freed up a lot via wages. 

[El Scorchio]

Yup all very true. I wonder if (if the loophole is indeed still open) next summer when the Rice money falls off the books is the sensible time to do it rather than now seen as I guess you'd lose a year of benefit from it for no gain if we aren't in danger of breaching it. You'd like to think if the loophole were to close we'd be right in there doing what would be most advantageous for us going forward before it does.

As you say though it's all about ambition, sooo..... chances are we don't, coupled with the fact our limited finance situation seems self imposed. It would be embarrassing to free up more space that we are too poor to use. Literally exposing themselves as paupers.

Also Sullivan seems preoccupied running around trying to secure payday loans and sleeping at the wheel with most other things aside from buying his mate's elderly crocked shop soiled players to be thinking about this.

[Fauxstralian]

I don’t fully understand PSR but believe we have £90m leeway … though that may be affected in the future when the sale of Rice drops out of our calculation
It does appear that Sullivan’s ‘we have to sell before we can buy’ is more about his reluctance to spend given his atrocious mismanagement over the last few years
But you have to think this women’s team sales & Chelseas hotel shuffle HAS to be shut off at some point so you’d be crazy not to take advantage 
Unless you have no ambition

In addition we have a lease to pay £2.5m pa for another 90 years on a stadium we fill with 60,000 people maybe 20 times or more a season
Some property person can value that.
In the general spirit of piss taking could we sell that from one group company to another?

[El Scorchio]

I see Everton have joined Chelsea & Villa in selling their women’s team to themselves to artificially create PSR headroom 
Is ludicrous not to exploit this nonsensical loophole if you have any interest in improving your squad

Agree, although we aren’t in any need of PSR headroom at the moment are we, or has that changed? It’s just down to not having or wanting to spend money at the moment? If we do have any PSR issues then absolutely. 

[Fauxstralian]

I see Everton have joined Chelsea & Villa in selling their women’s team to themselves to artificially create PSR headroom 
Is ludicrous not to exploit this nonsensical loophole if you have any interest in improving your squad

[twoleftfeet]

Ramsdale to Newcastle

That’s one less relegation spot to worry about.

[fraser]

Hopefully he'll be TRIUMPHant if he signs. 

[Iron Duke]

You could be HONDA something here

[Massive Attack]

Only 22 as well so he's got plenty of miles left on the clock. 

[mallard]

He’s the type of player you’d never get TYRED of watching 

[honky cat]

Suzuki's my first choice, i couldnt give a shit if hes any good or not

[Barty888]

I hope so bell

[bell]

I guess that means he's on his bike? 

[Barty888]

[Alan]

Foxes of Leicester

Leicester star in advanced talks with West Ham regarding transfer

A Leicester City star is said to be in 'advanced talks' regarding a prospective transfer to Premier League side West Ham United. This supposed update has emerged following a report stating LCFC were content to allow the Fox in question to leave the East Midlands. Who is the mystery man? Do we advocate a sale here? And is an agreement foreseeable? Let's see.
Leicester City resigned to letting standout player or two exit this summer?

Leicester are either happy, or being forced, to relinquish up to two of their outstanding assets. That's the general belief of most experts or journalists who have commented on the situation on Filbert Way.

Again, not to bore you, but Mads Hermansen and Bilal El Khannouss are the obvious pair we are speaking of. West Ham are actually reportedly eyeing up both Foxes talents, if we can trust speculation surrounding supposed events here.

Unfortunately Foxes of Leicester must reluctantly champion one or two sales in this instance. Usually one star would be sold over the offseason, and even that scenario is hard for Leicester's Blue Army fan base to stomach.

Though surely the majority of us supporters would understand if El Khannouss and Hermansen both leave. That eventuality is preferable to LCFC suffering further financial problems, uncertainty or woe.

LCFC Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen apparently involved in discussions regarding possible switch back to Premier League with West Ham United

It isn't El Khannouss. The Hammers appear to be getting closer to signing the Dane. I will pass on this message to the WHUFC support: you're potentially buying real quality here.

    "We believe advanced talks between West Ham and Leicester are taking place to solve the transfer of Mads Hermansen. Leicester are looking for a fee in the region of £35million. West Ham might be more eager to pay £20million. We just have to wait and see were this lands."
    TCF, 'A TRUSTED SOURCE' FOR LCFC NEWS

The only issue West Ham will likely endure going forward is big six clubs attempting to prise Hermansen away for themselves. However, with Hermansen's groin injury, Leicester's tough negotiating and the East Londoners ostensibly having other 'keeper targets, a deal is still yet to be reached.

[62Hammer]

Sir Alf - I do enjoy your posts. Douglas Bader and Fatty Arbuckle....unusually when famous people are mentioned, I know who you're talking about!

[El Scorchio]

Some of you will I am sure have seen this off Hammers chat but it's a little revelation (from Antonio) about how he was signed by West Ham. Very revealing as to the Sullivan and Salthouse relationship and how he doesn't give a shit what his managers actually want. It's quite funny but at the same time very depressing.

I've set it to start at 20.50 when that part starts but just in case. It's at 20 mins 50 secs

[goose]

you leave the house to watch sheffield united?

Only the men's team.

Unlike goose I take advantage of opportunities to see other teams play, unlike goose and many others on here I know what I’m talking about.

talk me through all the Parma games you watched last season then...............

[Keep dreaming]

You would think with the season 2 weeks away there would be a sense of urgency to get at least 1 central midfielder, a keeper that can handle crosses and not play like Douglas Bader with the ball on the deck and a striker under 35 that can run faster than Fatty Arbuckle?  

The self professed ITKs and countless web sites and media outlets are all throwing out names of players we are about to sign. 

I suspect, in true Sullivan style, that we will not be bringing anyone else in until the last week of the window as “penny wise, pounds foolish” Sully, the man who’s forward planning and thinking struggles to get beyond the tip of his nose,  holds out to try and secure loans rather than purchases or believe he can get a last minute derisory bid accepted or get the selling club to accept poor terms and/or conditions ( long installment schedule, add on in fee that is unachievable etc).   And of course, wait until the death in the hope of selling as many of the players as possible even though no one is interested. Even if they are interested, Sully will ask for an unrealistoc fee before “chickening out” and accepting a loss on the player as he usually does ( exception - Rice ).    

In summary, I expect us to start the season with just Diouf, KWP as additions.  Wilson will be announced in the last week under the cover of another deal.  

Potter will likely start the season without the squad changes needed imo. Its not pessimistic really and amost West Ham fans will be dreading this scenario and not be surprised if it plays out this way. 

I stopped reading after transfer urgency. When has that ever been important for Sullivan (expect when he can pocket money though...)?

[Sir Alf]

You would think with the season 2 weeks away there would be a sense of urgency to get at least 1 central midfielder, a keeper that can handle crosses and not play like Douglas Bader with the ball on the deck and a striker under 35 that can run faster than Fatty Arbuckle?  

The self professed ITKs and countless web sites and media outlets are all throwing out names of players we are about to sign. 

I suspect, in true Sullivan style, that we will not be bringing anyone else in until the last week of the window as “penny wise, pounds foolish” Sully, the man who’s forward planning and thinking struggles to get beyond the tip of his nose,  holds out to try and secure loans rather than purchases or believe he can get a last minute derisory bid accepted or get the selling club to accept poor terms and/or conditions ( long installment schedule, add on in fee that is unachievable etc).   And of course, wait until the death in the hope of selling as many of the players as possible even though no one is interested. Even if they are interested, Sully will ask for an unrealistoc fee before “chickening out” and accepting a loss on the player as he usually does ( exception - Rice ).    

In summary, I expect us to start the season with just Diouf, KWP as additions.  Wilson will be announced in the last week under the cover of another deal.  

Potter will likely start the season without the squad changes needed imo. Its not pessimistic really and amost West Ham fans will be dreading this scenario and not be surprised if it plays out this way. 

[fraser]

you leave the house to watch sheffield united?

Only the men's team.

Unlike goose I take advantage of opportunities to see other teams play, unlike goose and many others on here I know what I’m talking about.

Nice to see you do have a sense of humour when talking about yourself 

[twoleftfeet]

That's because you are a prick.

I have seen him 4 times live and countless times on TV and he is a very good keeper.

Unlike you I leave my bedroom and see the light of day.

you leave the house to watch sheffield united?

Only the men's team.

Unlike goose I take advantage of opportunities to see other teams play, unlike goose and many others on here I know what I’m talking about.

[Texas Iron]

Linked with Grealish…

Gawd…!!!

[Mad Ferret]

I only saw Cooper in the play off final, and he was the reason they didn't go up.  It was a very weak shot to let in.

Also if 'feet thinks he's superb, then I have even more reservations about him.

That's because you are a prick.

I have seen him 4 times live and countless times on TV and he is a very good keeper.

Unlike you I leave my bedroom and see the light of day.

you leave the house to watch sheffield united?

*hovel

[eusebiovic]

This is a list of all clients on the Unique Sports roster which is Will Salthouse I predict we will end up with Che Adams up front at some point in the future. Just scroll down the page.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/unique- ... rater/4142

I see we're being linked with Fabio Viera of the Arse...

He is under Gestifute - Jorge Mendes the Portugeezer super agent.

I also checked out Barry Silkman but it looks like he has retired and dissolved his company and the same with Willie McKay but in his case it was due to the fallout of the Emiliano Sala case. I mean, booking a handglider to fly over the Bay of Biscay in the dead of night... What's the worst that could happen?