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

[nerd2]

He can go and slap those 2 spurs clowns again . 6 match ban and never the same after it. Go to a team worse than us, some achievement.

[eusebiovic]

Let’s be honest, Kudus is massively overrated and anything north of £50 million is decent. 

what I don’t get is why Potter would have joined if there are no funds to buy 

Probably because he was bullshitted just like everybody else. They gave him the old razzle, dazzle and putting on the ritz and he fell for it. Some glitzy tassels were probably involved to turn his head.

Then, as time goes by he starts to realise and thinks it might be for the best if he sits tight and waits for the payoff until inevitably getting the blame for everything under the sun at some point in the not too distant future

[scott_d]

Selling Kudus isn't the issue.  It's what we replace him with and our track record is fucking shocking.

Personally, I think he had the potential to be a great player for us, and we are probably his level.  His dribbling and ball retention is excellent, but his end product has never been great, both passing and shooting, and that's probably why he came to us in the first place.

I hope he goes to Spurs for big money and is no better than this season.  In that scenario we are laughing. 

But if he works on passing and shooting, then let's hope he goes somewhere else.

 

[Keep dreaming]

Every well managed club in the PL would get strengthen with Kudus in their team.

Unfortunately, we have Sullivan, so I doesn't really matter if we have him or not. He doesn't care about such things. He cares about money. Just like another dictator in the making over the pond 

Fuck it, let's just get relegated. Only then will people stop putting good money into the shit bowl and it's owners.

[fraser]

Kudus isn't overrated at all, he's a very talented player. Had a poor season but so did everyone and if this conversation was happening this time last year nobody would be happy about him leaving. 

Let's sell all our good players and replace them with average, I like watching the likes of Kudus, what some excitement over the bowl shaped library. 

[stubbo-admin]

IMO Kudus is a player who can only play on the counter attack to be truly effective. He was highly effective under Moyes with space in behind to run into and dribble at from off the right, with Paqueta playing quarterback style passes. His ball carrying is his real strength.

Get deep and goal side of him, and he is very lacking. He's a top player but horses for courses. It's no surprise Frank wants him as he's a largely counterattack orientated manager. Am sure he'd go very well at Forest too. 

Slow possession....not his bag at all. Stifles all his dynamism and he's a dribbler, not a pass and move one-two touch type.  Dribble....cut in.....shoot. if he's not doing that, he's wasted/ineffective.

[Steady]

Let’s be honest, Kudus is massively overrated and anything north of £50 million is decent. 

what I don’t get is why Potter would have joined if there are no funds to buy 

[wils]

I don’t mind him going. Great ability but is let down by what’s up top in my opinion. The right manager may be able fix that problem but whether that man is Frank I don’t know. Don’t think he will do much at spurs except score against us. 

[Sydney_Iron]

Kudas can go, TBH last season he wasn't so great, attitude doesn't look great either.

But fuck me, to Spurs? considering the way Levy has fucked us around over potential transfers over the years, refusing to deal with us or playing us along only to pull the plug, let's not gift him Kudus on a low-ball price FFS Even if we may want rid of him.

And also didn't Sullivan even say after the last time we got fucked around by Levy we wouldn't deal with that lot ever again??????

[Tomshardware]

Kudus has a lot of ability and at times looks like he could play for a top European team but he can also be a frustrating player.   Would be stupid to let him go on the cheap though.

[ATHammer]

Roll up, Roll Up. Brady and Sullivan are about to demonstrate what a great bit of business the Carrick deal was.

[twoleftfeet]

I don’t mind him leaving, he did fuck all last season. Let him be someone else’s problem. 

[MaryMillingtonsGhost]

Yep, you just know Kudus will go to the next level with Spurs.

 

Judging by this years league table, I’m assuming ‘the next level’ is the Championship?

[RBshorty]

If Kudus is that great then someone would have taken him by now. Us and N17 are his level. 

[ATHammer]

From Kudus perspective, Why not Spurs?
From Brady and Sullivan perspective, you cannot get any lower. Selling at less than market value to a team that somehow contrived to finish lower than us last year.
From a supporters point of view, I despise this board with a passion. I would actually prefer Mike Ashley or Daniel Levy to these clowns.

[Mad Ferret]

he wants to play for a big club. 

He defo won’t be staying at West Ham then!

[twoleftfeet]

He won’t go to Spurs, he wants to play for a big club. 

[Keep dreaming]

I really couldn't give a fuck where he went. And why not Tottenham? They are after all a club with ambition.

 

[claypole]

I see the stooge Steinberg is muddying the water over psr, no doubt at the behest of our footballing genius chairman.

[Mad Ferret]

Yep, you just know Kudus will go to the next level with Spurs, especially with them in the CL.

Honestly wouldn’t surprise me seeing them lift another trophy next season.

[Lee Trundle]

I’d be sick if kudus goes to them yid cunts

Agreed.  You just know he'll go on to be far better than what they'll pay for him also.

[collyrob]

I’d be sick if kudus goes to them yid cunts

[Alan]

Sport Witness

West Ham bringing in Linus Kandolin – Confidence Swede on way to Hammers

West Ham United are set to bring IF Elfsborg goalkeeping coach Linus Kandolin to the club.

Sweden’s Fotbollskanalen report on the move and their title states: ‘West Ham buy Kandolin from Elfsborg’

The 34-year-old spent four years at Östersunds FK before leaving them to join Elfsborg in January 2019 as their goalkeeping coach. He’s maintained that role for more than six years and is now set to join West Ham.

Last September, the Swede extended his contract until the end of 2027. Therefore, the Hammers are now paying a fee to Elfsborg to secure his services, and the report makes no mention of any figures.

Kandolin played a key role in developing Hákon Valdimarsson, who was sold to Brentford for SEK 40m [€3.6m] in January 2024. With that transfer he became the most expensive goalkeeper to be sold from the Swedish league.

Alphonse Areola, Wes Foderingham and Łukasz Fabiański were the three goalkeepers at the Premier League club last season. West Ham have released Fabiański and it’s unclear whether they’ll sign a replacement.

Last season, the trio trained under Xavi Valero, who has been West Ham’s goalkeeping coach since 2018. His contract expires later today and Kandolin is set to replace him to be part of Graham Potter’s backroom staff.

[Alfs]

We'll have another confirmed in today. That Celtic lad.  Woo hoo, eat your heart out Slot!

[eusebiovic]

Another one here...

https://www.teamtalk.com/west-ham-unite ... s-imminent

PUTTING ON THE REITZ!!!