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15 Jul 2026 17:03:48
Michel Balkwisha, winger Celtic. Add this to the evergrowing winger list.

15 Jul 2026 16:58:09
I can see that a lot of people are interested in Maeda player in last year of contract, not looking likely to renew, says agent. Would Celtic like to let him leave as a free agent? No way, so they may be open to a bid. He’s 28

How much? Maybe £15 m plus 5 m addons could start the ball rolling.



Would he come to the Championship? Unlikely, depends on who else is involved. Maeda is on 24 k a week. WH would need to double it, that may be possible.

WH have too many non productive limpets; if they can unload some then anything’s possible.

15 Jul 2026 11:29:07
Villa have just made enquiry for Diouf. We are approaching make your mind up time with 2/3 players.

15 Jul 2026 10:10:36
Mac, just wanted to check up for you. As of last night Wh have not made any bid for Ballard of Orient, there was an enquiry, where Wh where told 7 m was the price, maybe £5 m plus 2 m easy addons, that’s where it was left

Bristol City been knocked back twice.

But to be fair their bids were, let’s say, underwhelming.

Will Wh return?

15 Jul 2026 09:31:55
Franculino, in the Championship WH could realistically only buy this player if we come in with a big fee £35 m, and get shot of people like Fulkrug and Pablo; as this looks unlikely, so does the scenario.

Vipotnik, this is the man that I think WH should buy. They enquired within the first two weeks of relegation. The reply was £25 m; this could be negotiable, but it’s the same story as above.



These two forwards are far better suited to WH needs than many others, but with current information it’s a no. No.


There are plenty of others, Ballard, Maeda are just two of dozens; wages is the problem. Whilst WH have people they can’t shift,……. over to Kretinsky

15 Jul 2026 10:56:00.
Franculino or Vipotnik, either would be great signings.
Why they just don’t finish Fulkrug’s contract, I don’t know. Is it something to do with these financial rules we have to adhere to? I.e. you buy a player for a certain sum and when you sell, the bigger the deficit, the bigger the hit you have to take?

15 Jul 2026 11:04:46
I think Maeda would be a great signing. Not sure he would leave Celtic to come to the Championship, though. Works hard, excellent press, great engine, tons of pace, can play wide as well.

15 Jul 2026 11:39:30
Fulkrug. Not rules related, but it would be a big loss on paper. Players like Maeda would want a salary jump coming to West Ham, before even debating whether or not he comes to the Championship. With so many players West Ham do not want collecting wages, getting in new players becomes difficult.



Were we in the Premier League, with its money, I'm sure Kretinsky would clear this mob out, get the best deals you can and move on, but in the Championship, it is altogether different.

15 Jul 2026 15:26:54
Oh come on, Maeda aint gonna come to us in the Championship. Yes, I would love to see him come to us, but we may as well say I wonder if Bellingham would come to West Ham. There is a major shortage of creative players, so why anyone thinks we are gonna attract them, I dont know.


The World Cup has shown you can have lots of creative players, but if teams play the low block like Ghana and Paraguay, having creative players doesnt ensure wins.
As ever, there is too much negativity peddled by a few websites and it spreads.

15 Jul 2026 16:33:29
I don't think anyone really thinks Maeda would come to the Championship, Hammer.

14 Jul 2026 22:34:19
Just silly talk, WH. Cannot slash wages on written and agreed contracts.
Fulkrug has offered to walk away to be a free agent, with no wages claim. Cornet will accept 1 m to wind up his last year contract.
That actually leaves three, not two: JWP, Alvarez and Todibo.

These three are the difficult ones.

JWP and Alvarez have 2 years left; Todibo three.

So the first two are easily solved if WH want to do it. There’s no way the other three are easy to solve, but it’s not holding up incomings. Indecision, staying or leaving on some players' parts is causing the problem.

15 Jul 2026 06:17:14
Joyful can you shed any light on rumour we bid £7m for Dom Ballard and we are interested in Maeda and Hatate from Celtic?

15 Jul 2026 08:49:31
First problem here is Fulkrug. There’s a host of players up front West Ham could have interest in. Maeda was of interest last season, Ballard enquiry, Hatate nothing as yet.
But West Ham, for reasons unknown, seem reluctant to let Fulkrug go; he’s still on 55 k a week. They don’t want a big loss on paper if he walks on a free.

Is he going to play this season? If he is, and we keep Taty, and the so far useless Pablo, none of those people can be brought in; just too much in wages in the Championship.



Whilst we need fresh faces, and we do, West Ham haven’t got the Premiership money coming in. Parachute money is a big help, but Kretinsky needs to make some big player decisions, draw a line on players leaving etc... West Ham are not yet sorted out.

14 Jul 2026 13:12:33
Summerville. Roma are short of funds, their original offer was spread like jam, so if they offer more, without a bank loan, it will get silly. I would not be suprised if they try to push a p/ex

Man United have the money, they have already offered 40 m plus 10 m easy addons, they could be pushed to make it £50 m in cash

Al Ahli different.

Choice. Completely paid in one go. The player will get double the wages United are offering. Roma not even worth mentioning, depends on your view…. sand dunes, loads of dough etc?


Do you want to play, or take the money?

14 Jul 2026 14:52:20
Money talks these days.

14 Jul 2026 16:03:08
The players do what the agents tell them now a lot of the time, so it will probably be where the agent gets the biggest cut.

13 Jul 2026 16:10:38
Patrick Berg. WH can actually pay more than the three promoted sides, who are all chasing him

It’s really a question for the player, play in Premier League for one season, odds are all three may be relegated at season's end

Or come to London, play with WH, a bigger club, with much more potential? Up to you, Mr Berg.

14 Jul 2026 14:53:38
Must admit, with Nils Koppen on board, I was hoping he could unearth some Scandinavian hidden talents, so let's hope Berg could be the start.

14 Jul 2026 15:27:18
He was pretty awful against England on Saturday night. Apart from Bellingham, there weren't many good performances.

14 Jul 2026 15:28:57
Well, an iceberg is 80% hidden? Unfortunately, the gem unearthing days are coming to an end. Too much media, too many on the take, internet, mobile texts, it's getting less and less.

14 Jul 2026 16:53:34
I'm sure, in these days of AI, even the YouTube footage can be manipulated to make someone like Pablo seem like Pele.
And if it wasn't happening, I've just given someone the idea.

15 Jul 2026 13:27:01
Please explain to me how we finish up with a player like Pablo?
How much money were WH given to take him!

Apart from running about trying to get the ball, what does he do?

I played and managed in the Conference League, the standard there is at least the level of Pablo. He must be the most ridiculous purchase of recent times.

13 Jul 2026 15:45:02
Gustavo Sa All gone quiet, well last week, he’s been in talks with Sporting and Benfica, this transfer is not nailed on.

14 Jul 2026 06:16:11
Amazing cause at one stage he was coming for medical, apparently.

13 Jul 2026 12:02:52.
Macatee turned down 50 k a week, and play regular football, automatic starter etc, to warm the bench at Forest for 40 k a week

Glasner said he can leave, without a second thought. The player looked good at Man City, well who wouldn’t?

Maybe it’s a bullet dodged. That’s another way of looking at it

Whilst it’s almost a certainty.

Re Bissaka. And Summerville leaving, it seems Diouf has become unsure, finally beginning to know what’s needed


Mikey Moore, don’t get this, WH turned down the loan of the Spurs player for reasons unknown, so looks like he’s going to BVB Dortmund, if he’s good enough for them, why not us?

13 Jul 2026 18:06:30
Diouf unsure about leaving or staying?

13 Jul 2026 18:15:21
Yes, this one needs to be sorted asap. He's had offers, but no concrete bids have occurred. Nuno needs to sort this out pronto, can't carry on in never never land.

13 Jul 2026 22:46:28
Who signs Diouf, I wonder? He is hit & miss with his crossing, and his defending is equally suspect at PL level. A year in the Championship could actually see him thrive and up his value.

14 Jul 2026 11:22:34
Agree, Ruzz. Thought the same about him. A year in the Championship will do him good, same with Magassa, get some consistency to their games.

12 Jul 2026 11:04:13
To be honest, I’m getting a little concerned about the quality or maybe the lack of it, in some of the players we are being connected with.

Whilst we are in the Championship, we aspire to get back to the Premiership asap, bringing in some of the players that are being sourced by WH, not only may it not get us back, but even if we do, they won’t make the next level up.



For me this is pointless. Could turn out to be painful. We need quality to get us back into a force again.

12 Jul 2026 12:21:02
But that is the conundrum. If someone is Premier League quality, then why would they want to play in the Championship, and it is very difficult to buy players that are Championship level this year but will move on to Premier League next.


What did Ipswich do last year, keep most of their previous Premier League squad, or were there wholesale changes? Whatever they did, it worked for them, even if their new season in the Championship didn't start too well.

12 Jul 2026 15:16:02
The problem is, even if we keep everyone bar Summerville, who will definitely go, we then have a squad that was lacking in pace and creativity, can't defend and can't score. That needs to be addressed, and quickly.

If we start badly, promotion is all the more difficult. There's only 4 weeks to kick off in the Carabao Cup, and there are so many things that need sorting.

12 Jul 2026 17:13:03
Agreed, Robbo, a heck of a lot of work still to be done, and still a lot of "overpaid deadweight" to get rid of, as well as rebuilding an entire squad ready for a long, hard season ahead.

Cogs maybe turning, but they are turning very slowly.

13 Jul 2026 08:42:58
imo, I think the club needs to be clever with the loans we can get in. I think this would really help us this season.

13 Jul 2026 08:51:00
I agree the loan market is massive for us this season. We could hopefully get a couple of PL-quality younger players that want game time from some of the big boys.

13 Jul 2026 11:39:15
Why on earth do we need to rebuild an entire squad? As it stands today, we have one of, if not the best, squads in the Championship?

13 Jul 2026 13:31:47
TBH Lee, I'm struggling to see the reason too. Admittedly, our 2 most creative players will have left. We need a centre back, probably a right back, but we have Scarles. We need maybe 2 forwards, but I think a lot of the slack can be taken up by the youth team.
I don't know much about Championship football.

I know there are more matches. I know we need some creativity, but we aren't gonna get another player of Fernandez's quality who is prepared to play in the Championship.
Obviously, if a lot of players say they are off and we don't keep them to their contracts, then we do need a few more.

13 Jul 2026 15:42:17
Hammer mate, do you think slack will be taken up by youth team? If WH approach this season thinking that..... then our competition will be rubbing their hands with glee.

If we played our youth side, in my view, we will get swamped.

I will stick to my point of view.

A couple here and there, yes, but not too many at once, unfortunately we do not have the youth of yesteryear. I personally think that will play out soon enough.

13 Jul 2026 16:10:47
Mate, I didn't say that we should flood the team with youth players, or if that's how it reads, it wasn't meant like that. I meant, like you said, a few here and there. Like Mayers early or Ford, etc, could play or make up some of the bench.

13 Jul 2026 16:24:42
I think unless we start bringing players in soon to give Nuno a decent pre season, we could be out of our depth this year.

This is the hardest league in the world to get promoted from because they all want the glamour and cash that the Premier League provides.



Some clubs are miles ahead of us already.

And I reckon Nuno is thinking he will be starting with the majority of players we had last season, hence why no movement in transfer market.

13 Jul 2026 16:42:16
Moved to Banter Joyfull.

11 Jul 2026 16:15:39
Fulkrug. Has asked again to be released. Apparently he has spoken with DOF Koppen and is prepared to walk away, with nothing, his contract torn up

WH. must give this serious consideration. Now, 2 years left on contract, 55 k a week this season, if we return to top league £110 k a week, this amounts to 8.25 m.

It's a big wage saving, his heart's not in it

If we are shedding people, use his big wage savings to pay off Cornet, JWP for starters, still plenty over

11 Jul 2026 18:04:13
Just let him go before the season starts, it's too late.

11 Jul 2026 16:02:21
Vargas, WH have been asked to bid £15 m euro for the Swiss winger. If no other bids come in within ( time not known ) they will sell. This looks tricky; this kind of money is piffle to Spurs and Brighton. Anyway WH are now the front runners.

Whilst there’s truth in the Cornet story, it’s alerting the other limpets, Todibo, Fulkrug to get a payoff.

Cornet's contract is at present value £1.65 m, half his contract of last year. WH may offer maybe 800 k to close him out, but the others are all too expensive for that to happen.


The Syd Peck story is still current. But WH need to get serious on this; no bids at present.

11 Jul 2026 17:22:43
Problem is, if we identify players and make no move, they get snapped up by other teams, as in the case of Martin Adeline.

Competition was fierce in the Premier League, but with us being in the Championship, this reduces our chances further.

Lots of talk, no action. Probably agents, but no smoke without fire.

11 Jul 2026 18:20:59
I think, also, like has been said on other sites, it is often the work of agents to put out a story that a deal is virtually done, which gets the bigger clubs to prick up their ears, and they then make bids. As probably was the case with Gustavo Sa.

11 Jul 2026 10:19:02
Areola. As you are aware, his wife had plenty to say to Nuno that not playing him stopped him playing for France. This scenario is, at best, most unlikely.

No secret that the Gk has tried to manoeuvre a move away from WH, but his wages look to make that almost impossible. His £120 k a week wage has been halved to £60 k a week.

Monaco have shown interest, but want WH to subsidise his wages by £25 k a week, whilst they will lay him £35 k.




Areola is in his last year of contract. WH are not going to extend his contract, to loan him out, nor are they subsidising his wages. Looks like he will be staying, and will obviously get game time. Best he uses it well instead of moaning

11 Jul 2026 11:26:38
Id keep him and get rid of that midget to be honest

11 Jul 2026 13:29:57
It must be awful having your wages dropped to £60k a week. How are they meant to live off that. 😂 These players could at least give us a season. 🤷

11 Jul 2026 13:35:01
Before our first home game, the hat will be passed around for poor Areola. Please give generously.

10 Jul 2026 20:55:30
Matt Target full back now 30, free agent, in talks with WH tomorrow.

Mavrapanos, back to Arsenal? Maybe, Gunners, will need to pay a good figure, however our Greek defender has been told he wouldn’t be first choice, maybe he doesn’t want to be a bench warmer, we shall see?

10 Jul 2026 22:16:49
Targett would be ok, but I really would like Scarles to get decent play time this year to aid his development, and I hope we aren't signing 30 year old that are going to block young uns getting game time.

I really can't see Arsenal going for Mavro, unless they think he will just be a cheap back up.

I'm not sure if he counts as home grown as well because he was a young player there, but can't see him troubling the 1st team much. I mean he was pretty average for us most of the time he was here, save a handful of games.

11 Jul 2026 09:54:05
Over the 46 league games alone, Scarles and others will get plenty of game time, 12 midweek matches, let alone cup games. There's no youngster that won't get a game at some stage, whether by trial or injuries.
Anybody that thinks WH, with a newly assembled team, is going to run away with this league, needs to take seconds in my opinion.



There are a few teams that, to my understanding, are going to be ready to roll long before mid August, and WH at present are not one of them.

11 Jul 2026 10:23:24
I hear what you're saying, Joyful, and you called it at the start of last season so we should heed your warning. What I would say is that, for me, it depends on who we manage to retain. Bowen, Taty, Souchek, Mav, KWP, Magassa, Potts, Scarles, Hermandsen are all capable of performing very, very well in the Championship.

With Sully now gone, let's hope the club is just being very thorough and industrious behind the scenes with their preparation.

11 Jul 2026 11:16:46
It's very difficult to say who's coming and going. That is the whole problem in a nutshell.

Whilst WH are waiting for World Cup participants to return and make their final decision, other clubs are busy and moving on, and their preparations are well in front of us.

We have many midfielders, but none are creative. That's just the start. Taty, Bowen, Mavros just cannot establish. Whether they are nailed on to stay, if they want to leave, just leave, and that's it.

We also have the reluctant limpets, who we must try and offload.

If Koppen can get rid of those, he will be my player of the year!


It's no one's fault, it's a collection of circumstances. The Sullivan fiasco didn't help either, but none of these things are plus points.

With luck and a fair wind, I hope we get back up, with the new 3/8 position playoffs there's an extra opportunity.

I know that Nuno is frustrated, not because he's worried about the Championship, he just cannot get people signed up because of the delays, and indecision he's getting from current players. That's the truth, sorry long post.

11 Jul 2026 11:25:46
The problem is the likes of Taty, Mavro, AWB might not necessarily be other clubs' top targets, so these may take time to shift, this could go right down to the last day of the window, but the fact remains with only 4 weeks to kick off we have sold one player, that is all.



Soucek is injured and doesn't know when he will be back, Dabber, that's the only reason he committed to us, because he can't be sold because of injury, another that will just draw a wage without contributing.

11 Jul 2026 13:27:48
Souchek is a matter of opinion and in mine I think he would have stayed anyway, but we'll never truly know. I'm actually now looking forward to the new season and new era without BS. I think it's a great opportunity to rebuild and come back better and stronger. I appreciate other clubs might be stealing a march on us, but the fact remains the World Cup has got in the way, and maybe has affected us a little more than others, because of players involved that we're looking to sell: Diuof, Summerville, AWB.

At least Sullivan's barrow boy wheeling and dealing shouldn't be an issue this time. I liked the way the club dealt with the Fernandes sale, although I was gutted to see that young man go. He's going to be a great player. After the low of relegation, I'm trying to stay positive and upbeat.

11 Jul 2026 13:54:04
I think this season will be very difficult, with 6 or 7 clubs better equipped for the Championship at this time. That might change, but I'm not that hopeful. It's all been the same BS as it was under Sullivan, linked with 2000 players that we never sign, or were never going to sign anyway.

11 Jul 2026 14:38:15
Just want to reiterate, the fact that Nuno is somewhat hamstrung because of indecision, not his or WH, but players that are currently away, and a couple that may be trying to manufacture a move away from WH.
This has to come to a finale, but quite how you do it is another story.



Only way for me is to give a cut off date, after which WH will turn away any offers, irregardless of what, whom, immaterial.

Leaves them available to play, and leave in January if they wish.

11 Jul 2026 14:54:00
All we can go on is what has been done up to now. One really good player was sold, but sold for a decent price, not just given away like would have been the case under Sullivan. You are always gonna get stories linking clubs with players, it is not something the chairman is doing, unlike under Sullivan. And a lot of these stories could be coming from Sully loyalists or agents loyal to Sully. Agents, by nature, only have their own self-interest, be that Salthouse or Menendez.

If we don't see a mass exodus, I don't see much of a problem. We do need to replace Fernandez; it's doubtful they will be anywhere near as good, and we do need some centre backs and some forwards, but there is still time. When the season ended for me, it was all doom and gloom until the news that Sully's influence is significantly lessened. Now, I feel pretty positive and am actually looking forward to the new season under the new regime.

12 Jul 2026 07:50:24
6 or 7 teams look more equipped. I've read some crap in my time, but that takes the biscuit as of July 12th. WHUFC has only lost one player, maybe 2 if you want to include a loan signing that was Disasi. If the league started next week, the current squad would be by far the best in the division.

Biggest problem with modern day football is the lack of patience from certain supporters. Players will join, and a few will leave. But there won't be anything remotely resembling a fire sale.

13 Jul 2026 09:26:55
Patience? You mean patience like keeping Potter for a whole transfer window he never should have had? Like keeping negative Nuno whilst Spurs and Forest were reacting and making changes before it was too late? Or do you mean chucking away points in early season games because, even though most sensible people could see no pre-season, with new signings only arriving after the big kick, that was going to be detrimental, whilst the whole let's-wait-and-see scenario was being played out? Unfortunately, patience has led to relegation and the situation we are now in, which we are currently replicating.

I've already said on other posts where we are lacking, but the long and short of it is we are the big scalp in this league, so teams will employ low blocks.

At the moment we don't have any players that can unlock a defence; in fact, our midfield currently consists of players that aren't mobile and don't know how to pass or shoot. We have a defence that can't defend set pieces, and a lot of teams will use the aerial route against us. We don't have many options upfront. Taty is OK, but Pablo is just plain awful and offers nothing. Add to that a genuine lack of pace everywhere, and that is why I think we are not equipped for this division at the moment.