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31 Jul 2026 16:58:56
Soucek, as you know the player is in his last year of contract. He is not ready to return for a while yet.

The player is happy to leave as a free agent at season's end. No clubs are interested whilst he’s injured.

He’s wanted back in Czech by Slavia, this is a matter for WH to sort out.

31 Jul 2026 19:57:03
Wouldn't be surprised to see him leave considering his injury.

31 Jul 2026 16:10:19
Morgan Whittaker Middlesbrough forward on the radar.

31 Jul 2026 16:43:02
Good player, goal-scoring winger. Think we were linked to him when he was at Plymouth.

31 Jul 2026 16:50:04
Yup joins the other 20 possibles! It’s basically a question of who wants to come, how much they cost, and if there’s higher-rung opportunities elsewhere?

31 Jul 2026 17:41:41
I think Celtic have already refused 25 million from Premiership side Forest. I know nothing about negotiating, but I think I now understand why we haven't managed to buy anyone yet. Absolutely ridiculous. I did hear on another site that we were very close on cost, maybe not?

31 Jul 2026 18:14:29
WH, not close enough. Celtic will probably take the money if we match their price, but we need to push the boat out or move on, one or the other. Pay up or pass on the player, end of story.

31 Jul 2026 18:14:41
I think the 25m was what they rejected in January, if reports are to be believed.

Apparently we bid 18m for Engels and will be returning with another bid. Maybe we can meet in the middle, 21-22m.

25m is expensive imo; probably better available for that kind of money, but I suppose the problem is getting them in the Championship.



Also seems to get mixed reviews from Celtic fans.

Can't be much in it between Scottish Prem and Championship?

31 Jul 2026 19:39:58
Iron.Al, Championship is streets ahead of SPL. Genuinely a significant gap in quality.

31 Jul 2026 19:57:31
Who arnt we interested in?

31 Jul 2026 16:02:11
Doesn’t seem like a lot has changed, we’ve agreed personal terms with Engels but haven’t agreed a fee with Celtic, what’s going on? 🤷

31 Jul 2026 16:47:16
Look below.

31 Jul 2026 15:52:08
Appears Desasi is available for £13 Million. Surely that's got to be a no brainer for West Ham. Player gets to staying London so winvwoincall arpund.

31 Jul 2026 16:46:45
West Ham agreed a deal for Disasi four weeks ago. He didn't want to play in the Championship. It's not over yet, just maybe?

31 Jul 2026 16:52:25
Fingers crossed it's the best move for him, then we can build around players like that if/when we get promoted.

31 Jul 2026 15:44:10
WH are a mile below Celtic request for Engels, the Scots are looking for circa 25 m WH bid around £18 m bid knocked back, but will WH be back?
They need to move, prem clubs are watching, we have the money, no excuses. Unless there’s a better target, in midfield there’s plenty players, but are any as good for that money as Engels?

31 Jul 2026 13:01:14
Mac, Egan Riley deal Todibo.
On paper, maybe, Egan Riley is much less value than Todibo, whichever way you go.

Marseille are underfunded, one against the other P/ex if you like is a possibility. Marseille would still pay off the rest over 2/3 years. No lump sums.

Egan Riley is ok; he’s no Disasi, he’s better than Killman (who isn’t), but nowhere near Mavrapanos.

31 Jul 2026 15:59:01
Thanks, Joyful, much appreciated. The thinking is, we get Tobido off our books, his wages and attitude, and bring in another cb with better attitude, less wages, and he is a harder worker.

31 Jul 2026 12:23:44
Some may remember long post on here last year re golds shares, when an American hedge fund offered gold £150 m for 25% holding in WH

That was the best and only concrete offer she had, which she thought far too low and turned down.

After trying for yet another year of getting those shares sold, finally agreed to sell for the same price of £150 m.

This values WH at a base of £600 m, which as a Championship club is just on the lean side of about right.



Sullivan's shares are another matter completely. His 38% stakeholding will require somewhere around Premiership value if he agrees a sale.

His value of the club last year at 1,2 billion was insane.
In reality was around 850 m, Sullivan will ask for 400 m, Stavely won’t pay that much, probably not more than £250 m, so may not happen at this time.

31 Jul 2026 11:24:23
Apparently Staveley has made a £160m offer for Golds shares. Agreement is hours away. Then she’s looking at moving onto Sullivans. 🤷

31 Jul 2026 09:17:58
If we sign Engels from Celtic that’s the kind of starting gun we need

Charly Nouvk of Viborg winger, Mark Tillman Leverkusen mentioned in agency

We are getting associated with so many players now, getting impossible to know who we are actually going for

Staveley cannot influence anything, until money changes hands, or at least some of it.

31 Jul 2026 10:38:02
Who is Ernest Poku?

31 Jul 2026 12:25:24
Leverkusen winger. Good player, maybe a bit more than West Ham would want to pay.
They enquired, already done a post on this a couple of days back.

31 Jul 2026 14:58:40
Engels is a decent player, to be honest. He can play centrally or on the right, is technically good, with a slight question mark over physicality, but I think he would be a good signing. He would definitely be the best footballer we have in midfield if he signed.

31 Jul 2026 16:00:04
3 or 4 more like him would be nice.

31 Jul 2026 16:09:51
Might do a BOGOF with the other Celtic MF, the Japanese fella.

30 Jul 2026 20:54:28
Reiss Nelson is months old but nevertheless, he would fair well at WH.

Mendes is pushing Vieira to WH. Decent player, not going to be cheap

30 Jul 2026 23:18:21
I see in Swedish media that Robbie Ure (Sirius) is now being coveted by Man City & Chelsea. West Ham take too long as usual :/.

31 Jul 2026 08:35:25
Gua Hamer in talks with Coventry, Sa going to Forest, numerous clubs now interested in the Stoke winger, a theme here. Lots of interest.

31 Jul 2026 09:25:48
Guys, I totally understand the frustration, but there must be an underlying reason why the purchases aren't being made. My guess is that it's either the situation with the Gold shares, or the having to remove the leaches from the squad before additional funds and squad places are filled. I'm sure there is very little sleep being got by the top table at the moment.

31 Jul 2026 09:55:28
No, mate, not really. The wages of the limpets need to be removed for sure, but the transfer fees won't boil down to much. Fulkrug is potentially valueless, Alvarez and Todibo would be deposits on fees, or loan monies, so whilst there's a lot of work to get rid of them, none of these players are going to provide funding.

West Ham have had a huge amount of cash payments come in: £85 m plus £60 m plus £45 m parachute money equals 190 m, there's plenty of liquidity. Still in debt, but not that much.

31 Jul 2026 10:39:14
Todibo - Egan Riley player swap?

31 Jul 2026 11:30:38
You really are a glass-half-empty kinda fella, Joyful.

Your username "Joyful" couldn't describe you less.

Everything is doom and gloom.

Yes, we need players, yes, we need them in quickly, yes, we have received money from Fernandes and money from Summerville and money in parachute payments, but, whilst you post name after name that we are linked with, you constantly post it in such a negative fashion.



Are we ready for the Championship opener, ready enough to be competitive, yes. Ready enough to win the league, no, we need players in. Is the window shut? No. Is there still time to strengthen? Yes.

Try and be a bit more positive, because the info you post is interesting to read, you're just soooooo negative.

31 Jul 2026 11:35:37
Hi Joyful, I was thinking more in terms of the leeches taking up squad places. If we can't move them on, they're going to be given squad numbers and expected to be available to play. Todibo, for example, if he doesn't move, we are unlikely to purchase Harry Soutar, etc., just to have one of them leech wages.

Sadly, we have leeches in a number of positions: Todibo, Fulkrug, Alvarez, Cornet, and until they're moved on, surely that delays buying in to replace them, just in case we fail to move them on? I might be clutching at straws.

31 Jul 2026 12:42:21
I understand what you're saying. I would forget Cornet, he's on lower money now, 32 k a week, he may be useful now and again. There's been no interest in him whatsoever up till now. If West Ham were overpopulated with players, they would probably pay him off. If an offer comes in, likely it will be accepted.

Looks like Alvarez and Todibo will be gone in this window.

Fulkrug is the player for whom I do not understand West Ham's stance.

He wants to leave, walk away from 2 years' money. On a free he's valueless. Rip up his contract, let him go, save between 5.5 and 8 m in wages depending on which division we are in. It's a big write down on value, but he was bought wrong in the first place. Clear the decks, goodbye.

31 Jul 2026 12:53:53
DIE 4, no mate, I'm a realist, I'm not a pessimist nor an optimist, history has taught me to be real, I tell it how I see it.

For me it's straightforward. West Ham get in the necessary players for the correct positions needed, we have a good chance of promotion.

If we don't, we won't get promoted. That's it. Where is that doom and gloom?

What I was mentioning on here six weeks back was the same. Now West Ham have the cash to fill those positions, there's not much in the way of excuses.



Sure they will be picky, and try to get the best value they can. Correct, if they can get a couple of free agents etc, good work, the club is still in debt.

But if we don't get promoted first time around, a complete financial restructuring has to take place. West Ham are structured to be in the Premier League, this relegation has brought West Ham to face a ton of problems. That wouldn't have taken place in the top league.

That's not doom and gloom, no glass half full. Just reality.

31 Jul 2026 13:31:55
I think you can be a realist and still have pessimistic or optimistic leanings. You seem like a really good bloke, Joyful, and I always welcome your posts on the players we're looking at, as it gives me someone to google. In fact, I constantly drop in on here to see who you've named dropped. You do seem to head up a bit of a Gloom Platoon, though, that can't wait to read negativity into situations that are not unique to WHUFC. Die 4 summed up the current situation perfectly, no need for me to repeat it.

The only time to be negative, imo, is when things are actually s***, not when people predict they will be s***. Plenty of time for players to come in, new owners and investors, and the loyalty of the Captain... lots to be excited about and look forward to. If the reality ends up being different, so be it, but nobody wants to look into the crystal ball and be told of their impending doom all the time. Come on, chill out, Gloom Platoon. 😉

30 Jul 2026 18:58:17
So Amanda Stavley and her consortium planning to buy gold shares.

This explains why we've bought nobody... really?

30 Jul 2026 20:03:41
Makes sense, I would guess that the consortium would also want to own the stadium & the area around it. That must be worth mega bucks (pun intended, as it's probably Americans).
Spurs wanted 2Bn so West Ham would be peanuts compared to that deal.

30 Jul 2026 20:13:22
One outlet is reporting she's close to a deal worth £150m. Kretinsky and the other shareholders must be in agreement, as they get first refusal on any shares that become available. Let's hope this doesn't take too long, as we need to put a team/squad together.

30 Jul 2026 20:18:30
I think it's linked to the Reuben brothers, who are UK citizens, I believe, and who had something to do with the building of the Olympic Park.

31 Jul 2026 00:29:56
Makes sense, Stavely, the face running and growing the club.

Kretinsky can take a back seat again.

Be interesting to find who this consortium is.

30 Jul 2026 13:57:19
Reo Hatste Celtic mdf has asked to leave, now up to WH to make their bid, if they want this player.

30 Jul 2026 18:28:55
Would be a decent place to start, but aren't we also after Engels from Celtic?

29 Jul 2026 19:35:14
WH preparing for the departure of Bissaka, apart from the offers we know, there looks to be a new offer, which WH have refused. Whether they stick to that I don’t know.

They are joining Derby and Wrexham in enquiry re Issa Kabore re Man City.

Have to see how things evolve.

29 Jul 2026 17:22:01
Fulkrug. Deal with Lazio fallen through, various reasons to do with player not deal itself

He’s valueless just a drain on resources, either get him playing or let him go on a free saving millions in wages

Why can’t WH get this sorted?

29 Jul 2026 16:55:00
Not true, these reports about Stoke denying contact with WH, the Irons enquiry re price Sorba Thomas quoted 15 m, WH want to pay £10 m.

Make no mistake he is what WH need. He would score a dozen goals, probably make 20 assists, he’s in front of Manor Soloman overall, there’s a deal to be done here.



Sooner or later! And it needs to be sooner. WH have to take the plunge, sort out your targets, get them in, time is passing