06 Aug 2024 07:47:13
So, we've made some great signings over this window and TS is slowly transforming this team.
I think we can safely say that a few will leave before the end of the window.
If we can now get Full backs (WAN BISSAKA and HENRIQUE) and a CB (I know its asking a lot) I think we've had a great window
1.) 06 Aug 2024
06 Aug 2024 10:30:14
Just throwing this out there.
When Rodríguez and Alvarez played together, the latter was often played as a CB.
We have some cover there if Todibo/Soulet and so on don’t happen.
We need to move Zouma and Aguerd on.
2.) 06 Aug 2024
06 Aug 2024 14:02:52
Definitely get rid of zouma and aguerd and I'd also suggest Soucek and Coufal are sold. They simply aren't up to premier league quality anymore so we just carry them through games which was ok when moyes was coach but not anymore
3.) 06 Aug 2024
06 Aug 2024 16:51:52
I completely agree, Zouma and Aguerd clearly need to be moved on and personally, I wouldn't be disappointed if Soucek, Coufal and Ings were let go as well. However, if we look at this realistically, what do you think we'll get for those players:
Zouma - £10 million?
Aguerd - £20 million?
Coufal - £8 million?
Soucek - £20 million?
Ings - £5 million?
I feel like I am being optimistic there as well.
With those five players we would definitely have to sign at least one more centre back, but probably more likely two (it would leave us with Mavropanos and Kilman), at least one right back, but probably more likely two (this is assuming we haven't signed Wan Bissaka) .
I am just not sure the money we would get would stretch to sign what we need, not without loans or perhaps another couple of free agents. Mario Hermoso on a free at centre back perhaps? But he would want to start and is a left sided centre back. probably on big wages as well. Maybe Mats Hummels? Again though he would probably want to start and whilst his quality cannot be questioned, I can't help but feel like the pace of the Premier League would mean he'd struggle now.
4.) 06 Aug 2024
06 Aug 2024 17:08:51
In a dream world, sell:
Kurt Zouma - £10 million
Nayef Aguerd - £20 million
Vladimir Coufal - £8 million
Tomas Soucek - £20 million
Maxwell Cornet - £10 million
Danny Ings - £5 million
INCOMING - £73 million
and sign:
Jean-Clair Todibo / Joe Gomez / Yann Bissek (£5 million loan to buy next Summer)
Oumar Solet - £15 million
Aaron Wan-Bissaka - £15 million
Matt O'Riley - £25 million
Jhon Duran / Tammy Abraham (£5 million loan to buy next Summer)
Outgoing - £65 million
That would leave us with Wan-Bissaka as our only natural right back, but both Gomez and Mavropanos have played a fair number of games at right back. Not a bad understudy.
Our squad would look like this:
GK - Alphonse Areola
GK - Lukasz Fabianski
GK - Wes Foderingham
CB - Jean-Clair Todibo / Joe Gomez / Yann Bisseck
CB - Konstantinos Mavropanos
CB - Max Kilman
CB - Oumar Solet
LB - Aaron Cresswell
LB - Emerson Palmieri
RB - Aaron Wan-Bissaka
DM - Edson Alvarez
DM - Guido Rodríguez
CM - Andy Irving
CM - James Ward-Prowse
CM - Matt O'Riley
AM - Lucas Paquetá
AM - Mohammed Kudus
W - Crysencio Summerville
W - Jarrod Bowen
W - Luis Guilherme
F - Jhon Durán / Tammy Abraham
F - Michail Antonio
F - Niclas Füllkrug
That would be an unbelievably strong squad for a team of West Ham' stature
5.) 06 Aug 2024
06 Aug 2024 19:50:22
I like it Die 4 but I’d be inclined to keep Coufal as cover. For me JWP should be on the out list instead whilst we can get £20 - 25m for him
6.) 06 Aug 2024
06 Aug 2024 19:58:27
Poss need to keep Coufal as RB understudy.? Or You have George Earthy to put in too. So you could swap JWP for KWP and sell Coufal.