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19 Jul 2023 12:30:46
Some of the names being banded about as West Ham targets are actually quite exciting and I can see Tim Steidten's influence with a some of them. Whether we sign any of them is a whole different matter.
TAYLOR HARWOOD-BELLIS in the centre of defence. Young and English, captained the England under 21 team to victory at the recent Euros.
IAN MAATSEN at left back. He had at outstanding season at Burnley in the Championship last year on loan from Chelsea. Would be a great addition. Young, bags of pace, has bags of potential and can play as a wing back as well.
MAX AARONS at right back. He seems to have been around for ages now, but still only 23 years of age. Again has bags of pace and can play as a wing back.
EDSON ALVAREZ in my opinion is an outstanding option as the defensive anchor in midfield. He has great stamina, reads the game superbly, is strong in the tackle and seems perfectly suited for Premier League football. He can also play centre back should we need him to as well.
CONOR GALLAGHER would walk in to our current starting line up. He is an upgrade on Soucek and Downes, albeit a little more attack minded, but would be a perfect addition to our engine room, and again has the potential to improve (he is still only 23).
HARVEY BARNES would be the perfect complement to Bowen on the opposite wing. Strong, pacey and can put the ball in the back of the net. I know there is talk of him going to Newcastle, but I still harbour a hope given recent Newcastle links to the Napoli wide man Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
ARMANDO BROJA as a forward would be a decent addition too. Ok, admittedly he was out injured for a lot of last season, but he works hard, is physically strong, relatively pacey, has Premier League experience, scores goals and is probably feeling like he has a point to prove given the lack of opportunities at Chelsea.
Got to be honest, that would actually be the perfect transfer window for me, so let's face it, none of it will come to fruition. HAHAHA
We can all dream though
1.) 19 Jul 2023 13:54:37
LMFAO, nope it won't happen LMAO. More like Mctominay, Maguire, Phil Jones, Robbie Savage, Gary Neville and Cavani (is there a link there somewhere LOL)? Personally, its time our board see sense and end MOYES tenure with our great club because the way we are going we are not going to be ready for the new season. Our squad is already one of, if not, the smallest in the Premier league and more and more players are leaving. Latest news also suggests he wants to revamp the front line and get rid of SCAMACCA, ANTONIO AND INGS (added to this RICE, LANZINI, Possibly Fornals, Cresswell possibly to Wolves, Johnson and Kehrer could all be gone! He has his eyes on Broja. I worry because we can't get a suitable replacement for DECLAN RICE so what chance any position?
2.) 19 Jul 2023 14:34:11
The overreaction on this site to our summer transfer business is almost unbearable! Let's see where we are at 11pm on the 1st September before we start passing judgement on summer recruitment.
3.) 19 Jul 2023 15:07:40
Lets be honest here, its more urgent and important where we are at start of the new season rather than 01st Sep
4.) 19 Jul 2023 15:08:09
What transfer business? We are selling everyone
5.) 19 Jul 2023 15:48:02
As far as I understand, only one starter has left the club and another player who is 30 and has been on the fringes this past season. Yet we're selling everyone?
6.) 19 Jul 2023 17:18:20
More have left, including backroom staff than have arrived!
7.) 19 Jul 2023 17:31:14
Oshee, please see my comment earlier today at 2.34pm.
8.) 19 Jul 2023 18:05:10
It's good business to bring in replacements before you let players go or at least have them line up what have we done
Absolutely nothing
What they doing trying to get as much interest on the money sitting in the bank
9.) 19 Jul 2023 20:17:17
Not fussed on Max Aarons, been poor when he's played in prem and he's hardly set championship alight.
The rest would be good signings.
@plugger, Yes we have lost lanzini who was more of a fringe player last season but still played an important role in the European games and will need replaced.
Unfortunately we've just lost our captain and arguably our most important player. I don't mind us waiting on other targets that may be less pressing but the Rice replacement should already be signed up, We can't afford to wait for better value by going in later in the window we need to settle in players ASAP.
10.) 19 Jul 2023 21:04:07
As Ed02 said only yesterday, "West Ham are actively pushing to sign players and talking with clubs" No need to panic just yet.
11.) 19 Jul 2023 22:02:57
I fully accept that, Plug. In fact the present tense sentiment expressed in that line has been used in every summer window I can remember. Sadly it all too often develops into the well worn past tense phrase, “We tried.”
We all know we need players in a variety of positions to come into the squad and the sooner it happens the better integrated they will be for the ever nearing first day of the season.
Sullivan has a track record of thinking he’s playing it cute and exerting pressure by delaying until deadline day approaches to get the best deal.
12.) 20 Jul 2023 07:25:37
Exactly Mmpr. Its Sully up to his old tricks trying to get the cheapest option available until of course when its too late and then they panic buy.
3 weeks tomorrow and the new season starts and there is no getting away from the fact that we have one of, if not THE smallest squad in the premier league and we may not be finished losing players. MOYES says he wants to revamp his forward line and INGS, SCAMACCA and ANTONIO can leave.
Teams need to let new players bed in and get used to the team. Look at Paqueta and Co last year?
13.) 20 Jul 2023 11:14:56
Given the amount of time Moyes wants to "bed" players in, I think pluggernaut is missing the boat and Oshee has a very valid point. We all know the player situation, but the frustrating thing is the delayed lack of activity. Had our lot planned this properly, knowing full well that the Rice money was coming from one source or another, all the spadework on our top targets should have been done and dusted, with just the 't's left to cross and the 'i's left to dot. It appears that our board have been taken by surprise on a subject everyone has been talking about for months. Negotiations do happen before the window opens, don't they? It's only during the window that it's all revealed to the world. As all other Prem clubs do their business, Sully is biding his time to grab the leftovers for a 'nice little earner'. In Moyes, he has just the manager to go along with it. Crazy.
19 Jul 2023 11:59:03
Eds, is there any truth in the Ian Maatsen links with West Ham?
Quality young left back with bags of potential. Definitely a Tim Steidten target if true.
{Ed002's Note - I don't think West Ham have spoken to Chelsea but another side has had an offer rejected. Chelsea will not make a decision on his future until after pre-season. I would not discount a move for Broja.}
1.) 19 Jul 2023 12:38:17
Thanks Ed. Don't suppose you want to divulge who the other club was do you?
I would love for West Ham to show an interest.
{Ed002's Note - Burnley.}
2.) 19 Jul 2023 12:58:21
Wow, is it possible another player jumps ship. Cresswell in talks with Wolves? We are going to have nobody left at this rate!
3.) 26 Jul 2023 21:53:16
Being thrown to the Wolves is right re our transfer policy!
19 Jul 2023 11:53:27
So far this summer we have seen Manuel Lanzini depart at the end of his contract and we have sold both Arthur Masuaku and Declan Rice to Besiktas and Arsenal respectively.
According to reports, we are open to offers for Ben Johnson and Thilo Kehrer.
Wolves are interested in Aaron Cresswell and have apparently begun talks with West Ham about a transfer.
Nikola Vlasic and Gianluca Scamacca are both being continuously linked to Italy and Danny Ings and Michail Antonio are also apparently available should a good enough offer come in.
At this rate, we are going to have a pretty small squad next season. I know we are being linked to a lot of players, but Eds, are we actually close to signing anyone?
{Ed002's Note - "Close" is a subjective term but West Ham are actively pushing to sign players and talking with clubs.}
1.) 19 Jul 2023 12:40:18
Thanks Ed.
Hopefully some clear signs of progress being made in our transfer talks will start to show in the near future.
13 May 2022 11:40:40
I wrote a post that was turned in to an article by the Eds (proud day for me) a couple of months back entitled "Where I would love to see West Ham United come the start of next season" and in it I went through the current squad, highlighted the outgoings and who I thought we should target in January and over the Summer. This article is version 2.
1.) 13 May 2022 12:31:43
I fear we are going to be linked with every player and his dog again in another typical west ham transfer winbdow. Sullivans recent "Declan Rice Contract Rumour" is a typical example of how he likes to be in the news
2.) 13 May 2022 13:18:58
Thanks for posting Eds
{Ed033's Note - Thanks for posting, DIE_4_WHUFC.
3.) 13 May 2022 22:23:31
Good article and some interesting opinions on who we should get. One correction though, the club had a two year option on Ben Johnson contract which they triggered when negotiations were not successfully concluded, so his contract does not run out this June, but I read they will negotiate again in the summer.
4.) 14 May 2022 20:20:21
Not a fan of JOHNSON to be fair he needs coaching on how to cross the ball but for me not good enough
5.) 20 May 2022 15:42:53
Die-4, fantastic article and really well considered . I like all your priority choices but having seen him on Wednesday night I’d add Bassey to that list of players to purchase . Thanks for writing it, great discussion piece!
07 Jan 2022 14:00:01
Eds Note - DIE_4_WHUFC's post is now an article on our Football News Views site, entitled: Where I would love to see the West Ham United squad come the start of next season.
1.) 07 Jan 2022 14:39:19
Thanks Eds
2.) 07 Jan 2022 19:50:39
Really good read that.
Those midfielders you mentioned in zakaria, Kessie and Koumara would all be upgrades on kral and noble. I feel like one of those would be good enough to replace both in the squad.
Another player we were linked to years ago I thought would be a quality signing was Sangare before he went to PSV his stats are insane.
As much as i like lanzini If he continues his form it might be the right time to cash in on him and replace him with someone younger although I'd be happy for him to stay I'd have no qualms if we brought in one of those attackers you mentioned someone like a a damsgaard or a Doku, there are some good young attacking midfielders in championship aswell the likes of Lewis Potter and brennan Johnson.
We've been linked to a few new CBs today in, Gleison Bremer, Nayef Aguerd and Abdou Diallo who can also play LB. I think Botman would be my number one choice but it looks like he's been lured to Newcastle for money.
3.) 08 Jan 2022 21:33:55
Thanks Al
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11 Feb 2026 10:30:16
I am pleased we finally seem to have found a bit more consistency and we seem to be picking up points.
However, conceding 2 minutes before the final whistle last night and dropping more points from a winning position is the kind of thing we need to rectify ASAP.
Leeds were losing 2-0 and then had two fortuitous decisions go their way against Chelsea last night and again picked up a point.
We need other games to start going our way or our failures in the first half of the season are going to have relegated us.
1.) 11 Feb 2026 13:29:35
The amount of points dropped from winning positions is crazy maybe even abnormal? Goals change games and we've had some big calls go against us. Almost like they want sullivan out the league. Time will tell if it evens out over the course of the season.
Team have shown what they are capable of and we have momentum, drawf has left us barebones.
Lets hope who ever spurs bring in is an absolute calamity.
Wolves need to do us a big favour tonight and turn up like they did against us, wouldn't be surprised to see another dodgy decision in foresrs favour.
2.) 11 Feb 2026 14:16:17
Personally I don’t think it matters if wolves win lose or draw, I believe if we keep playing in this manner we will be fine as we have seen with the turn around in Leeds form. As you say Sullivan leaving us with bare bones because he probably thought we were already down, and so why bother investing is possibly the thing that will come back and bite us on the back-side.
The atmosphere was great in there last night especially the second half if that can be recreated for Saturday games I feel we will see the benefits. Last night was a choker but can only be put down to the ref and a late goal that it was difficult to do anything about.
07 Feb 2025 11:20:09
DIE_4_WHUFC has written an article entitled, West Ham United Squad Under Graham Potter
1.) 08 Feb 2025 07:13:18
Great piece of work
2.) 08 Feb 2025 15:33:42
Thank you!
3.) 08 Feb 2025 16:44:14
Ok Die 4 we’ll done, I would agree on most, it iis not impossible but unlikely that Gomez comes to WH, and David is being prepped by Barcelona, we had our chance with him, but opted not to which I thought. Bonkers , KWP definitely, worth a good signing on fee, Tierney will not come to WH, unless his agreement with Celtic falls through, , Fabianski in my view too old now, Too early too comment on kudus and Paqueta, , Down the line Potter will have to bring in quite a few, Aguerd following my post 50/50 chance he actually returns to play, while Freddie Potts may make the squad, which needs thickening quite a lot, Irving is on 5k a week, so either way doesn’t matter
4.) 08 Feb 2025 19:11:56
Hi Joyful how about you doing the same piece with your thoughts, views etc
5.) 08 Feb 2025 20:00:40
Will do, bit busy at present, later in the week maybe die 4, is on the ball, it’s a matter of individual tastes and ideas
6.) 09 Feb 2025 12:55:03
The one thing you haven't mentioned is any of the promising youngster's we have and in my opinion we need to give time to Scarles, Orford and the 3 that are out on loan Potts in particular as well as Marshall and Earthy. With those in mind we may be able to reduced the number of signings
7.) 09 Feb 2025 12:56:11
Think that’s a really good article Die 4 and thank you for sharing. It’s certainly got me thinking about what I’d do. Personally I’d release one of the fringe goalkeepers and bring in a younger one. I’d also sell Alverez, he’s too temperamental, and replace him with another like Gomez, with a bit more mobility (I think we missed a trick with Connor Gallagher), is Adam Wharton beyond us?
04 Nov 2024 12:23:25
So Julien Lopetegui hasn't really been able to put his stamp on the team and we are continuously struggling in games to get any kind of footballing identity.
Assuming we let Lopetegui go, and assuming Sullivan is not willing to pay a compensation fee to a club in order to get their manager in, who would we like to see brought in from the available managers list.
Frank Lampard?
Graham Potter?
Edin Terzic?
Erik Ten Hag?
Insert other name here.?
1.) 04 Nov 2024 15:27:23
Kevin Keenn
29 May 2024 14:31:11
DIE_4_WHUFC has written an article entitled, Exciting Players West Ham Are Linked With
15 Aug 2023 09:58:52
Did anyone else notice that Edson Alvarez, despite being signed in time to play Bournemouth, didn't even feature on the bench at the weekend?
Is he injured?
Is he unfit?
Or was it just a case of Moyes not so subtly saying "I ain't going to play players I don't want"?
1.) 15 Aug 2023 10:31:51
Allegedly, he wasn’t ‘match fit’.
2.) 15 Aug 2023 11:18:25
Hardly surprising he has just come back from holiday
12 Feb 2026 07:54:17
Real Madrid haven't actually cancelled his contract, but his contract expires at the end of this season. They would need to cancel his contract before he could join another club.
West Ham have a squad of 23 registered with the Premier League, and the maximum squad size is 25, so there are two squad spaces available. HOWEVER, we have a full quota of 16 foreign players, so could only sign and register homegrown players between now and the end of the season.
Despite having a number of injuries (torn meniscus, thigh and knee problems) over the last couple years, IF he were to be released by Real Madrid, Rudiger would be a solid signing until the end of the season for any club in the Premier League with a free foreign player registration spot in their squad. Sadly, that isn't West Ham.
02 Feb 2026 08:29:04
Stefan Ortega has joined Nottingham Forest on loan. so our goalkeeping options are one fewer. Got to be honest, I'd rather two centre backs and a central midfielder in today, but in truth I don't see a lot happening at all. Maybe, just maybe, Disasi to join on loan.
We should have been all over the Gomes deal from Marseille, but he is joining Wolves.
02 Feb 2026 08:00:32
Eric Dier is injured, with an unknown return date
30 Jan 2026 12:44:19
I don't disagree about Sterling being past his best, but I can see us signing him until the seasons end in an attempt to score our way out of relegation contention.
Personally I think Ortega is the better short term option until seasons end, because Kinsky, whilst young and undoubtedly talented, he is still raw and not enough top flight experience in a European top 5 league.
Disasi is the most likely centre back option, and I think we need to accept that he won't be followed up with another centre back signing. He will be exactly the same as Igor Julio because he won't start unless injuries or suspensions leave us with no other choice. HOWEVER, he is in my opinion a better defender than Igor Julio (faster, stronger, better in the air and may well get the best out of Todibo) .
Zalewski is a better player than Nnadi at present, but they are also completely different.
Zalewski is a left sided wing back / winger that can also play as an attacking midfielder and right winger. Think young, raw version of Davide Zappacosta (ex-Chelsea, Roma and Atalanta), Filipe Kostic (ex-Juventus and Frankfurt) .
Nnadi is a high energy, physical, aggressive defensive midfielder. He is a tenacious ball winner. Think Wilfred Ndidi (ex-Leicester City) . He has publicly said he tries to base his game play on N'Golo Kante and Moises Caicedo.
30 Jan 2026 08:22:26
I think it is clear for all to see that West Ham are confident of bringing in two players on loan from Premiership clubs before the end of the window.
Premier League clubs are only allowed to register a maximum of two players on loan at any one time from other English top-flight sides, and if we were only looking to bring in one, we wouldn't of sent Igor Julio back to Brighton.
Sending Julio back to Brighton means we have two domestic loan slots open. So a goalkeeper and a centre back.
I can see us signing either Kinsky from Spurs or Ortega from Man City on loan to boost our keeper options and whether I like it or not I think Disasi on loan is our only likely target at centre back.
I know that means we don't spend the Paqueta money, but I can't shake the feeling that we already did when buying Castellanos and Pablo.
I think that'll be the end of our transfer window, unless we look to replace Guido and Ward-Prowse in midfield with someone like Tochukwu Nnadi from Zulte Waregem from Belgian. Although I don't think that's on the cards any more and I think we'll be seeing more of Magassa now the two of them have gone.
I think there is a chance West Ham consider a short term deal for Sterling, but that won't happen until after the window shuts.
06 Feb 2026 18:05:28
Loser of that game is our target to catch
Would prefer Forest to win because we’ve already played them twice.
Leeds lose, we beat Burnley and we beat Leeds when we play them next… back on level pegging with Leeds
03 Feb 2026 08:25:59
All four of those players 4-5 years ago would have been worth signing on a free, not sure any of them are now, with the exception of MAYBE Oxlade-Chamberlin, who is currently training with Arsenal.
He is the only one of those four players that has actually been playing regular, competitive football in the last few seasons.
07 Jan 2026 14:34:32
Nuno managed Wolves in the Championship and finished the season on 99 points if I remember correctly.
Personally, we need a period of stability and if we are relegated, which looks more and more likely with every game we play, I think we should stick with him rather than pay him off and then let lead us in to next season.
Get rid of the players not fit for purpose, and build a team around the young players we have around the starting line up already. Players like Diouf, Scarles, Potts, Magassa, Kante, Orford, Fernandes (if we can keep him), Summerville (if we can keep him) and Pablo.
Allow him to rebuild like he did with Wolves in the Championship and go from there.
If the season starts off badly next season, send him packing and give the job to someone like Carrick then.
19 Sep 2025 11:56:45
Your question was "of the names linked who would I want" and the truth is, only Nuno Espírito Santo or Edin Terzić.
I don't want Bilic back. His teams were not fit enough, the transformation between the distances covered in games under Bilic and Moyes was RIDICULOUS.
I don't want O'Neil either.
Realistic appointment that would excite me, but has the potential to be a huge mistake if he doesn't have an immediate impact, so therefore is too much of a risk is Sérgio Conceição.
No 1 choice - Sérgio Conceição (if we take a risk)
No 1 choice - Nuno Espírito Santo with a very close second choice being Edin Terzić (if we don't take a risk
I'd rather not go for anyone else we have been linked with THAT IS AVAILABLE.
There are a load of managers I would go for currently in employment at other clubs, but I have chosen to focus on the currently available, unemployed options.
19 Sep 2025 09:30:55
Out of all the REALISTIC managers actually mentioned, Nuno Espírito Santo, because he will improve Mads Hermansen being an ex goalkeeper himself and he will sure up the defence. However, he is not a long term solution because he doesn't play the expansive football that excites.
I wouldn't be disappointed with Edin Terzić but think he'd have joined last year if we were actually interested in him. So don't see it.
We were previously linked to Sérgio Conceição but he joined AC Milan and we signed Graham Potter instead, I wouldn't be disappointed with him but think he'd be a risk and I haven't seen his name linked recently, so again I can't see it.
I think all of those are realistic, but I think the first two are the most likely of the three. They are however, the only three names I think are available and not currently attached, that I would be interested in.