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Well seems like with all these international breaks, and us languishing, the rumours of ins and outs are rife.

Chuck anything 'worthy' of discussion on this thread...

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Incomings:

Pablo Felipe - €21m + €3m (Gil Vicente) | Forward
Valentin 'Taty' Castellanos - €26m + €4m (Lazio) | Forward
Adama Traore - £2m + £1m if stay up (Fulham) | Forward
Axel Disasi - Loan (Chelsea) | Centre Back
Keiber Lamadrid - £150k + £1m option | Attacking Mid

Outgoings:

Nicolas Füllkrug - 6 months loan (AC Milan)
Luis Guilherme - £17m + Sell On % (Sporting Lisbon)
George Earthy - 6 months loan (Bristol City)
Callum Marshall - 6 months loan (Bochum)
Andy Irving - 1.5m (Sparta Prague)
Guido Rodriguez - Undisclosed (Valencia)
Igor Julio - Loan Cancelled (Brighton)
James Ward Prowse - 6 months loan (Burnley)
Lucas Paqueta - £36.5m + Buy Back Clause (Flamengo)

Beef&Tomato wrote: ↑21 Dec 2025, 16:40

Sweep wrote: ↑21 Dec 2025, 16:02 German clubs supposedly want him but won't cough up for his wages. 

Ornstein/the Athletic claim we are after Strand Larsen from Wolves.

Sounds about right, sign another player whos at a club destined for relegation.  

Sweep wrote: ↑21 Dec 2025, 16:02 German clubs supposedly want him but won't cough up for his wages. 

Ornstein/the Athletic claim we are after Strand Larsen from Wolves.

German clubs supposedly want him but won't cough up for his wages. 

Ornstein/the Athletic claim we are after Strand Larsen from Wolves.

If we get relegated and he ends up back here in the summer we will end up paying to get rid of him. Must be a German club who would take him.

claypole wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 13:36 Needs to be an obligation not an option on the Big, Tough German gingerbread man.

Needs to be an obligation not an option on the Big, Tough German gingerbread man.

Just watching Woldermade for Newcastle. Actual movement in the box. We really need someone like that. I thought fullkrug was meant to be that type of player. Not sure how he starts (or even gets in the squad) for Germany in the summer regardless of switching team. 

Biggest waste of space since the last biggest waste of space. 

See ya Fullcrock.

Tax situation is different over there I think. He can earn less but take home more.

I can't see Fullkrug wanting to join them permanently when he's on a massive contract here that has 2 more years after this one. 

Iron Duke" wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 12:21 Fullkrug seems on the verge of joining Milan. Loan with a €13m option to buy. Another great bit of business from West Ham. Imagine if Sullivan wasn’t so shortsighted and coughed up the extra money for Duran? Always going for the expensive cheap option.

Fullkrug seems on the verge of joining Milan. Loan with a €13m option to buy. Another great bit of business from West Ham. Imagine if Sullivan wasn’t so shortsighted and coughed up the extra money for Duran? Always going for the expensive cheap option.

Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 08:37 When was that?

Recently he's only come on against Leeds, and he looked like he'd won a competition at the local fate to play for West Ham.

When was that?

Recently he's only come on against Leeds, and he looked like he'd won a competition at the local fate to play for West Ham.

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025, 14:01

Fauxstralian wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025, 06:31 Obviously our priority is a striker (or two) 
As well as Wilson has done it’s ludicrous that our total striking attack is a 34yo who can maybe play 70mins once a week

 

Yeah but we have Marshall.

Get braced for a late loan bid being rejected. We tried for the 100th time....

Why don't you sell up and die Sullivan you motherfucker

Fauxstralian wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025, 06:31 Obviously our priority is a striker (or two) 
As well as Wilson has done it’s ludicrous that our total striking attack is a 34yo who can maybe play 70mins once a week
 

We need something along the lines of Hartson & Kitson impact like in 1997. 

Obviously our priority is a striker (or two) 
As well as Wilson has done it’s ludicrous that our total striking attack is a 34yo who can maybe play 70mins once a week
Was reading that if Guehi goes in January Palace were interested in Kilman. That would be a major result especially if we could replace him with Charlie Cresswell of Toulouse 
If Paqueta wants out that’s ok if we can replace him. If Atletico Madrid were up for a swap for Conor Gallagher we should jump at that

That rascal Ferret is more likely implying Potts is not up to it
He knows that having a dig ar a home grown West Ham player is the best way to irritate / annoy posters. Gives him the “fuel” he needs if someone reacts.

When Earthy gets minutes ( likely very soon imo) you can guarantee he will start a new campaign about how Earthy is not up to PL standard etc.  To be fair, Earthy might not show whats needed but Im suspecting like Potts he will make the grade.  

Mainoo? As mentioned, good passer etc but not quick or physical enough at times. In the right midfield alongside some athletic types with the physicality he can still be a very good player in the PL but the Mancs weakes, like us before Potts, Magassa and Fernandes stepped up, is lack of pace and power in the middle of the park. Mainoo will need to go to another PL club or abroad to get game time

 

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 15:24 We should be looking at bringing in Mainoo.

He'd transform our midfield.

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 15:24 We should be looking at bringing in Mainoo.

He'd transform our midfield.

No point we already have Potts.

We should be looking at bringing in Mainoo.

He'd transform our midfield.

Lingard. Has to be a fucking joke, right?
 

I wonder how Traore is on the left (given that he'd only ever play on the right if Bowen was injured). I think that he's only played there a couple of dozen times in his career. 

I was just reading an article quoting his youth team manager describing him as "like a Formula 1 car driven by a child. The machine dominated him." Clearly nothing really changed as he got older. Definitely someone who could bring the ball out of our own half though, which would be useful.