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Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
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Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
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)
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
Sterling would obviously be the ‘one of mine for one of yours’ for Sullivan as he always has to have.
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
If it was a match fit, motivated Raheem Stirling with something to prove then it might of been worth it a couple of years ago. He's barely played for 2-3 seasons and he's on £350,000 bags a week. Also he made he first team debut at 16 years old. Those type of ex-whizz kids are usually burnt out by their 30th birthday so are best given a wide berth.
Exactly the kind of razzle dazzle signing we've come to expect. I'd be very wary but then I thought that of Jack Grealish but he's done well at Everton.
I still think Sterling is a huge Kalvin Phillips type risk for very little return.
Hmmm
Exactly the kind of razzle dazzle signing we've come to expect. I'd be very wary but then I thought that of Jack Grealish but he's done well at Everton.
I still think Sterling is a huge Kalvin Phillips type risk for very little return.
Hmmm
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
Two strikers in would be amazing but I'll believe it when I see it.
Two strikers plus Traore and Sterling would be decent business alongside getting our money back on Guillherme.
A decent centre half on loan would also be good.
Two strikers plus Traore and Sterling would be decent business alongside getting our money back on Guillherme.
A decent centre half on loan would also be good.
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
southbankbornnbred wrote: ↑01 Jan 2026, 18:55 He’ll go to a lesser league, possibly where he speaks the language and will settle quicker, where you get more time and space on the ball, and he’ll do well.
Then some people will wang on about how we never got a tune out of him etc.
But the fact is we overspent on a young player who, up to now, has never been Premier League level.
We aren’t going to miss him. He’s contributed almost nothing to West Ham.
Good luck to him in the future. Hope he does well below Prem standard.
It’ll be like when we let Ajeti go. He went to Celtic, then Basel, and scored a few goals in a couple of pub leagues - and some of our fans thought we’d let go a world talent.
Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
I predict Guilherme to be successful in Portugal, with Pablo scoring zero in the Premier League and maybe barely kicking a ball.
My rationale being the Portuguese league is shit. Gyokeres and Amorim should tell you that.
That said, hopefully he turns out to be as good as Jota.
My rationale being the Portuguese league is shit. Gyokeres and Amorim should tell you that.
That said, hopefully he turns out to be as good as Jota.
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
He’ll go to a lesser league, possibly where he speaks the language and will settle quicker, where you get more time and space on the ball, and he’ll do well.
Then some people will wang on about how we never got a tune out of him etc.
But the fact is we overspent on a young player who, up to now, has never been Premier League level.
We aren’t going to miss him. He’s contributed almost nothing to West Ham.
Good luck to him in the future. Hope he does well below Prem standard.
Then some people will wang on about how we never got a tune out of him etc.
But the fact is we overspent on a young player who, up to now, has never been Premier League level.
We aren’t going to miss him. He’s contributed almost nothing to West Ham.
Good luck to him in the future. Hope he does well below Prem standard.
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
100% he becomes a player and we will all be wondering why we were never able to get a thing out of him.
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
I think Guilherme may turn out to be a decent player but as a club we aren’t and haven’t been in a position to pay £25m for someone ‘for the future’
Are we smart enough to have a buy back or sell on if he is going ?
Need to use the funds for someone who can play NOW
Are we smart enough to have a buy back or sell on if he is going ?
Need to use the funds for someone who can play NOW
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
Traore used to scare me when we played Wolves but I have come to realise he's all fur coat and no knickers.
Prove me wrong, Adama.
Prove me wrong, Adama.
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
Yup. He HAS to be accounted for in a way Summerville or Paqueta just don’t when out on the wing. And you have to put a strong or pacy player on him which creates opportunities elsewhere on the pitch. Aside from Bowen we don’t have a single player like that. Even if he just runs around and stretches play without the ball it’ll have a positive effect for us.
Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
As Goose says probably a couple of years too late but I would have got Traore in as Antonio's understudy a few years back. Not a natural forward but neither was Antonio, but he is/was a battering ram who through the middle could have done a similar job.
Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
Guilherme was a great signing, plenty of potential and in a more successful team may have got the minutes he needed, still got most of our money back so was worth the punt..
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
Looks like Guilherme is off to Sporting Lisbon.
Mendes seems to be working some magic.
Mendes seems to be working some magic.
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
Pablo (no not that one) having a medical, could be in in time for Wolves
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Re: Winter '25/26 Transfer Rumours Thread
Suits everyone
Fulham get a couple of million plus losing his wages
Traore gets to play more and is a free agent at the end of the season
Hopefully (HOPEFULLY) we get someone to play on the break who has something to prove
Fulham get a couple of million plus losing his wages
Traore gets to play more and is a free agent at the end of the season
Hopefully (HOPEFULLY) we get someone to play on the break who has something to prove