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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)

On the face of it, seems like a crazy signing, the usual short sighted, doesn't fit requirements we need buy.

However, at this point, who gives a fuck. 

Let's just hope this Castellanos fella and that Pablo Felipe fella have something about them.

It's a massive risk to lay out so much dough (for us) on two Latin forwards who have never played in the Premier League before.

Castellanos Confirmed by ExWHU as complete. Been training with the squad today and announcement later.

Expected to wear no. 11.

Rossal wrote: ↑05 Jan 2026, 10:22

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑05 Jan 2026, 10:17 Castellano currently at the training ground finalising the move.

Seems madness to me, Lazio fans and all the Serie A pundits say he is massivly overpriced.  We look dead and buried, £23m to be sold for £15m in a few months time. 

I'd rather put the cash towards two or three champ players in the summer. 

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑05 Jan 2026, 10:17 Castellano currently at the training ground finalising the move.

Castellano currently at the training ground finalising the move.

Who writes this crap? He isn’t going to Spurs. 

Might as well just surrender and  sell them Bowen as well, then they'll have our 3 best players! Tremendous.

Mad Dog" wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 21:37 Sp*rs mate reckons they're gonna bid for paqueta.  Ill happily drive the soppy cսnt over there myself

Sp*rs mate reckons they're gonna bid for paqueta.  Ill happily drive the soppy cսnt over there myself

Shame as he'd have been handy next season in the EFL

Hammers News saying Guilherme to Sporting Lisbon is £17m

I want to thank everyone for this time together and for all the affection I received. Now I move on to another challenge in my career, taking with me everything I lived here and with the certainty that good things are ahead. Grateful for everything. Once a Hammer
Luis Guilherme
 

Westham67 wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 17:02

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 15:42 Aaron Cresswell and Vlad Coufal looked like our most assured centre backs last year when called upon. 100% fact and I said that at the time as well. That tells you how shit the rest who stayed are. 

Add to the fact that neither could get a gig in the PL this season after leaving speaks volumes about the quality or absolute lack of, of both Kilman and Mav. We’d have been no worse of turning out two ‘over the hill’ full backs deemed not good enough to be at the club. 

The comment was about the character of the players, as in senior and experienced. 

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 15:42 Aaron Cresswell and Vlad Coufal looked like our most assured centre backs last year when called upon. 100% fact and I said that at the time as well. That tells you how shit the rest who stayed are. 

Add to the fact that neither could get a gig in the PL this season after leaving speaks volumes about the quality or absolute lack of, of both Kilman and Mav. We’d have been no worse of turning out two ‘over the hill’ full backs deemed not good enough to be at the club. 

There are numerous senior players at the club but they've all fallen by the wayside in recent months. 

The keeper and the centre backs aren't kids. JWP, Soucek, Rodriguez are seniors. So are Fulkrug, Wilson, Paqueta and Bowen.

Quite why they aren't bringing an influence to bear is anyone's guess. 

Falling out with whoever is the manager this week seems to be one reason, being shunted out of the team is another. 

Which young players have an international future, Fernandes maybe?

Aaron Cresswell and Vlad Coufal looked like our most assured centre backs last year when called upon. 100% fact and I said that at the time as well. That tells you how shit the rest who stayed are. 

Add to the fact that neither could get a gig in the PL this season after leaving speaks volumes about the quality or absolute lack of, of both Kilman and Mav. We’d have been no worse of turning out two ‘over the hill’ full backs deemed not good enough to be at the club. 

Normally, I dont care going down, but this time I do. We have the bones of a very good young side. Some of those younger players have international careers to think about, so playing in the second division (Championship) wont be for them. Sullivan has no sentiment for the club, just his wallet 

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 13:17 According to Ex, Taty is still coming...as far as the source knows.

Bloke clearly has a very advantageous contract, or some kind of masochistic tendency.

But as others have said....without having a player or players to lead the team on the field and frankly to properly influence the referee, and a central defender to actually organise the defence, there can be little hope of improvement.

For this reason I can't see a 23 year old Charlie Cresswell being the solution. At 23 unless he's some personality, feels unlikely he's going to come in and start calling the shots in a league which is a step up for him. 

What a clustrlerfuck this squad has been allowed to become.  Potter getting rid of anyone who remotely.had a backbone also looking appalling. 


 

If Traore is off we should look at a similar player
What is Usain Bolt up to these days?

Personally I’d be looking at players to use in the Championship 
Cresswell as a young English centre half would be one 
Some players … Bowen, Paqueta, AWB will be off but I’d be looking to build the team around young players who should be told they are staying … Fernandes Magassa Potts Earthy Diouf Kante Scarles Casey Marshall Pablo

We might have to pay someone to take Kilman

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑04 Jan 2026, 13:17
What a clustrlerfuck this squad has been allowed to become.  Potter getting rid of anyone who remotely.had a backbone also looking appalling. 




 

 

According to Ex, Taty is still coming...as far as the source knows.

Bloke clearly has a very advantageous contract, or some kind of masochistic tendency.

But as others have said....without having a player or players to lead the team on the field and frankly to properly influence the referee, and a central defender to actually organise the defence, there can be little hope of improvement.

For this reason I can't see a 23 year old Charlie Cresswell being the solution. At 23 unless he's some personality, feels unlikely he's going to come in and start calling the shots in a league which is a step up for him. 

What a clustrlerfuck this squad has been allowed to become.  Potter getting rid of anyone who remotely.had a backbone also looking appalling. 

 

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑03 Jan 2026, 13:22

After todays fiasco if Sullivan had any sense (which of course he hasn’t) he’d put away his cheque book and cancel any pending purchases.
We’re going down and no amount of money is going to change that fact.