West Ham FC Rumours

03 Jun 2026 12:39:58
Castellanos! His representative is speaking with WH, Everton, Sunderland. Another prem. club, two Italian, one Spanish club have now put hats in the ring. I cannot see how WH hold onto him; the player wants top league football, premier clubs, plus the Italians can pay his wages WH cannot at this level.




Mayenda, whilst you can see the attraction here, he’s a busy team player, reasonable price, and probably would come; he’s not exactly prolific, a good choice for a second forward, but not top man.

03 Jun 2026 12:24:45
Great article out today "West Ham director of football delay is becoming a problem" and as it says, back in Feb we were told the board were actively looking for a full time head of operations. If memory serves, they said a new director of Football would be appointed at season's end

Relegation came and a lovely letter was posted to the fans about how hard they intend to work to rebuild and restructure the club etc etc pure BS to appease the fans.



Other clubs are signing players and are putting plans in place whilst we still don't have a DofF.

Wolves have been preparing for months, meanwhile, we do nothing except have a holiday.

At this point which is more worrying? The fact our rivals have a big head start on us or that we will revert to letting Sullivan control recruitment?

Sorry state of affairs, as alwsys.

03 Jun 2026 09:44:29
My own view, For me, two players WH should sign up for this division are: Jordan James mdf Leicester, and Vipotnik Cf Swansea

James has dropped into League One, he’s far above that, whilst Vipotnik at this level is already proven, whilst Taty may be kept? We need at least two strikers.



Pablo won’t cut it full stop, any reasonable offer for him should be jumped on, he’s a mistake, it happens, sell him move on.

03 Jun 2026 11:11:54
Disagree - I think Pablo actually does well in the Championship. He's still only 22.

03 Jun 2026 11:34:47
Vipotnik, James, and Hackney would be my three first choice signings.

I would keep Pablo for the season in the Championship, get him used to English football, build some confidence, and start scoring again.

I don't see Taty staying. He will have suitors, and he stated a few weeks before relegation was confirmed that he didn't want to play in the second tier.

03 Jun 2026 11:36:51
Sorry mate, can't agree on this one. Joyfull.

03 Jun 2026 12:03:02
They sound like decent choices. If someone came in for Pablo, I would get shot, but if not, he could be a back up. I would like to see him come good, but, in all honesty, he does look like a non league grade player.

03 Jun 2026 12:09:20
Hackney will not be coming to West Ham, unless we offer premier wages, and large bonuses, which is nigh on impossible.

The player already has three premier offers. And, at this time, Middlesborough are a well established top side in the Championship.

What on earth would he want to come to West Ham for?

West Ham passed on Hackney last winter for £20 m, a big mistake that was obvious to the majority of West Ham fans. One of many mistakes.

So, with the greatest of respect, forget about him. Joyfull

03 Jun 2026 14:53:10
I agree that Pablo has enough about him to succeed in the Championship. It took Summerville a while to find his feet in the PL after tearing it up in a lower league, so I wouldn't dismiss him out of hand yet.

We have a paper-thin squad already, and don't want to be starting in August with even fewer players than we have now. There are others that will want to leave before we start considering pushing out those that don't.

11 Jun 2026 06:28:34
We cannot keep Pablo. 0 goals, 1 assist for £22 million. Great return. All he does is run around like a puppy, chasing the ball all over the park, he's useless, but it looks like we are stuck with him. ⚒️⚒️⚒️

02 Jun 2026 13:45:25
Chelsea now make formal enquiry Fernandes, they asked the following. Have WH agreed any deal? No! The answer, would WH inform them of any concrete offers? Yes, the answer, that’s it.

Nothing from PSG at all despite talk

Only my opinion, but I personally would discount Arsenal from this, they believe they are well stocked in that position, and rate the player around £35 m, which is not going to happen

I do not believe for one moment WH will get £85 m for the player, but I do believe £65 m is at least possible, which in one fell swoop is more than half of sales requirment, it looks likely that Diouf, Summerville and Bissaka will be gone, that will fill the funds,

There will be more leaving than that, but with the parachute Money coming in,WH should have sufficient to build a team again

02 Jun 2026 16:51:15
I reckon, because of the interest, £25m for Diouf, £35m for Summerville, maybe a little more, and £15m for AWB.

We then have Tobido £20m, Soucek £10m, Mavropanos £20m, and maybe Bowen, who there is also a lot of interest in, maybe £40m, which totals £90m.

A little optimistic maybe, but if we have Hermandsen, Kilman, KWP and Scarles, we need another CB at least.



Midfield, we got Potts, Kante, Mougassa, Earthy.

Up front, Taty.

So we will need one CB at least. Striker and wingers... and one or two play making midfielders.

And a DoF.

02 Jun 2026 21:12:24
If Marvo and Todibo go, we would need 3 new CBs minimum.

35m for Summerville would be bad business, as would 60m for Fernandes, who has more to his game than what Rice did at his age. Statistically, he's similar to Elliot Anderson, who is 2 years his senior.

Fernandes, Todibo, AWB, JWP, Alvarez should cover the best part of the debt.

KWP is a more intelligent footballer than AWB anyway.

Plenty of young, decent players in the Championship, but we need to get a move on with a DOF, and Sullivan needs to stop his meddling, but that won't happen.

03 Jun 2026 11:12:44
Taty will go for sure. Pablo will be good, I think, but we defo need someone else alongside him, backup, rotation.

03 Jun 2026 11:34:23
Relying on Pablo as our main striker would be an incredible risk. If we keep him, he should be 3rd choice striker.

01 Jun 2026 15:46:54
Juventus and Villa, have now enquired re Fernandes

Contrary to Rumours no enquiries have been made by PSG or Chelsea ( not as yet anyway )

IF Sullivan let's this player go cheap, he needs to be shot Joyfull

01 Jun 2026 23:37:12
Villa can do one after they threw the game against spurs.

100m price tag needs to be slapped on Fernandes, but the slimy dwarf has no balls, or sense.

02 Jun 2026 07:56:30
Half of Europe want Fernandes, so stick a big price tag on him and stick to it.

01 Jun 2026 15:42:13
Fenerbache come in for Bissaka, they will certainly pay more than Everton, if the player wants to go to Turkey?…….. Joyfull.

01 Jun 2026 15:28:40
Free Agent James Bree from Southampton is attracting WH

German Jokers Eintracht Frankfurt, made an enquiry for Magassa on Saturday, then come back with bid for £8.5 m. WH replied no thanks, if I remember correctly he cost about £14 m.



But I suppose WH are going to get a lot of silly bids. WH need to show a serious side on sales, then the nonsense will stop …… Joyfull

02 Jun 2026 07:57:55
Agreed, joyful. Teams think they can pick up cheap bargains, and it's likely Sullivan will take it. If they want our players, make them pay for it.

01 Jun 2026 11:46:51
Napoli, Inter Athletico, Arsenal, are all now chasing for Fernandes. WH would be seriously mad to allow ManU to steal him for £52 m.

Whichever way you look at it, WH must maximise this sale, as it is the key money maker they have. Others will bring in funds, no question.

But this is the main one. With all these clubs chasing, WH are under no pressure whatsoever. £65 m is the minimum they have been advised to take; they should also insist on minimum 50% up front, and two seasons maximum for the balance ………. Joyfull

01 Jun 2026 12:36:33
I would agree, start at 65mil - I generally believe in a few years' time he will be one of the best in the world.
If we then can bank another 30mil for Summerville, that's pretty much what was needed this summer in terms of money coming in on transfers.

01 Jun 2026 14:54:25
I thought we should be aiming to get 70-80m.

01 Jun 2026 14:59:49
But we know Sullivan will rather sell cheap, so he doesnt have to put any of his own money in. Also, generally, what would be the point in selling Summerville for 30m. 5m more than we paid, keeping a player of that level ensures youre in with a chance of coming back up, which is worth a lot more than a 5m profit on a player, considering Gordon is going for 80m, who I dont think is as good as Summerville.

Same goes for talk of Bowen to Chelsea for 40m. We are just as bad at selling players than we are buying, maybe worse. I cant see Bowen kicking up a stink to leave, and Id be saying to Summerville, get us back up. Unless a team in Europe/Champions League comes in for 40-50m, then fair enough.

30 May 2026 11:13:42
I think once we finally get our house in order (director of Football in, players finally sold and bought), Wolves will be the team to chase cause they are already doing some sound business and already a long way ahead of us.

30 May 2026 09:38:29
Fernandes, Man Utd are right on this, Wh have already pushed away two lowball bids
Now they have moved up to 50 m from 40 m, and are offering a player or two on top of, or part of a deal.



Wh can get more without p/ex, and just what players are they going to be for the championship?

On the other hand, Man Utd have youngsters, see if it goes anywhere.

30 May 2026 10:39:26
I think, as you state above, cash plus players wouldn't be a bad idea this summer, as long as the players offered can do the job in the Championship, and potentially in the prem in future. From Man Utd, maybe that young left back from Paraguay, Diego Leon. Shea Lacey is an interesting player.

30 May 2026 10:51:33
See what they come up with?

WH Hope someone else will come in with big money, to make a bidding competition for the player, that's a possibility, and will stop WH getting tempted too soon.

30 May 2026 21:33:35
Arsenal are very interested in him as well.

30 May 2026 23:45:22
Grab Nwaneri off Arsenal. Would be happy with that. ?