The January Transfer Window 2020

[Believer]

I agree with you in your principle. Leaves a sout taste in my mouth but that is the modern game for you

He should be confident he will help us stay up and if not then don't sign for us

However, it is what it is these days

Thing is, there's hardly a queue of teams waiting to sign him. Leeds wouldn't pay up. Newcastle wouldn't pay the wages, Palace wouldn't pay the full amount and Villa weren't even interested by all accounts.

I think he will be a good signing and in all honesty, you'll probably find most players are stroppy and demanding, but he is hardly going to endear himself to the support if he is already looking for a way out.

I'm sure he will come out with all the right vocal if and when he signs but it's clear that he has made his demands known to various people and that is leaking to the media. All I will say is that he better be as good as he seems to think he is..

[Mega Ron]

You might want to direct your anger at the state of Reid, Cresswell, Noble, Yarmolenko, Wilshere, Zabaleta, Sanchez etc contracts

This is a good deal if it goes through.

1 billion per cent

[Rio]

there's going to be a lord of the rings scope epic about bowen's train journey to the olympic stadium.

There’s a hint of only at West Ham about this. Other clubs would fly in signings to get the deal done. We give ours an oyster card and let them loose on one of the most unreliable forms of travel in England

[Shy Ted]

From that ExWHU bloke

@ExWHUemployee
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10m
Last I heard is the club officials are expecting him at the stadium.

@ExWHUemployee
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23m
There are still bits to be concluded at the stadium I believe this is why it’s taking so long. It’s hard to speak to the main people because they are obviously doing the deal at the moment.

He is at the stadium he is not at the stadium, and don't forget my podcast.

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

I saw on SSN that he was traveling down this morning for his medical, which would seem right as clubs like to use there own trusted people.

The same trusted people who gave Jack Wilshere the all clear?

[WestHamIFC]

One thing's for sure, if we commit to £40m worth of (presumably unplanned for) transfers this month and factor in Pellegrini's pay-off, someone valuable is going to have to be sold in the summer, and perhaps two high value assets. The alternative is facing Roeder level transfer budget in July.

I would expect so. If we sign the Hull kid, then we'll have this surplus of wingers in the summer!:

Anderson
Antonio
Bowen
Diangana
Holland
Snodgrass
Yarmolenko

+ Fornals + Lanzini who have both also played wide for us.. I'd hope we'd sell at least 3 to fund improvements in other positions!

[Aceface]

There wasn’t a clamour for Maddison either. Spurs and us had a nibble at around the £10m range and that was more or less it until Leicester came in.

And Maddison looked like as close as you can get to a sure thing. Bowen is probably the most hyped Champo player since then but I’d say has slightly more question marks over him than Maddison did. So not overly surprised the big fish haven’t bothered.

[chappo59]

If he's worth £25m, why isn't anyone paying it?

Indeed, why aren't Man U, Spurs and Chelsea all after the bloke instead of Odian Ighalo?

What IS SULLIVAN seeing that the good clubs aren't?

Amended for you bubbles

[Beavis Danzig]

There’s a hint of only at West Ham about this. Other clubs would fly in signings to get the deal done. We give ours an oyster card and let them loose on one of the most unreliable forms of travel in England

guaranteed that he'll miss the deadline by the two minutes it takes to top it up since we didn't think to put any credit on it.

[Puff Daddy]

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BOWEN LATEST
Sky Sports News reporter Kaveh Solhekol:
“A few hours ago the deal was being hold up by personal terms, particular his wages. West Ham are willing to pay him £80,000 per-week but they wanted a clause of his wages being halved if they were relegated. Obviously his agent didn’t want that clause – I’m not sure what’s happened with that clause but what I’m being told is the player is on his way to the London Stadium to meet David Moyes that would suggest the deal is almost done.”

[Crouchend_Hammer]

Spurs have been monitoring him for about 4 years I think. If Pochettino had been there they may have been in for him

[Macca1973]

If I had a £1 for every time I’ve seen ‘he’s on his way to London’ I’d be on £80k!

[Shy Ted]

Oh what a circus, oh what a show
West Ham are going down
Over the death of the dead line at 11pm
We've all gone crazy
Mourning all day and mourning all night
Falling over ourselves to get Bowen to sign tonight.

[Cellar-door]

I would expect so. If we sign the Hull kid, then we'll have this surplus of wingers in the summer!:

Anderson
Antonio
Bowen
Diangana
Holland
Snodgrass
Yarmolenko

+ Fornals + Lanzini who have both also played wide for us.. I'd hope we'd sell at least 3 to fund improvements in other positions!

Probably depends if we stay up or go down.

If we stay up, I'd expect Holland gets loaned to the Championship, Yarmolenko sold, Snodgrass moved on and probably Lanzini? Maybe not Lanzini depending on how we line up.

If we go down, Anderson, Bowen, Lanzini and Fornals are probably all gone, Yarmolenko possibly as well.

[Billydinho]

They are closer to the playoffs by points than they are relegation...

They’ve lost Grosicki and probably losing Henriksen.

Tom Eaves is hot and miss and they’ve just signed two low calibre re-enforcements.

Bowen wouldn’t be able to do it alone and they’re two back to back defeats from a relegation battle.

[MrHammer73]

Last time I wanted a signing to go through as much as this was Simone Zaza and we all know how that turned out!

Get the kid in, if he can have impact like the last player who had a relegation clause in Demba Ba, then we are onto a winner.

[bubbles1966]

There wasn’t a clamour for Maddison either. Spurs and us had a nibble at around the £10m range and that was more or less it until Leicester came in.

And Maddison looked like as close as you can get to a sure thing. Bowen is probably the most hyped Champo player since then but I’d say has slightly more question marks over him than Maddison did. So not overly surprised the big fish haven’t bothered.

Ordinarily, I'd buy into the argument that they have bigger fish to fry so let those a bit further down take the punt.

I just find it a little odd at a time when Man U are supposedly chasing Odion Ighalo and Chelsea are clinging onto Giroud when they really don't want him that neither are prepared to drop some spare change on him.

[thejackhammer]

I can't remember the last time we had a deadline day last minute signing.

Anyone?

[MB]

Ordinarily, I'd buy into the argument that they have bigger fish to fry so let those a bit further down take the punt.

I just find it a little odd at a time when Man U are supposedly chasing Odion Ighalo and Chelsea are clinging onto Giroud when they really don't want him that neither are prepared to drop some spare change on him.

But he isn’t a lead the line type which is what Man Utd, Spurs and Chelsea need. Spurs just signed a winger too.

[Cellar-door]

Ordinarily, I'd buy into the argument that they have bigger fish to fry so let those a bit further down take the punt.

I just find it a little odd at a time when Man U are supposedly chasing Odion Ighalo and Chelsea are clinging onto Giroud when they really don't want him that neither are prepared to drop some spare change on him.

I mean, there is a difference between paying 20M+ for a 1.75 m winger/mobile forward, and holding your 1.93m immoble Striker or bringing in a 1.83M striker for free.

Not only is the price obviously different, they play completely different roles. It's like the difference betwen Rice and Lanzini, sure they are both "midfielders" but their skills, size and roles are completely different