The Summer Transfer Thread 2022.

[hammerman11]

GP I make you wrong on that. moyes has said he is not done and we all can see we need a few more.

payet - no thanks at 35 overweight and slow he is not what we need. loved him first season but no going back.

the CM we need to add creativity is maddison but can we afford him at around 50-60m. a real statement of intent. would love it but cant see it.

4 more in at LB CB kehrer today ? CM and RW

I am happy to keep benrahma especially after he upped his levels yesterday, no coincidence as he has competition in cornet for his place. we need competition at RW for bowen .

LB is the most concerning that it seems to have gone quiet.

come on WHU surprise us this week with a few players in.

[YorksHammer]

I think our business is done and we will make do with what we’ve got.

Nah, I think we'll sign six and we need them all in before we play Viborg or else we'll crash out of the ECL and then look less attractive.

Also sell benrahma 20m coufal 3m bowen 35m souchek 25m but nobody wants our sloppy seconds!!

[Ben]

Can we not have Alonso instead?

[hammerman11]

surely we complete the kehrer deal today ?

would leave 3 to go !

LB CM RW

[1895Hammer]

"The Only Thing We Learn From History Is That We Learn Nothing From History."

We’ll never know, but it’s 4 times now we’ve been close to the CL places in January, 4 times we’ve failed to invest, and 4 times we’ve failed to make the Top4. The January window isn’t easy, but Cl group participation earns more than winning the Europa with about £75m on the table for any sort of decent CL run, so at what point do we stop the excuses, the reasons why not and accept we simply have to do better in the transfer market to progress ? Yes it’s difficult, but it’s not impossible as frequently as we now seem to want to believe.

[El brooko79]

Can we not have Alonso instead?

No thanks, not someone we want at our club imo

[61dicksey]

That Gordon rumour £40 million just sums it all up, hyper inflation for a player who has done f*** all of note supposedly commands a fee anywhere near £40 million

[Noble's Claret Army]

I have news, we are signing 3 players. Kehrer as reported elsewhere is done.
Chelsea’s left back, Emerson is signing for us - unsure if it’s a loan or permanent.
The last is Hans Vanaken from Brugge. He’s a Belgian international AM previously linked with Spurs and Arsenal.

Broja is still a possibility, likely on loan with an option.

Kehrer is a great signing but the other two are risky/mediocre signings. I guess we have tried to buy elite and are now going for plan B/C. Better than nobody I guess as we really need bodies in.

[Lovejoy]

Can we not have Alonso instead?

He is a rubbish left back

[Phil Parkes' Gloves]

I have news, we are signing 3 players. Kehrer as reported elsewhere is done.
Chelsea’s left back, Emerson is signing for us - unsure if it’s a loan or permanent.
The last is Hans Vanaken from Brugge. He’s a Belgian international AM previously linked with Spurs and Arsenal.

Broja is still a possibility, likely on loan with an option.

Any chance they're trying to push Emeson through quickly? We go into Thursday with no left-backs so it would be good to have him in ASAP (i.e. today) to give him a couple of days with the squad.

Otherwise I guess it's Johnson at left back and... um... Baptiste at centre back?

Can't actually believe we've allowed ourselves to get into this position, in all honesty.

[YorksHammer]

That Gordon rumour £40 million just sums it all up, hyper inflation for a player who has done **** all of note supposedly commands a fee anywhere near £40 million

As an interesting thought experiment for the day ahead, who's done more and who's done less out of the three of Gordon, Gallagher, and Broja?

I wouldn't have any of the three at the quoted prices for them, I think they're all prospects who still need to show more before they can command those kinds of fees. Out of the three I'd say Gallagher had shown the most, but equally don't think he's going to end up much beyond the Huckerby Zone between the Championship and Premier League.

I think clubs and fans - ourselves included - are too quick to overrate youngsters on the back of a handful of good performances. We did it with Oxford, we're possibly doing it with Johnson - who I think is good but I don't think is better than either our current LB or RB - and we've certainly done it with others through the years. A lot of it is the 'one of our own' side of things, I suspect, coupled with an element of the unknown in terms of what their future will hold.

[Bubbles Fortuna]

Any chance they're trying to push Emeson through quickly? We go into Thursday with no left-backs so it would be good to have him in ASAP (i.e. today) to give him a couple of days with the squad.

Otherwise I guess it's Johnson at left back and... um... Baptiste at centre back?

Can't actually believe we've allowed ourselves to get into this position, in all honesty.

Liverpool were playing Henderson and Fabinho at CB a while back. Injuries happen.

[TommyHammer]

I’m not sure a 6’5 CAM is what we need, but then I’m not David Moyes.

[hammerman11]

not sure emerson is what we need. 28 in august so a few years left in the tank.

whats happened to pellegrini ? justin ? sosa ?

[DusseldorfHammer]

Emerson and Vanaken would be signings that signal "Sh*t, we're in trouble and need quick help."

They're NOT Top10 talent.

[S-H]

I am willing to wait until the end of the month to assess the lay of the land, but nevertheless, my early window optimism has been diminished somewhat.

[paulhs1]

Vanaken and Emerson don't strike me as long term signings nor upgrades.

It looks like it's going to be bloody difficult spending that Rice money next summer

[Croydon]

When does the window close this yèar?

[1895Hammer]

Kehrer is a great signing but the other two are risky/mediocre signings. I guess we have tried to buy elite and are now going for plan B/C. Better than nobody I guess as we really need bodies in.

Kehrer improves us, Vanaken and Emerson seem totally at odds with all Moyes has said about only wanting Top6 standard players, “ young & hungry” etc. Obviously none of us really know what the money position is, but I’d far rather we went for younger players on the up than reverting to “ last pay day”deals. Scamacca Cornet & Aguerd have the profile we need, Emerson and co not in my opinion. No doubt we’ll hear more on the difficulties of this, and every other window, but for a club knowing the number of players leaving, ageing, or presumably on the list to be sold ( Aguerd injury is the only unforseeable) names like Emerson and Vanaken at this stage suggest the planning, initial assessments and contingencies were insufficient. Hope these names are false speculation, we’ve done 50% of the job well, it would be reversion to “ Old West Ham” to screw up the rest.

[YorksHammer]

Emerson and Vanaken would be signings that signal "Sh*t, we're in trouble and need quick help."

They're NOT Top10 talent.

Have you not been paying attention, Dussel?!? We are in trouble, we're staring relegation in the face, about to be knocked out of Europe by some Danish side that have a name which sounds like a sex toy, Warburton has been added to the back room staff because Moyes doesn't say yes to everything Sullivan wants so he's going to be sacked, and we'll probably go out of the League Cup to Stevenage next month. It's PANIC STATIONS.