Summer 2023/24 Transfer Thread

[Benaloon]

Fred would be worth a punt actually if Man U want rid. underrated player

[Hamburger]

Alphonso Davies will not be renewing his contract at Bayern this season. Top class left back, would be a dream come true.

Tammy Abraham torn ACL and sick note Fati seem perfect!

[DusseldorfHammer]

Alphonso Davies will not be renewing his contract at Bayern this season. Top class left back, would be a dream come true.

Tammy Abraham torn ACL and sick note Fati seem perfect!

Calling Ansu Fati a sick note, while describing Alphonso Davies as a "dream", who has been out almost a year since mid 2020 because of several muscle injuries seems about right, yeah... .

[WCpete]

It’ll be interesting to see which direction this thread turns by Thursday morning. Will we be shopping at waitrose or asda? Knowing us it’ll probably be ebay

[I am Legend]

Alphonso Davies will probably end up at Real Madrid.

Still no proper links to anyone for us, won't be any until after Wednesday I'd suppose.

[westlondonhammer]

Oh stu... it was a tongue-in-cheek throw away remark that has triggered your response today. I honestly couldn't even remember who I was even chatting to about it on the weekend

I suggest you put me on your foe list fella so you don't feel compelled to reply to me when you don't agree with me in future (for full context, which is where this all started) . Especially, given my reading problems and all!

This is all a little boring I'm sure you'll agree?

[Sloop John B]

It’ll be interesting to see which direction this thread turns by Thursday morning. Will we be shopping at waitrose or asda? Knowing us it’ll probably be ebay

Oh by Thursday morning I expect this forum will be an absolute river of blood....The mixture of rage, disappointment and the night before's alcohol will be too much for most of us.

[prophet:marginal]

Fred would be worth a punt actually if Man U want rid. underrated player

The classic dog chasing a carrier bag on a windy day kind of player, for me.

And that deliberate dread on the back of his bonce, that sticks upwards drives me nuts.

[stu1]

Oh stu... it was a tongue-in-cheek throw away remark that has triggered your response today. I honestly couldn't even remember who I was even chatting to about it on the weekend

I suggest you put me on your foe list fella so you don't feel compelled to reply to me when you don't agree with me in future (for full context, which is where this all started) . Especially, given my reading problems and all!

This is all a little boring I'm sure you'll agree?

No need to put you on my foe list.

It’s simple, if you are going to misquote my posts then I will ‘bore’ you with the facts of what has been said.

If that is an issue, feel free to use your own foe function.

[Wilko1304]

Feel free to have the conversation in PMs. Or not at all. Just not on a thread, please

I want this club to go out and get Thuram, Embolo, Sangare/Palhinha.

Do three serious bits of transfer work, send a message about what we want to do and want to be. Get those three signings right (LW, ST, CM) and I think we can do deals and bide our time elsewhere.

[Ethanadict]

Some interesting out of contract free transfers currently available, in theory, some of which have been linked with us before…

Jonathan Bamba, Lille LW, 27 years old.
Sead Kolasinac at Marseilles, the old Arsenal LB or LWB, 29
Andrea Belotti, Roma Striker, 29
Adrien Rabiot, Juventus CB, 28. Can’t see it, but what a replacement for Craig Dawson!
Adama Traore, Wolves RW, 27
Yerry Mina, Everton CB, 28
Youri Tielemans, Leicester CM, 26

Plus a few in the “surely not again territory”…

Jesse Lingard released from Forest, ha ha ha, 30 years old now
Ross Barkley released from Nice, 29, don’t do it Moyes
Chris Smalling released by Roma, can’t believe he’s 33!!

Coufal is also currently on the list and you’d assume he’s just negotiating a revised contract, which probably puts the others in context too. But some good discussion points!

[stu1]

I want this club to go out and get Thuram, Embolo, Sangare/Palhinha.

I think we need to be careful about making too many signings without prem experience, particularly if Moyes is going to be the manager next season which looks likely.

Similarly I’m not sure how feasible it is that we’ll be able to attract the best players from teams which finished above us this season.

There is much debate around what the ‘next level’ really means. One possible way to measure our progress is to consider if we are seen as a clear step up to newly promoted teams and teams which are typically bottom half. If we win on Wednesday that would certainly help, but our league campaign makes it a more difficult sell to players such as Palhinha.

It’s partly why our domestic campaign this year was such a frustration, as we looked on the cusp of reaching the next level, especially after signing some highly rated players last summer. Tbh I still can’t quite believe how poor we were this season but hopefully a win on Wednesday and another top 8 finish next season can help us solidify the position of ‘next level’. We may then have more chance of getting players like Palhinha and Olise from smaller prem clubs, but this summer I’m not so sure.

[MB]

Oh by Thursday morning I expect this forum will be an absolute river of blood....The mixture of rage, disappointment and the night before's alcohol will be too much for most of us.

And that is when we win after a goal from a deflection off Antonio’s backside…

[WCpete]

The next step means competing in Europe and domestically without sacrificing performance in one or the other. At the next level you have depth enough to to be competitive on all fronts as well as allowing for some tactical flexibility. The next step does not merely include bringing in players who will secure us a comfortable mid table position every season.

[YorksHammer]

Do three serious bits of transfer work, send a message about what we want to do and want to be. Get those three signings right (LW, ST, CM) and I think we can do deals and bide our time elsewhere.

I make you right, Wilko, although I lean towards the CM, an LB who plays like Cresswell did 7-8 years ago, one attacking player - either CF or LW. If Scamacca is off I lean more towards a centre forward. I do wonder if Moyes was hoping Cornet would be a central option, but from the sounds of it his injury was really severe and he's still recovering rather than being ready to go.

To me, that's the three first team signing we need to make this summer, and none of them should be contingent on a sale.

I do want a reserve on the right side to push/cover Bowen, though. The guy has over 100 appearances in the past two seasons, and his absences is notable.

[YorksHammer]

I desperately want us to sign Youri Tielemans.

[paulhs1]

I want this club to go out and get Thuram, Embolo, Sangare/Palhinha.

Do three serious bits of transfer work, send a message about what we want to do and want to be. Get those three signings right (LW, ST, CM) and I think we can do deals and bide our time elsewhere.

[WCpete]

I desperately want us to sign Youri Tielemans.

He's talented, but he strikes me as someone who doesn't give his all if things aren't going hi way. Spoiler alert for him, things will not always go his way at West Ham.

[stu1]

The next step means competing in Europe and domestically without sacrificing performance in one or the other. At the next level you have depth enough to to be competitive on all fronts as well as allowing for some tactical flexibility. The next step does not merely include bringing in players who will secure us a comfortable mid table position every season.

I think that’s pretty fair, although I don’t think we were poor in the league because of Europe, especially as we mainly played weakened sides in Europe. If anything it probably helped us retain confidence.

The next level also involves playing a different way to the way we have this season. Moyes was correct when he said we needed to change our style of play to establish ourselves at the next level. The big question remains whether he can realistically implement that change, especially with our best player likely to leave.

It will be interesting to see if we try once again to change our style or abort that plan all together. I imagine we’ll know the answer long before a ball is kicked next season, for instance will we keep Scamacca or sign a striker with Antonio like attributes.

[DusseldorfHammer]

Thuram, Embolo

Both are centre forwards.