Summer Transfer Speculation (its just two months away)

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  • IronHerbIronHerb
    They will have to keep Wilson then. 🤞
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    IronHerb said:

    They will have to keep Wilson then. 🤞

    He's left already on a free.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    Lukerz said:

    Isak informs Newcastle he wants to ‘explore options’.

    It’s not you, it’s me

    It always starts that way and next week he ends up at a Coldplay concert with Arne Slot!
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Wilson being linked with a Saudi club

    Maybe he'll join Zouma at Al-Injuryprone
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    If we sign Wilson, I would be quite annoyed.
  • WhitehorsehammerWhitehorsehammer
    So would plenty of others, I am hoping it's not true and he will seek a big final pay day in Saudi.
  • SlackerSlacker
    EXETERHAMMER said:

    If we sign Wilson, I would be quite annoyed.

    We should let Sullivan know sharpish.😉

  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    @Slacker, Any thoughts on how we would be able to do that? Pitch invasions or various acts of wanton vandalism!
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Petition?
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Who says Sullivan has any involvement in signing Callum Wilson or any other player?

    Potter has brought in his own people and pushed Steidten out the door, he seems to be very much in charge of things so I doubt if he's going to agree to signing a player he doesn't want

    If Potter thinks Wilson is good enough then I'm happy to give him the benefit of the doubt

    However I am making space behind the sofa for when I see him warming up on the touchline
  • alderzalderz
    I mean, it does seem pretty likely that it's a Sullivan one, largely because of all his previous work
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Possibly but Potter seems very much in control of things, don't think he'd agree to anyone he didn't want
  • alderzalderz
    This is all speculative, but it has - since the Tim Steidten appointment - looked like there are two separate transfer strategies running alongside one another. I'd be surprised if Potter didn't have a good amount of control, but I'd be more surprised if Sullivan had given away all control.

    That said, I think that there's a good chance a lot of the rumours that come out are nonsense and spun up by people who know what West Ham "are like", and think that it works as a story. There's a good chance we don't sign Wilson, and there's also a good chance we were never actually intending to.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Wilson agrees personal terms with Hammers
    Callum Wilson has agreed personal terms with West Ham after leaving Newcastle, reports TalkSport.
    The Hammers' first-team are currently in the United States for their pre-season tour on Wednesday and face Manchester United on Sunday as part of the Premier League Summer Series, which is live on Sky Sports.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Have people not heard the stories about Mr Sullivan & his preferred agents? Wilson is one of Will Salthouse’s players thus any deal for him has a Sully signing for the manager written all over it. He did the same for previous managers allegedly.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Fortuneseeker said:

    Have people not heard the stories about Mr Sullivan & his preferred agents? Wilson is one of Will Salthouse’s players thus any deal for him has a Sully signing for the manager written all over it. He did the same for previous managers allegedly.

    I'm sure most if not all of us are aware of how Sullivan operates, it's just such a laughably amateurish way to go about things.

  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    edited July 25
    Does anyone else like me see this as a bad signing.

    High wages/injury prone/end of career/will play 10 mins a game/

    I honestly thought we had moved on from this.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    EXETER, You missed out the word “very” before bad. He has previous for bad mouthing the club on several occasions apart from all the reasons not to sign him you quoted. The old West Ham is still in the shadows.
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    I didn't know about the bad mouthing Fortune.

    What are we playing at?
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    The rumours are that its performance related pay. 🤷‍♂️
  • alderzalderz
    IronHerb said:

    The rumours are that its performance related pay. 🤷‍♂️

    If true, it’s sort of, fine? I think? Allegedly Potter said he doesn’t need a striker. If the board decide ok we won’t spend on one but here’s Antonio’s replacement on tiny wages, that’s ok? Probably?
  • LukerzLukerz
    Surely the fact Antonio is playing for the U21s (& scored twice) means there is a good chance he is going to remain at the club this season. You can keep him fit & let him use the club but you don’t start him for the academy ahead of another youngster if he is leaving.
  • alderzalderz
    You also probably take him on the first team tour if he’s staying, though
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Lukerz said:

    Surely the fact Antonio is playing for the U21s (& scored twice) means there is a good chance he is going to remain at the club this season. You can keep him fit & let him use the club but you don’t start him for the academy ahead of another youngster if he is leaving.

    Aren't a few of the U21s away with the first team atm, it could just be that they're short on numbers.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    U21’s at Boreham Wood. It’s no more than a run out.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    Wilson has the second coming of Ings written all over it but if what people are saying and it's performance related then the big difference is it doesn't have the 100k per week price tag.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited July 26
    Even if it's performance related its a horrible deal, its a waste of a spot and does absolutely nothing for us

    The reason Newcastle are letting him go is because his legs last year completely went which isn’t surprising given hes 33 with a career of relentless injuries (he had 2 big separate injuries last year) and lets not forget how he talked about us on that stupid podcast of his

    Promoting Callum Marshall would be a better move
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    The reason Newcastle are letting him go is because his legs last year completely went which isn’t surprising given hes 33 with a career of relentless injuries (he had 2 big separate injuries last year) and lets not forget how he talked about us on that stupid podcast of his

    And the fact that he punched the ball into the net against us.

  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    edited July 26
    So our three strikers... Fulkrug, Antonio and Wilson (if he signs) have a combined age of 100!

    So much for getting the average age of the squad down😂
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Signing Wilson is pointless, Potter will just move Bowen up top.
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