Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[coleman’s mustard]

Left footers on the left please. I want players that can take the defender on down the line. Harrison has scarred me for life of left-footers being played on the right.

That fella at the side across the park does alright with that trick?

 

[maccavennie]

I think we need to go all out for Liam Delap:

We can offer:
Guaranteed 1st team football
Big wages - £100k+

If he has a £30m clause which is to be believed, get in early, see if Man City wants him back now and move now to get a key signing in early.

Another key element is next season is a World Cup year so going into a season as No 9 for a Premier League club is a huge plus.

Same agents as Pickford and Chemiti so we have a good relationship with them.

He would be the first of a key signing which would provide a domino effect and encourage other targets to look at joining over other clubs.

It'll be interesting to see what the first bit of business TFG do for us transfer wise.

Will they want to set the tone to show people they mean business?

 

[Evertonthat]

It'll be interesting to see what the first bit of business TFG do for us transfer wise.

Will they want to set the tone to show people they mean business?

They made statement appointments at Roma in Dybala and Lukaku (after getting Mourinho in). With a squad that needs strengthening as much as ours, surely they're going make a few waves.

 

[beachy]

Diarra, Delap and Dibling in.

Dom and Doucs out.

 

[OneTrueLegend]

Yep, the idea with a number 10 in the way Moyes and Dyche use them is that they press/cut passing lanes in a 442 out of possession and then they are the secondary goal scoring threat after the striker.

They don't typically go for your stereotypical creative number 10 because that type of player tends not to do enough defensively and, like it or not, 442 out of possession is still the favoured defensive shape for most managers - even Pep still does this a lot.

What it does do, however, is to mean you have one less man in deeper areas at times during build up play - this usually leads to one or both of your wide players tucking in or at least not being as far forward as a wide player in a 433 would be.

There are definitely defensive advantages to the number 10 mould that Moyes and Dyche employ (this isn't new for Moyes - think Cahill/Fellaini last time he was here and Soucek at West Ham - Paqueta played from the left a lot), but like any system there are ways it makes you weaker too.

Ever since Moyes took over we have been linked with Soucek, I know a lot of people are put off by his age (30) and the fact he will have almost no resale value, but while we do need to sign some younger players I can understand the manager wanting him as potentially an upgrade to Doucoure, who is more productive in the final third. A west ham site are talking about a fee of £15m, which is not terrible. He is on less than half of what Doucoure is currently being paid so overall the deal to either resign Doucoure or sign Soucek may work out about the same financially.

Soucek makes feelings clear on Everton move after latest goal as Moyes ally drops new claim

A deal is said to be inevitable according to top Hammers sources

www.hammers.news

 

[chazzle_dazzle]

I would like one transfer window where we prioritised players with pace, instead of those who look like theyre running in quick sand.

 

[gixerk6]

Yep, very slow but a good finisher and very good in the air. Not the greatest passer in the world. I see him as a poor man's Fellaini.

Still sounds better than Doucoure

 

[Aries]

Ever since Moyes took over we have been linked with Soucek, I know a lot of people are put off by his age (30) and the fact he will have almost no resale value, but while we do need to sign some younger players I can understand the manager wanting him as potentially an upgrade to Doucoure, who is more productive in the final third. A west ham site are talking about a fee of £15m, which is not terrible. He is on less than half of what Doucoure is currently being paid so overall the deal to either resign Doucoure or sign Soucek may work out about the same financially.

Soucek makes feelings clear on Everton move after latest goal as Moyes ally drops new claim

A deal is said to be inevitable according to top Hammers sources

www.hammers.news

That’s 15 million of our budget that could go towards a younger player though, Alcaraz for example. If they go for Soucek they’re almost certainly not going for Alcaraz. Again, it’s a short sighted terrible business move, the kind of mistakes we’ve made all too often in recent years. Yes Soucek has still popped up with a few goals, but you can clearly already see the regression in the player from the one they signed three or four years ago. Next season that regression will continue, he’s certainly not going to improve at his age. We have to start being far smarter with recruitment.

 

[OneTrueLegend]

That’s 15 million of our budget that could go towards a younger player though, Alcaraz for example. If they go for Soucek they’re almost certainly not going for Alcaraz. Again, it’s a short sighted terrible business move, the kind of mistakes we’ve made all too often in recent years. Yes Soucek has still popped up with a few goals, but you can clearly already see the regression in the player from the one they signed three or four years ago. Next season that regression will continue, he’s certainly not going to improve at his age. We have to start being far smarter with recruitment.

I dont really see it as Soucek or Alcaraz, I think its more likely to be Doucoure or Soucek

 

[Aries]

If Moyes puts forward the likes of Soucek and Longstaff then the owners and new CEO need to be strong and not sanction those moves. If he throws a hissy fit, he knows where the door is. We’re not here to massage Moyes’ ego and allow him to sign players simply to allow him to keep his reputation as a good manager in tact in two years time when he leaves, only for a new manager to inherit his mess of a squad consisting of near 33 year old Soucek’s and 30 year old Longstaffs that the new man can’t shift and leave him with another big rebuilding job. The rebuilding has to start NOW, and Moyes needs to be on board with that strategy or leave.

 

[blue to the bone]

Diarra, Delap and Dibling in.

Dom and Doucs out.

Can't beat treble Ds

 

[Aries]

I dont really see it as Soucek or Alcaraz, I think its more likely to be Doucoure or Soucek

It definitely is. It’s currently Doucoure or Alcaraz and we know who’s getting the game time and who isn’t. If it’s a choice of Soucek or Alcaraz next year, who do you think this manager will be picking? They play in similar positions. If they go for Soucek, they’re not going for Alcaraz as well, simple as that

 

[Simon Buttle]

If Moyes puts forward the likes of Soucek and Longstaff then the owners and new CEO need to be strong and not sanction those moves. If he throws a hissy fit, he knows where the door is. We’re not here to massage Moyes’ ego and allow him to sign players simply to allow him to keep his reputation as a good manager in tact in two years time when he leaves, only for a new manager to inherit his mess of a squad consisting of near 33 year old Soucek’s and 30 year old Longstaffs that the new man can’t shift and leave him with another big rebuilding job. The rebuilding has to start NOW, and Moyes needs to be on board with that strategy or leave.

!00% agree mate, its a daft move if we make it but thankfully Soucek himself doesn't seem keen, some West Ham reports suggesting he wants to stay and is not interested in moving.

 

[royvernon39]

15 million for a 30 year old with low energy and no resale value.
Surely the new young executives from Leeds will prevail other Moyes/Dyche.

 

[NikNak8]

They made statement appointments at Roma in Dybala and Lukaku (after getting Mourinho in). With a squad that needs strengthening as much as ours, surely they're going make a few waves.

All for the statement signing as long as we don't overpay for it. Need to show prudence too and that we are not pushovers when it comes to fees. If we pay big then teams will add an Everton tax like they di the last time we had money to spend and were sending fellas off to Italy with a suitcase of cash.