Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[zook]

I think West Ham would be mad to sell Soucek but I also think we’d be mad to buy him

 

[HappyJack]

Honest to god people on here would base every transfer dealing on basic G/A stats

This would be a moshira era signing. Age, price, fit for the team and leaves on a free after we struggle shifting him a few years later

Depends on price. He brings experience and possibly a few goals from midfield. Not my first choice but as a squad player, cheap then i think useful..

 

[bluestevon]

Baines?

Who's first team coach now btw? Is Alan Irvine not allowed in the dressing room? Just wondering...

Errrrrm, the cleaner is allowed in the dressing room mate also, I'd not qualify her as being part of the squad, there's a clear line between coaching staff and playing at a club.

 

[BigBeto1]

Depends on price. He brings experience and possibly a few goals from midfield. Not my first choice but as a squad player, cheap then i think useful..

He will cost 15-20 mil, probably 80k a week. Too much for a squad player

 

[pfim]

Depends on price. He brings experience and possibly a few goals from midfield. Not my first choice but as a squad player, cheap then i think useful..

He'll be on six figures/week. He's not coming here to be a squad player.

 

[Rita_Poon]

How if we are being penned back is Soucek gonna be winning headers up front when he's a defensive mid mate?

Numbers - he's currently on 90k pw at West Ham with two years left on the contract - so can use that as the base point on what he'd be on at a minimum here. He'd be pretty much third top earner after Pickford and Tarkowski (inflated wages due to being a free).

Again to reiterate he was bottom 25% on interceptions and bottom 17% on tackles - at a team that struggles - which usually helps pad out defensive stats like that.

Maybe he's been playing in lead boots?

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Soucek to me is a smoke screen so that when we don't sign anyone by window close we will all be positive about not getting Soucek.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Errrrrm, the cleaner is allowed in the dressing room mate also, I'd not qualify her as being part of the squad, there's a clear line between coaching staff and playing at a club.

Reckon she's got some moves to fill in at RB?

 

[tommytowne]

Seems our bright, shiny, brand new stadium that glistens on the backdrop of the Merseyside Riviera, hasn't achieved the necessary pull we thought we'd get in attracting players.

 

[bluestevon]

I have ++ to be honest, you could pull up a graph on Illy with some bad stats but it doesnt mean hes not influential.

Soucek is a clutch player for WHU, ill be surprised if i get him.

He will totally divide opinion here - in exactly the same way Doucoure did. In fact i think its like for like if im honest.

Some bad stats, ya mean like passing, tackling, interceptions, progressing the ball? Arguably the four most important things for a DM.

I also have eyes and if you watched them play Chelsea and still argue he'd be a good signing then I'm lost for words. He was Bobby Martinez on Europe bad mate.

 

[bluestevon]

I'm assuming he only has a year left there?

£12m-15m is no big deal these days but still I would see WHU demanding more as is their right.

If it was anything more than that then we should step away but I would be skeptical about this being done anyway.

It's a No. 6 we need.

Two years.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Seems our bright, shiny, brand new stadium that glistens on the backdrop of the Merseyside Riviera, hasn't achieved the necessary pull we thought we'd get in attracting players.

I think it's more the fact we've been in perpetual relegation battles.

It's going to take a bit of time to change the perception around the club.

 

[BigBeto1]

Soucek to me is a smoke screen so that when we don't sign anyone by window close we will all be positive about not getting Soucek.

Would honestly rather sign nobody than waste money for the sake of it

 

[Bluepablo]

Not sure Soucek fits the elite players for an elite stadium profile.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

But given we have loads of boss midfielders maybe we need a grock to bring on or play every once in a while when we need a plan b?

Then get a 24 year old who plays like soucek from the continent, who's value wont plummet in 2 years and who potentially has an upside.