Gradually. Bit by bit
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We are losing our identity. Have you lot seen the new flaming home kit? Where's the sky blue sleeves. Awful. Should go well in our fight against relegation.
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Dodgy Deals To Remorseful Business
Tim Steidten went from having his own chants to being released of his duties come January time, but his business over the years could now, in hindsight, be described as mediocre.
The deals completed over his time at the club were also regarded as ‘strange’ according to people inside the club, the way deals were completed as well as his prolonged absences, but looking past the way deals were done, the Hammers are seriously considering selling Mohammed Kudus to Tottenham Hotspur.
There are talks of a fee in the range of £70,000,000, which is what the Hammers would like, but Spurs are more comfortable with a figure in the £50,000,000 range. We can all see where this is going, can’t we…?
Mohammed Judus is said to be “open to Spurs”, and his agent is describing him as “eager” for the move.
With a move to Saudi Arabia off the cards, as well as other clubs dropping out of the race, Spurs seem like the only club holding a serious interest in Mo, and an official bid is expected to come in soon as the official transfer window opens today.
Thomas Frank holds high admiration for him, this isn’t a rumour that’ll just flow down the river. Business with Spurs could happen for the first time in over a decade, but they’ll have to pay up if they seriously want the Ghanaian international.
Exits Needed But No Checkers Moving
West Ham’s most imminent exit was seemingly Mohammed Kudus, with Chelsea at the top of the list fighting for his signature; however, over the past couple of days, Chelsea have now turned their attention to Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, who has now agreed a multi-year deal.
It does beg the question for West Ham fans: where is Kudus now expected to go? The player has ruled out Saudi as an option and wants to play European football, with now Arsenal, Spurs and Newcastle the only known teams of interest, but none are ready to match the asking price the Hammers are asking for.
Bayer Leverkusen & Atletico Madrid have dropped interest in Nayef Aguerd after signing targets elsewhere in the central defender department. The other past rumour contained Fullkrug having Real Madrid interested in him after Xabi Alonso ‘admired’ the German international, but even that’s far-fetched with Nichlas not being the top name.
In regard to missed targets, Sunderland has broken their club record to beat us for Habib Diarra’s signature, not really like they had much competition from us, but he’s now a name removed from our list. Onyedika from Club Brugge is at the top of that list for us, but we face tough competition from Everton and Fulham.
It’s slowly starting to emerge that we will end up having a ‘last-ditch’ window, with all our signings coming in August just before the season starts. Who would’ve thought that being dependent on player sales would cause such issues?
West Ham Calling
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Back from my break yesterday and switched on my mobile(nope don't take it with me when i'm away)and i had a number of messages from West Ham!!!!!!!
Now i stopped being a club member so long ago the memory has faded but i think it is a telling tale how desperate the club must be they were calling to say that my name was top of the list for season tickets(note the plural)and i had to act now to avoid disappointment in missing out on what is going to be an exciting season ahead.
When i stopped laughing and thinking about it all i just thought blimey all these years on and the club still keep your details which is frightening enough and the fact that i never renewed my season ticket after we left the Boleyn and i never put my name on that Laughable £10 waiting list for a season ticket you now wonder what has happened to the alleged many thousands who were on it and where have they gone if the club are now digging up old info to try and sell tickets.
Anyone else had this? or am i special like my dear old mum used to say!
Dithering Board Decides Deadlines
It is no surprise to one that West Ham are in a sell to buy position, it’s been plastered all over the media for week on end and now isn’t coming as a shock to any.
The likes of Mohamed Kudus, Nayef Aguerd and Edson Alvarez are all set to leave the Hammers this summer and the fundings that are acquired from these sales, will contribute to the transfer budget for the upcoming season, well, 75% of it was the last of what we knew, but moving onwards!!
Dithering Dave upstairs has now acknowledged that we are in-fact candidates for relegation with our current squad, and that the board have deemed a ‘Sell by date’ for the names players, meaning that the club owners will put their own money into the club if the Hammers aren’t able to sell by a specific date.
Not only are the financial incredibly tight, but our OWN owner has now acknowledged that there’s a chance we can get relegated which makes everything even worse.
However, on an enlightening note, the only bit of small common logic that has been used, comes through Karen Brady, who recently refused to comment on our strategy this window… the players that Macaulay and Potter are supposedly interested in are being kept quiet, alongside the money we have to spend… which most likely is none. A bit of positive news!
It’s nice to not have our entire transfer strategy and finances splashed to the media, thought, it is a shame we’re having to credit common sense nowadays.
Hammers Face Rejection After Latest Belgium Bid
Interested, considering, questioning, as well as asking for information, is all that has been going on at West Ham lately; no action, and it feels like we're being left out to dry.
However, in the most classic West Ham fashion possible, the club have had a bid rejected by Anderlecht for Mario Stroeykens after the club decided to offer HALF of Anderlecht's asking price for the Belgium midfielder. The Belgium giants are asking for €20,000,000, and we've offered €10,000,000, which is equivalent to £8.5 million. Unsurprisingly, with Sully at the forefront of the business strategy, we have an interest in a player and straight away we slash the asking price in half! That'll get em on our side.
Not to mention, that most certainly would've been paid across 5 years, along with a 5% sell-on clause.
Despite our dire need for a midfielder, our offers and supposed 'interest' have said otherwise. Low-ball chucked bids here and there along with endless rumours, and if you'd be interested in knowing the exact number of these ludicrous rumours from others, it would total 83 different players across the last 30 days.
Looking past the silly strings, Anderlecht are not willing to budge on their asking price and will want their €20,000,00 to be matched, otherwise the 'highly-rated' Mario will stay in Belgium for next season.
We did have a bid rejected, but perhaps we can offer them Guido Rodriguez... Maybe that'll help them budge Sully.
Hate to be a negative Nancy, but finding any aspect of positive news is non-existent, the furthest anyone could possibly reach is that we've got over two months until we return, that's the best I can think of for the time being.
It can't get worse can it...?
Negativity
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The current atmosphere around the club at the moment is so Negative that not one Fan i know sees anything but relegation ahead(me included) and the reason for the Negativity is purely Sullivans fault with his constant mantra that we have no money we must sell before we can buy and so we the fans and the media build on it because nothing else is coming out from the board apart from the Laughable don't panic it's early days in the transfer market we will be fine.
Well whoever spins that crap for Sullivan clearly is overpaid because the Negativity is going nowhere and growing bigger by the hour/day/week.....When you work in a positive Enviroment where there may be a problem it is nowhere near as bad as working in the same Enviroment where everywhere you look there is no ray of hope.
Sullivan has caused this and now we are looking such an unattractive proposition to players they will most certainly go to a club like Brentford/Brighton/Palace before even giving us a second thought and so Sullivans laughable vision that we moved to compete with the big boys is showing what total nonsense it was...the only thing Sullivan wanted and got was the land grab and the club who cares because he most certainly does not.
Moroccan-roll With Italy Battling It Out
It won’t come as a surprise to many that Nayef Aguerd’s exit is imminent and it would be a huge surprise if he was at West Ham come the start of next season, despite Graham Potter wanting to use the Moroccan international in the squad.
After claiming that the Hammers were after £35,000,000 for Aguerd back in the January window, now we’ve slashed our asking price to just £20,000,000 which has led to a plethora of clubs interested, primarily from Italy with Roma & Juventus at the forefront of that.
Most recently, Roma have presented an offer to West Ham but it will be rejected due to it not matching what the club want, yet they’re expected to maintain interest.
Juventus are also interested and are willing to offer Daniele Rugani in part of the deal but surprisingly despite the Italian suiting the profile of older and slower player, we are not interested in him… if this was 3 years ago then we might’ve been saying otherwise.
Brief interest from Bayern Leverkusen as well as Real Sociedad is also apparent, but with Leverkusen signing two central defenders, as well as the Italian sides appealing more to Aguerd than Spain, it seems like we’ll soon have to accept what we’re given.
Half the world of Football know that West Ham are in a sell-to-buy position because off Sully’s mouthpieces, it puts us in a position of vulnerability and one in which we can be extorted by others beyond belief.
Times ticking West Ham.
West Ham United's Premier League Fixtures 2025/26
West Ham United's Premier League fixtures for the 2025/26 season have now been announced, obviously all dates are expected to slightly change from the ones that have been given out initially due to the FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Broadcasting rights.
Surprisingly, the Hammers aren’t met with a Top 6 team on the opening day, and instead we will be going to the Stadium of Light to face Sunderland as their first Premier League game upon their return. The Top 6 matchup won’t take that long, as in Gameweek 2 we’re at the London Stadium for the first time of the season against Chelsea, & a match against Nottingham closes out August.
September already brings our biggest of the season with a double-header for home games, two London derbys in a row with Spurs up first and Crystal Palace soon following after, with our only away game that month being at away at Everton’s new stadium.
October begins with another two London derbies, this time away to Arsenal and at home to Brentford, which means the Hammers will now face FIVE London teams in their first EIGHT games. Along with a trip to Leeds to close off the month.
November is the ‘Up North Down South’ inspired month with games against Newcastle, Burnley and Liverpool, all of which we play at home, along with a trip down to the coast against Bournemouth in between Burnley & Liverpool.
December always sees all Premier League teams face the most games in a month, with the suspected amount currently being six. An away double-header against Manchester United and Brighton will be followed by a home game against Aston Villa. A trip to Manchester to play City, and finally games against Fulham & Brighton at home, with the Fulham game currently scheduled for the DAY AFTER Boxing Day.
January sees a similar repeat to our initial fixtures with the New Year starting against Wolves away, followed by our first home game for the new year against Nottingham Forest, along with awaydays to Spurs and Chelsea, with Sunderland at home in between both in order to give the Met Police a break.
February sees us rekindle with the northern teams once again, with Burnley, Manchester United and Liverpool to play, and Bournemouth yet again being used as the break in between, only this time we’ll have two home games in a row.
The remainder of the three months mark West Ham’s last ten matches, three of which start in March with a London rival to begin, that being Fulham, followed by City at home and Villa away.
April will see two home matches, one against Wolves and the other against Moyes’ Everton, along with another London derby against Palace in between.
May means finally the end of this article as well as the Premier League season, a double-derby with Brentford & Arsenal kicks off the month, a repeat of October, followed up by our final away game of the campaign against Newcastle, with the Hammers finally finishing the Premier League at home to Leeds.
It’s a tough run in, but at the end of the day, you’ve got to play everyone in the League at some point. Let’s just hope that we can enjoy our early derbies…
August - Sunderland (A), Chelsea (H), Nottingham Forest (A)
September - Spurs (H), Crystal Palace (H), Everton (A)
October - Arsenal (A), Brentford (H), Leeds (A)
November - Newcastle (H), Burnley (H), Bournemouth (A), Liverpool (H)
December - Manchester United (A), Brighton (A), Aston Villa (H), Manchester City (A), Fulham (H), Brighton (H)
January Wolves (A), Nottingham Forest (H), Spurs (A), Sunderland (H), Chelsea (A)
February - Burnley (A), Manchester United (H), Bournemouth (H), Liverpool (A)
March - Fulham (A), Manchester City (H), Aston Villa (A)
April - Wolves (H), Crystal Palace (A), Everton (H)
May - Brentford (A), Arsenal (H), Newcastle (A), Leeds (H)
An Eye For An Eye In Hammers’ Latest Search
A common theme at West Ham is being rumoured to sign past targets and also ones that happen to be way past their peak.
It was initially thought that back in 2023 that Danny Ings would’ve been a good signing for the club, a player that had been around the Premier League for ages and had the capability to score goals, with one of his good seasons coming in 2020/21, scoring 12 goals.
Deja Vu is appearing with the Hammers now targeting Dominic Calvert-Lewin on a free after not renewing his contract with Everton.
The Englishman had his best ever season in 2020/21 scoring 16 goals for Everton. Sully must’ve thought that was last season!
That club are reportedly willing to offer DCL £100,000 a week to get the deal over the line, which is surprising considering we’ve just gotten rid of Uncle Ingy who was on £125,000. At least we’re saving £25,000! Free agent, English and a Premier League striker, what more could Sullivan want? It’s a complete and utter dream for him.
Calvert Lewin has scored 17 Premier League goals in the last four seasons combined, yet Sullivan has considered him the best option… the best option? Or the cheapest? You can make your mind up.
The transfer window has officially re-opened and now business can actually start to happen, although, as we need to prioritise ‘out then in’, it’ll just be a bog standard few weeks for the Hammers.
In all honestly, Calvert-Lewin looks like a younger Danny Ings who completely and utterly doesn’t suit nor fit Graham Potter’s system. Will we end up with a lockdown Calvert-Lewin or has this got ‘Calvin Klein’ written all over it.
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