Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[eye digress]

I do recall in the press reporting at the time, something about complying with the ruling and the spirit in which it was intended.

But I see nothing about that in the very badly written judgement (though the underlying regulations are in pristine English).

[Drummond]

could Pacqueta from the Hammers be our big target this January

No, he's too phat.

Let's not buy any fat West Ham players, or indeed any West Ham players because they all look fat to me.

They'd look slimmer with blue sleeves.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

We gambled last year when not in a great position. It will be interesting to see what we can do to 'max' out the rules that are in place to stop us being competitive. We don't need to be reckless but this Jan we are investing from a position of strength..

Last season we sold Duran, Philogene and Carlos for over £100m which meant we could afford the loans, Malen and Garcia.

We don't really have peripheral players that we can sell for big money anymore.

[LeonW]

And add "o" to English words.

I’ve probably mentioned this before, but when I was younger we went to Venice for a table football tournament with my dad’s mate’s family. His mate, Ian, insisted on speaking “Italiano” which, as you’d said, was literally English words with an “o” at the end.

Whilst we (me, my dad, his mate’s son) were playing Subbuteo all day, he decided to explore Venice. Improbably he managed to befriend an Italian fireman on the 10am “bus-o” in to Venice. The chap didn’t speak a word of English, and Ian would only speak “Italiano” to him. They proceeded to spend the entire day in a cafe drinking “cheapo vino” and gesticulating at eachother. He was a proper state when he eventually returned at about 8pm.

Fantastic story. Enjoyed reading that.

[eamonn]

I wonder if we'll take Leon back. Kinda in a reverse Elliott way. We pay Harvey's wages and he goes back to Pool, Roma get rid of Bailey cos they hate him but we stick to the original financial arrangement.

[Dante Lavelli]

That Garcia player we were linked with (loan) scored a hat trick whilst deputising for Mbappe.

[Demitri_C]

I wonder if we'll take Leon back. Kinda in a reverse Elliott way. We pay Harvey's wages and he goes back to Pool, Roma get rid of Bailey cos they hate him but we stick to the original financial arrangement.

We could at least play bailey and his pace could be handy. Makes sense for me nad hopefully  unai can help get his best form back

[LeeB]

How is bringing perma-injured Bailey back going to help? We've convinced some other mug to pay for his convalescence this year, keep it that way.

[Demitri_C]

How is bringing perma-injured Bailey back going to help? We've convinced some other mug to pay for his convalescence this year, keep it that way.

It was based on the scenerio of paying for elliot to go back. Its a no brainer as its a extra body as we cant play elliot so pointless having him here. At least we can use bailey  even if he has generally  been shit for a while

[LeeB]

It sure is a no brainer as the reason they want to send him back is because he's never fit to play.

[Demitri_C]

It sure is a no brainer as the reason they want to send him back is because he's never fit to play.

.yeah was reading about that. So shit and now injury prone. Great 😟

[LeeB]

We did well to get what we did out of him for that year.

[john e]

We did well to get what we did out of him for that year.

We were always a stepping stone according to his Dad who said he was going to be the best player in the world

[Demitri_C]

Oh yes who could ever remember  his dad giving it that we were lucky to have  aplayer of his quality.

I still think diaby was a far better player than bailey

[ROBBO]

First time i saw him play i thought what a player, he has the talent but not the courage or determination. Emery would not have let him go on loan if he thought he was useful to us