Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[OCD]

Bowen on a season-long loan would make sense if West Ham wanted to park him for a year and take him back if they came straight back up. Would probably suit our 10 role.

Can you imagine how miserable he'd be knowing he had to go back to that shithole? Especially after a year with us.

Cruel, cruel man!

We're talking about someone who has Danny Dyer as a father-in-law so he must be quite a sadist.

[Dogtanian]

Bowen on a season-long loan would make sense if West Ham wanted to park him for a year and take him back if they came straight back up. Would probably suit our 10 role.

Can you imagine how miserable he'd be knowing he had to go back to that shithole? Especially after a year with us.

Cruel, cruel man!

We're talking about someone who has Danny Dyer as a father-in-law so he must be quite a sadist.

Yep, imagine inflicting Danny Dyer on someone!

[Tayls_7]

Bowen on a season-long loan would make sense if West Ham wanted to park him for a year and take him back if they came straight back up. Would probably suit our 10 role.

Can you imagine how miserable he'd be knowing he had to go back to that shithole? Especially after a year with us.

Cruel, cruel man!

We're talking about someone who has Danny Dyer as a father-in-law so he must be quite a sadist.

Yep, imagine inflicting Danny Dyer on someone!

A much maligned actor. Absolutely stupendous at playing the role of, er, Danny Dyer.

[ChicagoLion]

West Ham are in deep financial shit, they will be selling any player where they can make a profit.
Bowen is one of them.

[Dante Lavelli]

I think in the current circumstances we can do very little other than be short term. The next couple of seasons are critical for us.

I'm of the opposite persuasion.  We have a strong team so keep that together for a couple more years.  Buy succession players that will be ready for year three.  The only 'now' player we need is a winger, unless players leave.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

World's best goalkeeper. Worth 15 million.

Only one of those propositions can be true.

And it isn't the second.

Exactly and given the number of positions we need to recruit this summer, selling Martinez for £15m would probably trigger the need to sell Rogers to make up the shortfall in available cash for a proper replacement of Emi. He has to stay.

[VILLA MOLE]

I would rather have Somerville because he makes me feel mighty reel

[Dogtanian]

You're right, we do have a strong team. But it does need reinforcing and minor refreshing. If we could do that AND buy players for the future, I think we would.

But we only have enough for one or the other.

[Dave]

You're right, we do have a strong team. But it does need reinforcing and minor refreshing. If we could do that AND buy players for the future, I think we would.

But we only have enough for one or the other.

But it doesn't need to be one or the other - if Bowen would cost £50m and £8m a season in wages, use that same money on a 24 year old version.

[Mister E]

I think in the current circumstances we can do very little other than be short term. The next couple of seasons are critical for us.

I'm of the opposite persuasion.  We have a strong team so keep that together for a couple more years.  Buy succession players that will be ready for year three.  The only 'now' player we need is a winger, unless players leave.

I think this is the case: We can continue to do well with the current core, whilst bringing in players who can be 'tuned in' to Emery's methods and blended into the team. Brian is an obvious example and hopefully Cisse and Hemmings too.
We need a right-sided player who really can do what Sancho, Elliott and Bailey could not; and we need cover in the middle to replace Luiz.

- if Bowen would cost £50m and £8m a season in wages, use that same money on a 24 year old version.

Agreed, Dave - use some of that money on a 24 year-old version makes perfect sense.

[Sexual Ealing]

If we're browsing the salad-dodger menu I think I'd rather have Bella Emburg, Pavarotti or Weston McKennie.

[LeeB]

I would rather have Somerville because he makes me feel mighty reel

Tough to get himn out of West Ham, he never can say goodbye.

[Rigadon]

Bowen wouldn't be an exciting signing, but he's a very solid PL performer and would be miles better than Bailey, Gessand or Sancho.  All depends on the money with that one.  Anything north of £30m and you'd have to be really sure he was as good as we were getting this summer.  Like somebody joked, he's actually the kind signing a club like West Ham would make (can't remember the free kick bloke from Southampton they signed with the 'golf swing celebration' whose hardly played since moving there being very similar in profile).

I have to say, if he were to be our big shiny signing this summer, I'd be underwhelmed.

[Hillbilly]

If Rogers wants to trade playing football with Emery for rugby with Arteta then he must have a screw loose (or be offered an enormous pile of money).

[Dogtanian]

If Rogers wants to trade playing football with Emery for rugby with Arteta then he must have a screw loose (or be offered an enormous pile of money).

Arteta might have offered to reveal his hair-care secrets.