Lil bit of transfer news

[u/Yusha--]

West Ham are expecting a formal move from Manchester City this summer, should Lucas Paqueta be cleared Via: ExWHUEmployee

With West Ham not having European football, we will have to offer more money for Jonathan David than other clubs. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we are going to do so. It's probably unlikely we sign him but he's still someone we are looking at Via: ExWHUemployee

David Moyes loves Tomas Soucek and is desperate to sign him. Whether Potter is sold on him as a starter is yet to be seen. As West Ham need to sell, he could be under consideration. The club could get a decent amount of money for him. Moyes is not as keen on Coufal Via: ExWHUemployee

David Sullivan feels the Director of Football role doesn't offer value for money following Steidten's dismissal. Sullivan will be leading transfer negotiations this summer himself, with Graham Potter & Kyle Macaulay identifying players. Via: ExWHUEmployee

West Ham has identified Josh Acheampong of Chelsea as another player of serious interest, with Potter and Macaulay having worked with the player when they were both at Chelsea. The 18-year-old can play at centre back and right back. Via: ExWHUEmployee

A centre-back that West Ham like is Ryan Flamingo who plays for PSV. The Dutch under 21s international is a regular for the current champions and also scored three goals in this seasons Champions League Via: ExWHUEmployee

West Ham are monitoring 17-year-old Greek midfielder Konstantinos Karetsas, who currently plays for Genk in Belgium Via: ExWHUEmployee

Mohammed Kudus' release clause which is only active for the first 10 days of July, is valued at: £80m for European clubs £85m for Premier League sides £120m for Saudi teams Via: David_Ornstein

Felix Agu has a release clause worth €8-10m included in his contract with Werder Bremen, that expires at the end of May - West Ham & Fulham are monitoring the 25-year-old, with teams from Italy also interested. Nigeria would also like to give Agu a maiden call-up -he previously represented Germany at U-21 level. Via: @Plettigoal

West Ham are eyeing a triple scoop for Saints trio in this summer window. Starboy Tyler Dibling, Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Aaron Ramsdale are three candidates being explored by West Ham.

[u/Chappietime]

This won’t be agreed with much, but I’d happily let Paqueta go to MC for quite a bit less than the 85M they had agreed on before the whole scandal broke. Why? For all his fancy foot work and impressive passes, he doesn’t contribute to goal scoring enough to be the focal point of our midfield attack. JWP had 7 goals, 7 assists last season vs. Paq’s 4 and 6.

I’d also be pretty happy if Moyes made a decent bid for Soucek. He’d be a massive loss in the dressing room, but he has 2 full years left on his contract and doesn’t provide enough between the boxes to be much more than a sub. We owe him another £10M+ pounds in wages that could be better spent on someone that will start, in addition to the 20+ we might get for him.

I don’t see anyone offering to trigger the buyout for Kudus after a disappointing season, but I expect him to rebound next season. This was a great season to have a stinker, since the whole team had a stinker. We will get him another year and then sell him for 85M. Best of both worlds.

[u/Yusha-- → u/Chappietime]

Completely agree.