Where’s the money come from?
After being told that the club needs to sell to sign, which, after a 2m loan fee from Fenerbache for Alvarez, means we can now spend 40m on Fernandes.
But after the board have told us continuously that the club is stricken by PSR/FFP, and there’s no cash flow into the club. Suddenly, there is money!
Looks like we’re after 3 midfielders at the least.
How strange….
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why do people say this? recent years have proved it is literally easier than ever to bounce back in two years, if not straight away
tomomalono [OP] 2 points · Aug 2025 · Mark Noble
The thing is, and the difference is, West Ham don’t have any assets. They’re in 62k seater stadium, that attendance would drop by half, they don’t own the stadium, the premier money wouldn’t be going into the club, the club lose sponsorship, TV revenue etc.
I agree, it’s proved easier, but would you want West Ham in the championship?
cdrxgon17 3 points · Aug 2025 · His name is Rio and He Watches From the Stand
no i’d absolutely rather avoid relegation and i get your point about assets but we’d be a very attractive option to championship players. we bounced straight back last time when our squad was so bad i didn’t even rate it much higher than most of the clubs in the league (with exception of Nolan). this time we’d just use our parachutes to pick off the best young ish english players like ipswich and saints are doing now.
tomomalono [OP] 2 points · Aug 2025 · Mark Noble
West Ham should be looking at championship players now, and buying them and building them up. Gyokores was close to West Ham but they didn’t want to pay the money, when he was at Coventry.
But it’s not a sustainable model, Norwich are the prime example of it really, West Brom, they were clubs who took the bag and went down to come back up, and it doesn’t always work, it’s not an easy league. Regardless of club stature.
cdrxgon17 2 points · Aug 2025 · His name is Rio and He Watches From the Stand
norwich had a uniquely bad prem side and even then they managed to come back the once under farke. WBA granted made a mess the first season back but their real mistake was appointing an utterly washed Bruce in the second year. had they had Corberan the whole time they’d have come back easily. it’s definitely not as easy as i’m making it seem but i’ve seen a lot of our fans make up hypotheticals where we get stuck in the championship and even league one and i just don’t think they are at all realistic. honestly i don’t even think we get relegated this year
tomomalono [OP] 2 points · Aug 2025 · Mark Noble
I agree with you on all of that mate, but West Ham could be very much slip into that yo-yo club culture, especially given the gulf in class each year of what stays up and comes up, it’s getting harder and harder each year. West Ham would fall victim to that.
I can see peoples points, and I’d be very mindful of us being in the championship, I do think relegation is a real possibility, so long as the current regime is at the helm. They’ll only be happy to keep West Ham in the premier league, 17th is enough for them, but that’s a risky game now.
And my worry would be, take one look at who Sullivan last owned before West Ham, and what happened to them.