Luis Guilherme: West Ham United sign Brazilian teenager from Palmeiras for £25.5m
West Ham United sign Brazil Under-20 winger Luis Guilherme on a five-year contract.www.bbc.co.uk
So West Ham have just spunked £25m on a random Brazilian teenager. Yet I was told they were skint and therefore interested in O’Hare on a free?
Southampton and Burnley now face competition from Leeds United as the trio of clubs attempt to sign soon-to-be free agent Callum O'Hare.
Is that really a step up?
Just because we've had quite a lot of success with our recent foreign signings but less with our lower league ones doesn't mean that is always the case. Some of our best players in the past have come from lower league. We've also signed some absolute dross from abroad.Yet we bought Haji, Saka, Milan and Torp and they’ve been brilliant. To me it makes absolutely no sense to regress back to the old days of getting cast-offs from other championship teams on a free.
Nearly all of our championship or league 1 signings have been suspect at times, compared to our European signings from last season it’s night and day.
Southampton is. Leeds and Burnley both have more chance of promotion than we do and would pay significantly more. Think he'd see it as a step up.Two years ago he was leaving us for another Championship club. His wages - and let’s face it his profile - would be significantly higher at Leeds. If he doesn’t get the move he wants to the Prem or abroad, I really doubt he would think twice about leaving us for Burnley or Leeds.
Just because we've had quite a lot of success with our recent foreign signings but less with our lower league ones doesn't mean that is always the case. Some of our best players in the past have come from lower league. We've also signed some absolute dross from abroad.
I wonder if West Ham are preparing for Paqueta getting a life long ban from football! Still I can see Callum going to a few prem clubs (not West Ham) Fulham or Bournemouth maybe.
Leeds yes, but Burnley? I’m not having that Burnley are a big club.Two years ago he was leaving us for another Championship club. His wages - and let’s face it his profile - would be significantly higher at Leeds. If he doesn’t get the move he wants to the Prem or abroad, I really doubt he would think twice about leaving us for Burnley or Leeds.
. Some of our best players in the past have come from lower league.
Leeds yes, but Burnley? I’m not having that Burnley are a big club.
Can’t think of any under Robins TBF
Can’t think of any under Robins TBF
I mean if you are counting the same league you have Godden, Allen, McCallum to name just a fewMcFadzean from Burton to name one - there's gotta be more
Its agent talk. Clearly his foreign deal wasn’t all it was cracked up to be so he asked his agent to pump him around, nothing doing so now he’s considering our deal again.
None of it adds up to a PL club being interested, let alone a top half one, or he’d be gone already.
Just what we need, going over another pointless argument again.Leeds yes, but Burnley? I’m not having that Burnley are a big club.
McFadzean from Burton to name one - there's gotta be more
Well some of our players in our team now have come from leagues with a lower status than the English Championship.
Wow such a huge disparity...why are we only worth £56 ?Well different people measure these things in different ways. But recently Burnley were valued at £200m and Coventry at £56.
Assets I guess could be a factor I.e. stadium. But I think our squad is worth that without all the real estate we own. So underestimated I think.Wow such a huge disparity...why are we only worth £56 ?
Yeah but we were also lower status, so they weren’t lower league signings. Just can’t think of one, maybe McCallum, but he feels more of a youth pickup than your normal lower league signing. Jodi Jones? Did Robins sign him?
McCallum was non league.I mean if you are counting the same league you have Godden, Allen, McCallum to name just a few
McCallum was non league.
Jamie Vardy training camp?McCallum was non league.
See COH agent trying to drum up final interest re Leeds /burnley/saints link.
He really needs to think carefully, not rose tinted but another solid season for us may do him better in long run.
Love it if he stayedIs he going to walk into those sides and be first choice?
Doubt it, but I can see the attraction for him anyway. Any of those teams will pay far more and have a better chance of getting to the prem (soton already there). Very low risk investment for them too, especially Leeds who need to offload players.
He just needs to make a decision now either way then both parties can move on if he is leaving.
McFadzean from Burton to name one - there's gotta be more
Respectfully mate, I would change your user name if I were you. ‘Mong’ isn’t really ok these days. For some reason Coventry seems to be a place where it is a popular slur.Genuinely just don't post.
I lurked back on GMK in the 00s.
Respectfully mate, I would change your user name if I were you. ‘Mong’ isn’t really ok these days. For some reason Coventry seems to be a place where it is a popular slur.
Michael Mong Murphy in it bruvCould be his actual name?
Could be his actual name?
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