Mads Hermansen (close to 18m move to West Ham)

[Tommy G]

Can’t argue with £20m, we bought for £5m I think so quadrupled in 2 seasons, exactly the model we should be adopting for all our players - shame that’s not the case these days!

 

He had a stinker when he returned from injury so a fair price. 

[Tielemans63]

17 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Said a few weeks back i think £18m + add ons gets it done, especially if we've made decent PSR headroom on Ndidi and potentially Justin going too.

I reckon you're spot on there. I'd be very surprised if it was £20m up front.

[FrankieADZ]

 

[Bluearmyfox28]

I think we should somewhat hold firm on our valuation for Mads. He’s clearly West Ham’s No.1 target.

 

I think as well if we can stay PSR compliant and get our recruitment done through selling players like Wilf and JJ, keeping players like Mads and Bilal could offer a safety blanket in terms of income the following season should we struggle to get promotion with the points deduction. 

[moore_94]

I would think (hope) that the pretty good money for Wilf would hopefully mean we aren't quite as desperate for money in and can hold firm in what we want for Mads

[kingpowerout]

Anything above £20m + addons is a decent deal and we should hopefully get a nice pot to reinvest with that and the N’didi money 

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

I think we should somewhat hold firm on our valuation for Mads. He’s clearly West Ham’s No.1 target.

 

I think as well if we can stay PSR compliant and get our recruitment done through selling players like Wilf and JJ, keeping players like Mads and Bilal could offer a safety blanket in terms of income the following season should we struggle to get promotion with the points deduction. 

Can only bank it once !

and if we stayed down then his valuation would be even lower in line with our desperation!

[Bert]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

I would think (hope) that the pretty good money for Wilf would hopefully mean we aren't quite as desperate for money in and can hold firm in what we want for Mads

I think with the noises coming out, it seems like a deal is close and the clubs have likely let in the middle in the difference of their valuations. 

[James_lcfc]

Really annoying if we lose him now.

 

We’ll be nowhere near as good this season without him.

[whoareyaaa]

Just now, James_lcfc said:

Really annoying if we lose him now.

 

We’ll be nowhere near as good this season without him.

Not sure what you mean Jakob is more than good enough and it allows us to buy a few players

[moore_94]

3 minutes ago, Bert said:

I think with the noises coming out, it seems like a deal is close and the clubs have likely let in the middle in the difference of their valuations. 

If we have relented I just hope it isn't too much

 

From that really good West Ham source it sounded like there was still a pretty big gap in the difference

[Simmo86]

2 minutes ago, James_lcfc said:

Really annoying if we lose him now.

 

We’ll be nowhere near as good this season without him.

Bit over the top.

 

Jakub is more than capable 

[Tielemans63]

Unpopular opinion here: I'm not convinced by Jakub. Not by his footwork anyway. A pretty significant downgrade on Mads, IMHO.

 

Hope he makes me look a twat for saying this 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

We have to learn from our mistakes and sell when the money is there. 

 

Just hope we re-invest in the right profile of players.

[Bert]

3 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

If we have relented I just hope it isn't too much

 

From that really good West Ham source it sounded like there was still a pretty big gap in the difference

The rumour now, is £20m. We would’ve certainly gone for at least £25m as a starting point. 

[richardsfoxes]

2 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

Unpopular opinion here: I'm not convinced by Jakub. Not by his footwork anyway. A pretty significant downgrade on Mads, IMHO.

 

Hope he makes me look a twat for saying this 

I agree with you but what choice do we have, im not confident but i hope with the sales of Ndidi, Mads and Coady means we don't have to sell Fatawu and BEK, doubt it though. 

Edited 5 August 2025 by richardsfoxes

[Bert]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

We have to learn from our mistakes and sell when the money is there. 

 

Just hope we re-invest in the right profile of players.

£15m bid for Ryan Yates incoming  

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, Tielemans63 said:

Unpopular opinion here: I'm not convinced by Jakub. Not by his footwork anyway. A pretty significant downgrade on Mads, IMHO.

 

Hope he makes me look a twat for saying this 

I do agree with regards to his footwork and passing ability, it is very well below the level of Mads and I think we will have a lot more occassions this season of it playing us into trouble

 

However I do think he is just as good a shotstopper, and is actually an improvement on commanding his areas from corners and crosses

[Spudulike]

29 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

Can’t argue with £20m, we bought for £5m I think so quadrupled in 2 seasons, exactly the model we should be adopting for all our players - shame that’s not the case these days!

 

He had a stinker when he returned from injury so a fair price. 

Was it only £5m? Thought it was more like £15m?

[James_lcfc]

2 minutes ago, Simmo86 said:

Bit over the top.

 

Jakub is more than capable 

In your opinion maybe.  I think he’s way off Mads.

 

Mads can start attacks which is massive in the Championship when you have a lot of the ball.

 

I know it looks like we have no choice so it is what it is…just annoying.

[Bert]

Just now, richardsfoxes said:

I agree with you but what choice do we have, im not confident but i hope with the sales of Ndidi, Mads and Coady we don't have to sell Fatawu and BEK, doubt it though. 

I think more importantly with these sales, it’s puts us in a stronger position for if clubs come in for these players. If BEK was the first transfer out he would be going for at least £5m less than he potentially will be in the future. 

[teblin]

I think we replace him with a keeper at a similar stage in their career that mads was when he joined us.

[teblin]

4 minutes ago, James_lcfc said:

In your opinion maybe.  I think he’s way off Mads.

 

Mads can start attacks which is massive in the Championship when you have a lot of the ball.

 

I know it looks like we have no choice so it is what it is…just annoying.

As a straight forward keeper Jakob is steady and more than capable in the championship. However I think mads is a different level and has a higher ceiling.

[1972 Fox]

15 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Not sure what you mean Jakob is more than good enough and it allows us to buy a few players

You reckon? 

[richardsfoxes]

6 minutes ago, Bert said:

I think more importantly with these sales, it’s puts us in a stronger position for if clubs come in for these players. If BEK was the first transfer out he would be going for at least £5m less than he potentially will be in the future. 

Hope so, could be massive players for us this season, if we can get a decent striker as well i wouldn't put it past us to win the league with this squad.