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

[moore_94]

£18m is disappointing, hopefully we have some good add ons and a good sell on clause in that deal

 

He definitely has the potential for a big move in a couple of years

Edited 7 August 2025 by moore_94

[kingcarr21]

Honestly im not in the slightest bit bothered. Always thought he was just a good keeper. Nothing special. Then after his injury he has never looked like a world beater. Might be a little harsh but quite happy to get some money in for him and happy to go with Stolarcyzk and Begovic.

 

Whatever helps us with this financial mess

[fox_up_north]

4 minutes ago, simon789us said:

surely some add ons in the deal too ????

 

Crisps. A packet of crisps. 

[StanSP]

Absolute bargain. 

 

I sincerely hope there's a profit sell on clause included, and a hefty one at that if the initial fee is that low. 

Should be pushing £30m as a minimum I'd have thought. 

 

No doubt Rudkin included some kind of clause like West Ham to win the Champions League and we get £50m

[simon789us]

Just now, fox_up_north said:

Crisps. A packet of crisps. 

as long as the crisps are smokey bacon im happy

 

[Dahnsouff]

10 minutes ago, Tuna said:

£18 million if true is a crap deal. We were talking about £40 million a year ago

 

Probably a bit optimistic.

That was bollocks then as well. People loose all sense of perspective. 18m is decent, not great, not bad, just meh.

[ozvaldo]

12 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

£7m 

 

So £11m profit in initial purchase, looking at £13m+ for PSR 

What does that bit mean mate? 

[Dahnsouff]

Keepers don’t go that high, especially those who aren’t English and have not blown the doors off. Get a grip.

[TheFiveTime]

deal structure more important. Hermanson needed to resolve any psr issues we had being relegated so as long as its front loaded to be paid this year, 18 mil is a good deal

[Chelmofox]

1 minute ago, Dahnsouff said:

Keepers don’t go that high, especially those who aren’t English and have not blown the doors off. Get a grip.

Someone once wrote he should be a 40million keeper.  Therefore - he should be! 

 

You get a grip. We should be getting 40 mil for him now, after one PL season where he spent a lot of it injured and leaked a lot of goals.

 

Love Mads - lovely bloke. Met him a few times at the ground. He will go to the top. But i think 18m is actually about right - prob favours West Ham but we have to sell.

[JonnyBoy]

Buying Skipp for 20 mill and selling Mads for 18 mill makes me want to throw up 

[kingfox]

Mixed emotions on this one. 
 

Fee slightly lower than I was hoping for, unless add ons are involved. Also going to a mid table Premier League team stings a bit. 
 

With Potter being West Ham’s manager though, it’s a move that unfortunately makes sense. 
 

Hopefully these funds help get a striker and central midfielder through the door. 
 

As for the goalkeeper situation itself, I said on here a few days ago that Mads leaving this week, would give us the perfect window to assess Stolarczyk and see if he’s a worthy number 1 from a distribution standpoint. 

[K789]

Its a fair fee. Hes not great on crosses and undersized. Wish him well

[Tuna]

4 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

That was bollocks then as well. People loose all sense of perspective. 18m is decent, not great, not bad, just meh.

Yeah it was "selling to Chelsea price tag"

[Dahnsouff]

Just now, Chelmofox said:

Someone once wrote he should be a 40million keeper.  Therefore - he should be! 

 

You get a grip. We should be getting 40 mil for him now, after one PL season where he spent a lot of it injured and leaked a lot of goals.

 

Love Mads - lovely bloke. Met him a few times at the ground. He will go to the top. But i think 18m is actually about right - prob favours West Ham but we have to sell.

Quite, we all know that it was 40m if he was from Husbands Bosworth, but he was from Daneland though, 18m is his ceiling.

[moore_94]

West Ham have definitely forced our hand into relaxing our asking price for Mads

 

 

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, Tuna said:

Yeah it was "selling to Chelsea price tag"

There are benefits to being their feeder club then 

[Wink84]

Considering Mads was considered our most saleable asset in terms of value, the fact were getting just £18m shows how far we've dropped in such a short space of time. 

 

If this deal helps us get on the right side of PSR then I don't mind too much. Happy enough with Jakub as no1 for this season. 

[copunk]

Good keeper for us but not that bothered about him going 

Stol is more then competant enough to be no 1, I probably rate him as a better shot stopper then Mads 

Hope he goes on to do well, would have liked him to have gone for more, but its good to see us not just standing still, shows some wheels behind the scenes are in motion 

[pmcla26]

Would have liked a bit more but when you consider that Trafford went for £27m and he’s considered a bigger talent, been bought from a PL club and English tax too we’ve probably ended up receiving market value for Mads. 

[Dan]

£18mil welcome back from your holidays Teflon.

[richardsfoxes]

Its mad that he's only going for 5.5m more than we paid for Ward but what can you do, we need money to buy players in more vital positions. 

[CosbehFox]

Hate to be against the grain here. But I think we've done well to get £18m given his injury and subsequent form. 

[Dahnsouff]

Can we sweep in for this John fella?

[adam]

So frustrating that we're letting one of the only players worth any money go on the cheap because Top and Co have cocked it up so badly over the last few years.