Sat Aug 15, 2026 8:46 pm
Sat Aug 15, 2026 9:09 pm
Wayne S wrote:West Ham just broke the EFL transfer record with the £22Million signing of Arne Engels from Celtic.
The gap between Prem and Championship is massive.
The clubs that come down now have a massive advantage. West Ham have been able to sell over £175Million of talent.
Sat Aug 15, 2026 10:06 pm
Welshman in CA wrote:Wayne S wrote:West Ham just broke the EFL transfer record with the £22Million signing of Arne Engels from Celtic.
The gap between Prem and Championship is massive.
The clubs that come down now have a massive advantage. West Ham have been able to sell over £175Million of talent.
It would seem you answered your own question.
Sat Aug 15, 2026 10:14 pm
Sat Aug 15, 2026 11:23 pm
worcester_ccfc wrote:I don't like how the relegated teams get parachute payments because in cases like this it gives them an unfair advantage.
What I will say about West Ham is they are in a mess at the top. David Sullivan (who some on here wanted to buy us) has had any reputation he had completely destroyed by allegations.
When there's scandal at the top, it runs down to the bottom.
They are in an ownership crisis and I predict that will take over everything else going on which could detrimentally impact their team. It's rare a team does well while an ownership crisis is ongoing.
Sun Aug 16, 2026 7:35 am
Wayne S wrote:Welshman in CA wrote:Wayne S wrote:West Ham just broke the EFL transfer record with the £22Million signing of Arne Engels from Celtic.
The gap between Prem and Championship is massive.
The clubs that come down now have a massive advantage. West Ham have been able to sell over £175Million of talent.
It would seem you answered your own question.
Sure did. Probably should have gone with how is this Allowed.
Crazy that WHU were relegated with players worth that much and Jarrod Bowen who they were able to keep.
Sun Aug 16, 2026 8:22 am
The_Ast_1927 wrote:Wayne S wrote:Welshman in CA wrote:Wayne S wrote:West Ham just broke the EFL transfer record with the £22Million signing of Arne Engels from Celtic.
The gap between Prem and Championship is massive.
The clubs that come down now have a massive advantage. West Ham have been able to sell over £175Million of talent.
It would seem you answered your own question.
Sure did. Probably should have gone with how is this Allowed.
Crazy that WHU were relegated with players worth that much and Jarrod Bowen who they were able to keep.
Why wouldn’t it be allowed? they literally sold nearly 200m worth of players, so they are obviously allowed to spend some of that money