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How the F.....is this Possible.

Sat Aug 15, 2026 8:46 pm

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.

Re: How the F.....is this Possible.

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.


It would seem you answered your own question.

Re: How the F.....is this Possible.

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.


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.

Re: How the F.....is this Possible.

Sat Aug 15, 2026 10:14 pm

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.

Re: How the F.....is this Possible.

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.



This new finance deal will change way parachute payments are made wont be as big for clubs!

Re: How the F.....is this Possible.

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.



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

Re: How the F.....is this Possible.

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


lol. Unbelievable. Hi West Ham you’ve sold over 175m in players rather than invest that money in new players of the highest standard possible do you think for this season could you not buy better players so you give the others teams more of a chance of beating you so they can go up to have a turn in the premier league and then after a few years your turn will come around again. It will also stop upsetting members of forums up and down the country of the fore mentioned teams getting upset because they team don’t spend as much.
PS could you consider sell your best players JB or at least only play in in 30% of games, that isn’t very fair either having better players.