West Ham are in talks to re-sign Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski just two months after the 40-year-old left club when his contract expired. (Talksport), external
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James Jones
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesSince the start of April, Jarrod Bowen has been directly involved in more goals than any other player in the Premier League - seven goals and three assists.
He literally is the most in-form attacking player in the top flight right now, going by that record. Yet, somehow, that is still not good enough for him to be a first-choice pick for Thomas Tuchel's England.
Instead, the German opted to start Arsenal's Noni Madueke against Andorra on Saturday.
Since the start of April, Madueke has been directly involved in just one goal, which was an assist in Chelsea's 2-2 draw against Ipswich last season.
Indeed, a World Cup qualifier against Andorra gives Tuchel the chance to try different players to see who best suits his system and his style, but there also has to be an element of ensuring your most in-form players are playing.
After all, we are less than a year away from the World Cup and Tuchel should already have a pretty good idea what his strongest starting XI will be.
If we are going by form, and not simply the colour of the player's club badge, then there should not even be a debate about who out of Bowen and Madueke should be in Tuchel's plans.
Of Bowen's 16 England caps, he has started just six times. For a player with almost 100 Premier League goal involvements (57 goals, 38 assists) since signing for West Ham in 2020, that is quite the injustice. He has done everything he possibly can to warrant regular involvement on the international stage.
Many might point towards Bukayo Saka as England's best right winger and that's a far more interesting debate to have. The Arsenal man only has three more Premier League goal involvements than Bowen, all while playing for a much better team with much better players.
It is not as clear-cut as Arsenal fans will try to have you believe.
Regardless, we should not be living in a world in which Madueke is ever considered a better option to start a game of football than Bowen.
Hopefully, Tuchel makes the right decision against Serbia on Tuesday night.
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Jordan Butler
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesIt is not entirely surprising to see long throws making a comeback, especially with the addition of set-piece coaches and the recent sporting obsession with marginal gains.
However, the level at which they have risen might shock one or two.
This season the Premier League is averaging three long throws into the penalty area per game – an increase of 100% on the previous two campaigns and 233.33% more than in 2020-21.
Of course we are only 30 games into a 380-game season so therefore the sample size is small, but the numbers are clear - the long throw is certainly back in vogue.
When diving into the data for how individual clubs rank this campaign, West Ham come out joint-bottom alongside Fulham and Manchester City.
While the average per game across the league this campaign is three, Graham Potter's side are yet to take one.
Perhaps not surprising with the Hammers boss being known for him patient build-up and passing style of play, but even England manager Thomas Tuchel is talking about the possibility of evolving tactics to include more long balls and long throws.
Having lost three of their four games so far this season, perhaps adapting of West Ham's style may be what is needed to start picking up more wins.
But how do you feel about this tactic for the Hammers? Happy with for the side to keep it to a minimum? Or should they be using long throws more?
Matthew Hobbs
BBC Sport journalist
West Ham's current financial situation has been the subject of several questions sent in via our 'Ask me anything' form.
The Hammers' ownership has come under fire recently after a perceived lack of ambition in the transfer market and the side's initial poor start to the Premier League season.
Take a look below at what our journalist Matthew Hobbs discovered when he dug into the numbers.
West Ham's season took a positive turn ahead of the international break with a 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest but three preceding defeats had led supporters to question whether the club had made enough signings in the summer transfer window.
So how much did they spend? The Hammers initial outlay was £126m on eight new arrivals, including the £38m purchase of Mateus Fernandes from Southampton in August.
The sale of Mohammed Kudus to Tottenham for £55m in July helped result in a net spend of £70.1m, ranking West Ham 11th in the Premier League.
The Hammers had ranked in the top five for net spend in three of the previous four summer windows, while a £23.3m profit in 2023 was largely based on Declan Rice's pure-profit departure as an academy graduate for an initial £100m to Arsenal.
Rice's sale, along with reaching the final of the Europa Conference League, meant that West Ham made a pre-tax profit of £57.2m in the financial year ending 31 May 2024, according to their most recent set of accounts.
However, the Hammers use of available money in recent windows has not been overly successful. They were the fourth-highest net spenders in the summer of 2024 following the arrivals of defender Max Kilman from Wolves for £40m, Niclas Fullkrug from Borussia Dortmund for £27m, Crysencio Summerville from Leeds for £25m and Luis Guilherme from Palmeiras for £19.5m.
Fullkrug has so far scored three goals in 21 Premier League games, making only nine starts. Summerville's 2024-25 campaign was ended in January by injury. Guilherme has made only one Premier League start since the beginning of last season.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe dust has just about settled on West Ham's transfer window.
In total, the London club brought in eight players for a total of about £126m based on reported initial fees.
Those incomings were:
Mateus Fernandes - Southampton
Jean-Clair Todibo - Nice
Mads Hermansen - Leicester City
El Hadji Malick Diouf - Slavia Prague
Soungoutou Magassa - Monaco
Kyle Walker-Peters - Southampton
Callum Wilson - Newcastle
Igor Julio - Brighton (loan)
Heading the other way, the Hammers had nine permanent outgoings. This included the likes of Mohammed Kudus to Tottenham Hotspur, Emerson Palmieri to Marseille and Aaron Cresswell to Stoke City.
Of all the summer arrivals at West Ham, who do you think will have the biggest impact?
Image source, Getty ImagesWest Ham talisman Jarrod Bowen has been speaking to the BBC's John Murray about the Hammers turbulent start to the season.
Having been comfortably beaten by Sunderland and Chelsea, Bowen was involved in an altercation with West Ham fans following their Carabao Cup defeat by Wolves last week.
The Hammers bounced back at the weekend with an impressive win at Nottingham Forest.
"It's been an up and down couple of weeks," he reflected. "The Premier League starting, you are on a high as you have waited so long for it. Then, to lose the way we did to Sunderland, followed by a defeat by Chelsea and one in the cup where we were in a good position to win the game was difficult.
"But I think the one thing we have got with this group is a real resilience and togetherness. You saw that at the weekend. I think everyone would have wrote us off at Nottingham Forest so to win 3-0, and it that could have been even more on another day, just shows that resilience to keep going even in the difficult times.
On the incident with the fans, Bowen accepted his part and said such incidents can happen in the heat of the moment, particularly after three consecutive losses.
"The fans have a lot of love for the club and I have a lot of love for the club," he explained. "I always wear my heart on my sleeve, I have got a lot of passion, and I want the team to do well.
"Sometimes, things can happen. I think I understand the club and I don't think it's frowned upon. It's not what I want to be doing, falling out with people, but sometimes these things happen in football."
Holly Turbutt
Fan contributor
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Nottingham Forest are set to sign midfielder Chinaza Nwosu from West Ham, after seeing off competition from other top clubs for the England Under-17s international. (Fabrizio Romano), external
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Image source, Getty ImagesWest Ham defender Nayef Aguerd has joined Marseille on a permanent transfer.
The 29-year-old Morrocco international joined the Hammers for £30m from Rennes in 2022 and made 61 appearances for the club, including the 2023 Conference League final victory over Fiorentina in Prague.
Aguerd spent the 2024-25 season on loan with Spanish club Real Sociedad.
West Ham have completed the signing of Brazilian defender Igor Julio on a season-long loan from Brighton.
"I am really happy to be here at West Ham United," he said. "It is a big club, a historic club, with fantastic support and a special identity.
"I saw this in Prague during the Europa Conference League final two years ago, and I feel very proud to now be representing the colours."
"I'm really pleased to have signed Igor and look forward to bringing him into our group," added Hammers boss Graham Potter.
"He is an experienced defender with a good pedigree, who knows the Premier League well and has impressed during his time with Brighton."
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Image source, Rex FeaturesLewis Richardson played for Burnley in the Premier League when Sean Dyche was head coach
Boreham Wood have brought in former Burnley striker Lewis Richardson on a two-year deal and West Ham United goalkeeper Finlay Herrick on a season-long loan.
Richardson made two appearances for the Clarets in the Premier League in 2021 and left the club at the end of last season.
The 22-year-old also scored four goals in 14 games during a loan spell in the National League with York City last season.
Herrick, 19, has been with the Hammers since the age of six and was part of England's squad for European Under-19 Championship in June.
Alex Howell
Football reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesIt now looks like Brighton centre-back Igor Julio is currently more likely to join West Ham on loan rather than Crystal Palace.
He had been subject of interest from the Eagles as they prepare for the departure of Marc Guehi. It is unclear if this would have any impact on that proposed deal.
The Eagles want two centre-backs if they let Guehi go.
West Ham have confirmed that Emerson Palmieri has joined Marseille on a permanent transfer.
The Italian made 113 appearances for the club and was an important part of the side that won the 2023 Conference League.
Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for your views on what is still needed by West Ham on transfer deadline day.
Here are some of your comments:
Richard: We have never successfully replaced Craig Dawson in defence. Our three main central defenders lack his appetite to win the ball and presence in the box when we win a corner. I'm not sure that Hermansen is an improvement in goal, but I quite like the additions of Walker-Peters and Diouf.
Ash: We preferably need new owners, but I would be glad to see another playmaker midfielder and a left winger.
Nick: We need to keep Paqueta and sign a centre-back - these are musts. A centre-back I would like is Charlie Cresswell from Toulouse.
Bill: I'm happy with the new recruits but I think Potter needs to be brave and bring through the young talent who are going to give their all for the club - Marshall, Earthy, Potts and Orford to just name a few.
Len: West Ham need a quality goalscorer and a powerful centre-half - both with time spent in English football so they can get up to speed much quicker.
Nick: The club needs a new spine and leader. The middle of the pitch is ridiculously poor at the moment for a Premier League club. Improving this will see confidence in the new keeper. Oh, and a new owner would be fantastic also.
Today is the second transfer deadline day of the summer following a brief closure in June because of the Club World Cup.
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It has already been a hectic window - with a number of storylines still to be resolved - but whether it turns out to be a day of transfer action or a pretty quiet one for your club, you will be able to keep across it all on BBC Sport.
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We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Nottingham Forest and West Ham United.
Here are some of your comments:
Forest fans
Tom: It's a thread which has continued since Forest returned to the Premier League - the inability to bounce back after going a goal down. We did it against Crystal Palace, but letting in three in seven minutes has happened in previous games too many times. A habit we can't shake.
Rev: Really disappointing to see our collapse in a game we expected to win. We were toothless. Possession doesn't win games, goals do. The result hasn't done the manager any favours and changes were way too slow to happen.
John: This has come at a bad time. The effort was there but passes went astray and nothing worked. If not for Matz Sels, it could have been six. Last year, substitutions would have weakened us. On Sunday, the quality we now have could have saved us - but they were left too late. I hope Nuno hasn't saved Mr Potter's job at the cost of his own.
Neil: As the home team we were shocking. I think they thought this was a walk in the park and they went on a walk around Sherwood Forest...
West Ham fans
Moley: It's what we all needed before the international break and, towards the end, the talent showed through. A great away win and confidence restored... for now.
Martin: What a relief. At last a proper performance - solid in defence (although I do think Forest were lacklustre). Nice to see we were dangerous going forward. I still reserve judgement on Graham Potte, but at least we have something to build on. I will just be happy with Premier League survival. COYI.
Manni: Looked together in this game, worked hard off the ball and finished chances! Fernandes looked composed and Summerville was direct! Keep it going - we have a chance of avoiding the scrap.
Nick: I cannot believe how much West Ham improved from last week. So many good points. Now, stick with a back four - and Soungoutou Magassa to replace James Ward-Prowse.
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Nick Mashiter
Football reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesGraham Potter's double fist-pump celebration at Callum Wilson's third goal was understated, but it will have relieved the growing tension of the opening weeks of the season.
But the Hammers' problems stretch back further than the new term. Including Sunday's win, Potter has overseen just six victories from 24 games since he took charge in January.
His position had been in jeopardy before their trip to Nottingham, following defeats by Sunderland and Chelsea.
Potter now has the same amount of points in one more game than predecessor Julen Lopetegui had before he was dismissed.
The Spaniard was sacked having won 23 points from his 20 top flight games, suggesting there is precedence at the London Stadium for a swift change.
But victory at The City Ground shows there is life in this West Ham side, led by talisman Jarrod Bowen, and they deserved victory.
