Slaven Bilic has moved in on Wolfsburg midfielder Murat Saglam.
The youngster was picked out by the manager as a signing for next season with his contract at the German outfit due to expire at the end of this term.
And the Hammers are understood to have agreed a five-year deal with the 18-year-old, who will move to the London Stadium on a free in the summer.
Tottenham were also interested in the versatile youngster, who can also operate at right-wing and wing-back.
Seems like we are buying a lot of players for the future but not many for now, we need a wing back if we are to play 343 in the January window, we need some top class fighters to dig us out of this mess, we also need to show Payet we are going to invest in the quality needed to step up permanently, freebies are all well and good but not necessarilly a sensible long term strategy to attract the best in talents.