Hammer Mauro Zarate lost his legal battle with Lazio and must pay the club €5.9m (£4.2m) reports claim in Italy. The striker terminated his contract early in 2013 and ever since then has been embroiled in a series of court cases over breach of contract.
The FIFA court of arbitration ruled that Zarate was in the wrong when he tried to terminate his contract at Lazio with a year left to run on the contract.
The Argentine has been ordered to pay €5.3m in compensation, plus another €300,000 in interest.
The West Ham forward Zarate can now appeal, but has 30 days to pay the Biancocelesti.
Hope he has plenty of money,
Or conkerpot and his crew will be visiting,
Should not effect his contract with us unless he intends to leave us early to