Gomez: It looks all over for the Irons

West Ham now look to have missed out on the battle for Maxi Gomez with the striker reported to be announced as a Valencia player later today (Tues) or tomorrow.

Despite meeting the £45 million buy out clause it has emerged that the Irons were unable to reach agreement with Celta Vigo on an instalment plan over which the fee should be paid.

Now the 23 year old looks certain to sign a five year deal with last season’s fourth placed La Liga outfit and remain in Spain with the Champions League qualifiers which was his preferred option throughout the negotiations anyway.

That ensured there was no certainty he would choose West Ham anyway even had the club have been able to agree terms with Vigo.

So this long and drawn out saga now looks to have come to an end with Vigo choosing to pick up £14 million plus  Santi Mina and Jorge Sáenz included in the Valencia deal.