West Ham’s deal with Al Jaziera for Manuel Lanzini is watertight because David Sullivan has negotiated with the club to take over his contract.
That has already been agreed between the two clubs and West Ham aim to do conclude the deal before May of next year.
ClaretandHugh has learned exclusively this morning that the the Hammers have concluded all details and that the 22 year old – whose contract runs until June 2018 – will be a permanent signing before the May deadline agreed.
A highly placed source revealed: “There is absolutely no need for us to rush this. It would be like paying the rates a year early. There’s no reason to do that.
“The deal is on place with Al Jaziera and we will do it. He can’t be stolen away by anybody as we have agreed to take over the boy’s contract.
“That has two years left to run on it and once we take it over, any clubs would have to deal with us and we have no intention of listening anyway.
“We would aim to agree a deal with Manu for another four years with a one or two option. There is no problem on this whatsoever.”
The player can expect to pick up a salary with the club of around £50k a week.