Irons set to complete two more deals

West Ham are aiming to complete deals for Manu Lanzini and Cheik Kouyate by next month.

Having locked Dimi Payet into a new long term contrct the club is now aiming to sort out the other two midfielders by the end of March.

David Sullivan – as the club’s major contract broker – wants both deals done in order to leave the summer clear for new signings.

Lanzini – at €8m – will be completed as soon as he has shown there is no recurrence of his recent injury following his brilliant comeback against Blackburn Rovers at the weekend.

Talks are currently continuing with Kouyate but there is no pressure as he is locked into a deal until 2018.

A source told ClaretandHugh exclusively: “He has 2.5 years left PLUS a 2 year option, so there is no rush. However, we expect it to be sorted within a month.

As for Lanzini, we can invoke the contract any time we want until the end of April and we are just checking his injury is not recurring.”