West Ham are confident they will have tied up deals for Dimi Payet, Chiek Kouyate and of course Manu Lanzini within the next month.
The Hammers are 90 per cent down the road on Payet’s deal which doesn’t involve reported wages of £125k a week but is likely to include hefty annual signing on fees which are paid in full.
Our negotiating team headed by Sullivan have been taken aback by the £125k a week claims and have since made it clear they are making the running in talks which have been going well and which were described to ClaretandHugh as “90 per cent there.”
Sullivan and the board are also in negotiations with Kouyate ‘s team of advisers and the two sides are closing in on an improved deal after rumours of interest from Spurs.
The player is under contract until 2018 and there is an option in the club’s favour but the Hammers are keen to ensure the Senegal midfielder is kept happy as the club heads into what could be a hugely ambitious finish.
Lanzini’s switch from Al Jazera was agreed back in September and will happen once he has shown he is totally recovered from his injury worries.
A top West Ham source told ClaretandHugh exclusively a few minutes ago: “We’ll sort Payet out and Lanzini and Kayoute in the next month and we have three key players sorted for next season.”
A source cose to Payet added that talks were going well declaring to us: “It’s all looking pretty good – we are 90 per cent there.”
And who pays for all of this? Yep, us mug punters. I’ll give it to the summer and they’ll all be wanting more, then more in January, then more next summer. You get the picture.
Greed is ruining football and pricing it out of the reach of the ordinary working class individual / family.
Payet has been fantastic for the first half of this season, up there with the best we’ve had, but he’s pretty much been AWOL the last three or four games. Carrying a knock? Distracted by offers from other clubs? Little dip in form? Playing out of position? The absence of an out and out striker affecting him? Who knows. But he (or his agent) played up at Marseille we we went in and made a big offer that ultimately ended up with us signing him. Just don’t expect any loyalty from anybody nowadays (except the likes of Mark Noble), it’s all about money….
Payet’s form seems to coincide with him being stuffed on the wing, while teams are now doubling up on him to snuff him out of the game. Still managed to provide the assist for the winner though huh. He may also be suffering a little dip in form, but hey it took nobes 10 years to find any real form in the first place. (I’m a Noble fan)
As far as wages are concerned £90mln quid a year from TV should sort that out, plus we will have one of the cheapest season tickets going next year at £259, which works out at 13-14 quid a game. I’m not feeling like a mug or priced out just yet.
Let’s see, how many times did you report that Payet’s contract was watertight, unbreakable and that he was going nowhere?
Think that may of been Lanzini?
all good news hooooorayyyy