Pelle transfer budget may top £60 million

Manuel Pellegrini is likely to receive a budget of around £60m for new players in the summer transfer market.

The Hammers board will have its final budget meeting over the next two weeks but the expectation is that the manager will receive £30 million plus all cash raised from player sales.

The club will save around £5 million on Andy Carroll’s personal terms and another £7m on Chicharito’s whom they are ready to move on at around £10 million.

That would bring them in a total £12 million in saved wages which could be augmented by the departures of Pedro Obiang at around £5 million, Lucas Perez, £4 million.

With Edmilson Fernandez another likely departure at around £6 million that would leave the manager with around £57 million to £60 million as the Hammers look to build on this season.

Sky positional money is always used to pay the wage bill meaning that the boss can look forward to a reasonable transfer kitty in the window.