Summer signing spend could pass £70m

The signing of Nikola Vlasic as early as Monday could bring West Ham’s summer signing over £70m – £10 million short of CandH’s early window prediction!.

The Hammers got off to a slow start paying £2.5m to convert Craig Dawson from a loan to permanent and another £2.5m as a loan fee to PSG for Alphonse Areola.

On Friday completed a deal for Kurt Zouma for £26m with another £5.5m of potentials add-ons taking financial liabilities without wages or agent fees to £37.5m.

A deal for Nikola Vlasic if completed will bump that up to £70.5m made up from a £26m transfer fee and £8m of potential add-ons.

The Hammers are still in the market for a loan player which could add another £5m loan fee and if you add agent fees you reach over £80m in summer investments if we sign the two more players.

The wages for the five players could reach £21m per year or around £400,000 per week which equates £55m over the life of their  West Ham contracts.