Up to £54.5m still owed on potential outbound players

West Ham still owes as much as £54.5m on players who could potentially leave this summer.

The Hammers are still thought to owe £22.5m on Sebastien Haller after paying £22.5m upfront from the Marko Arnautovic transfer fee but £11m of that  remaining balance is eeeported to be due to Frankfurt this summer.

Most transfers are split over the length of contract where possible so deals for Anderson, Yarmolenko and Ajeti are likely to be spread over four years. Felipe Anderson who signed for a record £34m in July 2018 is also thought to have outstanding instalments with £8.5m due next summer after paying the third payment of £8.5m this month.

Andriy Yarmolenko who also signed in the summer of 2018 cost £18m on a four-year deal indicating four instalments of £4.5m. With £9m already paid another £4.5m should be due this month with another £4.5m next summer.

Ablian Ajeti signed last August for £8m would indicate four instalments of £2m which suggests £6m left to pay with £2m this August and a further £4m over the next two years.

West Ham financial accounts released at the beginning of this year for last season revealed West Ham still owed nearly £87m to other clubs in May last year while being owed  just £13.5m from other clubs.

The stage payments work both ways with West Ham only needing to find the initial down payment and the first instalment this summer while budgeting for further years for inbound players.