Vardy agrees Irons deal… then moves on!

Vardy looked to be on his way to the Irons

West Ham believed they had clinched a deal to take Jamie Vardy to the club at around £105k a week before they were hit by new inflationary demands in negotiations.

Arsenal are now big favourites to clinch a deal for the Leicester City striker on a deal which is closer to £120k a week.

But ClaretandHugh can reveal the player looked to be on his way to the Olympic Stadium six weeks ago when we understand his advisors had agreed he would sign for around £90k a week plus £15k for every first team appearance.

But when the two sides sat down to iron out the details they were told there was new interest and that a deal would cost them around £125k-£150k a week plus appearance fees.

We believe that Liverpool had also been made aware of his availability but dropped their interest when they were quoted personal terms of £140k a week.

Now the Gooners are close to agreeing a transfer fee of £20 million with City whilst offering the player £120k a week.

A Hammers source told ClaretadHugh: “We thought we had a deal and it came as a surprise when the fee moved up so dramatically – there was a lot going on behind the scenes with other clubs!”