Video: Mario’s skills as deal “gets close”

Highly skilled Joao Mario is tonight close to signing a loan deal with West Ham which could see him become a permanent fixture next season.

Talks to bring the Portugal midfielder took on added urgency with the injuries to Marko Aenautovic and Manu Lanzini but it sees that immediate problem is now very close to being soted.

Mario is being reported ready to come to the club after the two clubs agreed terms which involve aloan fee believed to be in the region of £3 million with the Hammers paying the 43 million euro star’s wages.e.

So what exactly are the Hammers getting and rather than[ spend time trying to find the words to describe him, instead let’s have a look at the video above.

Obviously Youtube videos show the best of the player but there’s little doubt that he looks more than adequate to cover for Lanzini who is likely to be sidelined for anything up to two months after rupturing a hamstring.