Zouma fee given as personal terms settled

West Ham have agreed a fee of £26 million with Chelsea for Kurt Zouma but the personal terms that caused long delays in a deal being done are higher than the £80k being reported this morning.

Indeed, the deal was held up because much higher figures were being discussed given that £80k would have fitted quite comfortably into the Hammers wage structure.

Zouma has been reported this morning as  earning just £46k at Chelsea but that is based on figures provided by internet sites claiming to know how much was agreed when players join clubs.

In  Zouma’s case that was back in 2014 and the central defender has received a number of incremental wage increases since then, putting his basic pay much higher than that.

Since 2014 he has become a regular after a couple of loan deals – and has appeared in 82 games for the Blues including the Champions league.

With the deal now settled and the player set for a medical today Moyes appears to be ready to claim the player he has wanted since the summer window opened with rumours circulating that a striker could be on his way in by deadline day.