West Ham to hand five-year deal to Kurt Zouma – report
West Ham United are plotting to hand Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma a five-year contract, according to Foot Mercato.
An agreement has finally been reached between the two clubs, as David Moyes closes in on his first major signing this summer.
The French outlet has reported that the deal will add up to £25.6million, with £3.4million of that in bonuses.
There has been talk of obstacles with personal terms.
It was reported by Dharmesh Sheth on Monday afternoon that Zouma’s will for the move alongside personal terms have become an issue.
This move has been dragged out across the majority of the summer, with Moyes making the defender his main priority.
Fiorentina’s Nikola Milenkovic was on the verge of moving to the London Stadium before Moyes himself wanted the Chelsea man more.
Get it done.
We are fed up of more and more links and updates appearing before them collapsing over some part of the finances.
GSB have the money after selling players such as Sebastien Haller in recent years and making no massive moves themselves.
We get they don’t want to be ripped off or spend too much, but they have left it that late, that they have no choice but to pay what is being asked.
Zouma is an established centre-back that will fit our system perfectly, there is no excuse to not get this done – as the proposed five-year deal shows.
You never know, this may be our only opportunity to offer these big names European football at the London Stadium, we have to take advantage.
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