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West Ham United’s deal to sign Sebastian Haller from Eintracht Frankfurt does not include a release clause, per ClaretandHugh.
What’s the word?
The club confirmed the purchase of the French striker on Wednesday.
Reports in Germany, via Sport Witness, suggested that Haller insisted that a clause be included that would allow him to leave for a club playing in the Champions League next summer, were a bid tabled.
ClaretandHugh accepts that the player’s lawyer raised the possibility during negotiations, but reports that the Irons’ rejected such attempts.
Haller has signed a five-year contract in east London and becomes the club’s record signing; sources have told Football FanCast that the transfer is worth an initial £45m that could rise to £50m if certain performance-related bonuses are triggered.
Smart move
West Ham are not a stepping stone.
It finally appears that, after the likes of Dimitri Payet and Marko Arnautovic wangled their way out of the club, the Hammers have actually realised this.
There would have been little point in including a clause that could have seen him depart after just one season.
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He is a truly excellent striker – he scored 20 goals in all competitions last season and registered 12 assists – and there is every chance that he could well take to Premier League football like a duck to water.
He has scored goals in every league he has been in, netting 24 in the Bundesliga and 41 in the Eredivisie when he was playing for FC Utrecht.
West Ham could do without his stint in the English top-flight being nothing more than a brief sojourn – keeping him for the foreseeable future is key.