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It’s a signing! West Ham United have agreed a fee with Celtic to complete and finalise the Arne Engels saga. The Belgian international is set to complete a move to West Ham for £22 million, breaking the Championship record and becoming the most expensive fee for a player in the competition, the previous being £17.5m courtesy of Ipswich last year.

West Ham United in the most recent days confirmed the signing of Manor Solomon from Tottenham Hotspur for a total £7m package. Nuno’s side were in dire need of a left winger after Keiber Lamadrid suffered an injury in pre-season, and Solomon proved to be the best value-for-money signing available.

West Ham’s Championship campaign will kickstart this Sunday with a 16:00 kick-off against Burnley.

Despite the summer being long, the same story of problems finding the right targets continues. It’s a precarious situation that the club are currently undergoing. Initially it was seen that Pablo would leave West Ham, but only a handful of clubs showed interest, and if so, the money offered was nowhere near good enough.

Galatasaray remain interested in the Brazilian, but interest is all there is.