West Ham United have accomplished the signing of Burnley ahead Maxwel Cornet for £17.5m.
The London membership activated the discharge clause within the Ivory Coast star’s Clarets contract and the 25-year-old has signed a five-year contract with an extra one-year possibility with the Hammers, experiences Sky Sports.
Cornet has opted for the quantity 14 shirt in David Moyes’ squad and can possible make his debut towards Nottingham Forest subsequent week.
The ahead leaves Burnley after only one season, which resulted within the Clarets getting relegated to the Championship. The 25-year-old performed 26 occasions within the Premier League final season, scoring 9 objectives and aiding an extra one.
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David Moyes wished to signal a left-sided attacker this summer time and Cornet can’t solely play in that place however a number of others. This can be a large optimistic in signing the 25-year-old and it’s a cause so many Premier League golf equipment wished the ahead.
Based on talkSPORT, Newcastle have been able to set off the £17.5m launch clause in Cornet’s Burnley contract however have been overwhelmed to the punch by West Ham.
As for the others, Everton had a bid to take Cornet on mortgage rejected by Burnley and signed his former teammate Dwight McNeil as a substitute; whereas the 25-year-old didn’t agree private phrases with Nottingham Forest leading to that transfer collapsing; Chelsea additionally thought-about a transfer for the ahead earlier within the switch window however have didn’t make their curiosity official with a bid, states the report.
