West Ham United will pay€20m (£16.9m) for Tomas Soucek should the midfielder complete a move to the London Stadium, according to Sam Inkersole.On Monday afternoon, Slavia Prague revealed that they had allowed Soucek to travel to London ahead of a potential switch to the Hammers.And when asked whether the 24-year-old would be arriving on loan or permanently, football.london journalist Inkersole revealed that a price of €20m (£16.9m) had been agreed between the two clubs on Monday.
Soucek came through the youth system at Slavia Prague and has turned out on 158 occasions for the Czech club in all competitions, scoring 40 times in the process.
A 25-time Czech Republic international, the holding midfielder featured in all six of his club’s Champions League group-stage matches this season, captaining the side home and away against both Inter Milan and Barcelona.
Did he really play for us?! No West Ham fan has managed to name all of these obscure Irons signings….
According to Inkersole, West Ham will pay just shy of £17m for Soucek should he complete a move before the end of the January window.
The journalist’s post on social media can be seen below:
Meanwhile, a number of West Ham supporters slammed the performance of this player in Saturday’s defeat to West Bromwich Albion in the FA Cup.