In these days of PSR and wages to income ratio limits, profit is vital for every club in Europe. West Ham have been known for some time to be bumping along the guardrail of both, which is why they need to sell in order to buy new players in the up and coming January market.
The plan to sign Carlos Soler from PSG is, apparently, seen as positive for the Parisian giants as according to a report in sportwitness.co.uk: ‘Excellent news for the club’ is how they are reporting West Hams planned purchase for €20 million, (about £17 million).
According to Sport Witness: “West Ham have started talks with the Ligue 1 side for the 27-year-old. It was also said the London club are thrilled with his commitment”.
PSG will be happy with the resolution since they can show a profit on Soler, having paid €17 million for him in 2022. So his value will have been amortised down to about €12 million by now.They’ll also be removing his wages from their books.
West Ham are stated as being thrilled with Soler’s commitment: I guess part of the proof of that ‘commitment’ will be the size of Soler’s wage cut – since he was reported to have been on something approaching €250k a week. A massive pay cut in the offing to sign permanently for West Ham is, indeed, quite a statement by the 27 year-old Soler and quite refreshing to see a player take a realistic stance on salary. (If you call ‘just’ earning 100k a week realistic!).
If his performances continue to progress then West Ham could have a decent midfielder on their books for £17 million – which these days is just the price of an average championship player. PSG get their profit, West Ham get a player who seems committed to the club. Win-win negotiations by Steidten and a good addition to the permanent squad.
