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Hot on the heals of the Haller 'loss bombshell' incurred by the striker's move to Ajax, word has reached us from a disgruntled member of staff that the 'deal' wasn't quite as straight forward as it first seems. The world and his brother have 'lumped on' about the huge financial loss, including ourselves, however it now transpires that West Ham insisted on a 'massive' sell on clause, rumoured to be 20% but it could possibly be as much as 25%, in order to sanction the deal.

Half Price Horror Sale! Pellegrini Signed Us For Over £100 Million, We Are Worth Less Than Half Now

Without a pot to proverbially fill, David Moyes embarks on his January transfer window with some amount of trepidation, he knows he has to sell to buy, his problem is who to sell, and equally as important, who would want to buy them? There are a number of players whose contracts expire at the end of the season, thus rendering them financially valueless once the window has closed, the club has to either extend their contracts or sell them on while their sales can still generate funds, albeit in a limited capacity.