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Events are moving from the sublime to the surreal at the London Stadium, someone must have been putting something in the water both at E20 and at Theydon Bois home of Hammers supremo David Sullivan. Nothing else could possibly explain what on earth is going on, David Sullivan and club co-owner David Gold have been notorious for their lack of net spend during their ownership of West Ham United and also at their former club Birmingham City, so the current whirlwind of transfer activity is indeed mystifying to say the least.

Shortly after being introduced as the new manager of West Ham United, Manuel Pellegrini announced that he was looking to bring in "four or five" new players to 'freshen' the squad. The arrival of Ryan Fredericks from Fulham on a free transfer was quickly followed by the arrivals of Yarmolenko, Diop, Wilshere, Balbuena, Fabianski and club record signing Felipe Anderson.

With the Premier League transfer window closing on the 9th of August there will be a flurry of activity regarding players arriving at 'cash rich' predominately English clubs, however the European window doesn't close until the 31st of August which means that Premier league teams are still able to sell players to non UK based teams until that window closes but they will be unable to buy.