Lazio’s No.10 is closing in on a switch which will see the Premier League club smash their transfer record. Negotiations have been prolonged through the summer but a breakthrough has been reached this week. West Ham will pay an initial £37m and add-ons are set to make the deal worth £40m. The progress being made has even led the Hammers to apply for a work permit for Anderson, the Daily Mail says. Their is optimism a move will be completed by the end of the week as personal terms will not be an issue.
The cost of transferring Anderson from Lazio to West Ham will be atleast £4100.