West Ham’s move for Dimitri Payet seems to be taking an age but it appears that the Hammers may have captured their man, according to football agent Muzzi Ozcan.
Ozcan was one of the first to announce that West Ham had agreed personal terms with Slaven Bilic before the Croatian eventually put pen to paper in order to become West Ham’s 15th manager.
Now, it seems that Dimitri Payet is close to joining Bilic after a series of tweets seems to imply that the deal for the creative French international is pretty much complete. A timeline of his tweets are posted below:
I am expecting very good news for West Ham united Fans in the near future !! We are not to far away !
— Muzzi Ozcan (@Muzziozcan) June 17, 2015
Announcement will be made once things get in to some sort of agreement 👍 will keep you posted ! I expect it to be announced by next week — Muzzi Ozcan (@Muzziozcan) June 18, 2015
Dear West Ham United Fans I will updated you tomorrow morning .
— Muzzi Ozcan (@Muzziozcan) June 19, 2015
I will update when the time is right I can’t comment any further , I didn’t make the comment last night unfortunately I was hacked !
— Muzzi Ozcan (@Muzziozcan) June 19, 2015
I can only advise to listen to the Official announcement . Kind Regards
— Muzzi Ozcan (@Muzziozcan) June 19, 2015
As well as these tweets, Ozcan also stated that the Payet deal was essentially complete, before deleting the tweet and later claiming he was hacked. Although his account may have been interfered with, the fact that he has told West Ham fans to ‘listen to the Official announcement’ suggests that the deal itself is pretty much complete and that the club want to announce the marquee signing before any news is leaked on social media.
The delay in the announcement also coincides with Ozcan’s prediction that the deal will be announced next week, rather than in the next couple of days.
Other than Ozcan’s updates, the club has been very discrete in terms of how negotiations are faring and there has been little media coverage regarding Payet’s whereabouts.
Although the lack of an announcement will worry some fans, it looks as if Payet will become West Ham’s third signing of the summer if Ozcan’s rather blatant hints are anything to go by.
I suppose if it’s not right it will be incorrect 🙂