West Ham have agreed a deal to sign Javier Hernandez.
This transfer window is shaping up to the biggest of all time, with Premier League teams breaking their spending records left right and centre.
So it is getting even harder for clubs to find a value player, and nab an absolute bargain.
But West Ham might just have done it.
Some deals instantly look inspired, just like others immediately look like an overpriced panic buy – see Tottenham spending £30 million on Moussa Sissoko last summer.
West Ham’s move for Javier Hernandez is a stroke of genius.
Hernandez is set to move for just £13 million, ESPN report, with West Ham confirming the deal via their official website.
Bayer Leverkusen’s Javier Hernandez in action with Tottenham’s Eric Dier
It is a move which has you scratching your head wondering how they did not face more competition for him and managed to pull it off.
Hernandez is Mexico’s all time leading goalscorer at the age of 29, and is a two-time Premier League champion with Manchester United.
Bayer Leverkusen’s Javier Hernandez shoots
He has the fifth best goals per game ratio of any striker in the Premier League, and just earlier this year he was a player Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho was lamenting the fact he was ever sold by his predecessor.
West Ham know all about how difficult it is to sign strikers, having made a right meal of it last summer, ending up settling for Simone Zaza on loan.
Hernandez is a proven commodity, and his bargain price tag makes the move a real steal.
It is the best value for money move of the summer so far, and clubs will have to really pull the boat out to better it.
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