West Ham must pay whopping £2.5m if they want to get rid of flop Gokhan Tore
Besiktas playing hardball as Hammers seek return of Turkish winger who so far has cost them £400,000 a game
WEST HAM have been told it will cost them £2.5million to ditch flop Gokhan Tore.
The Hammers want shot of the Turkish winger even though he is less than halfway through a season-long loan from Besiktas.
Tore is out with a thigh injury and has made just eight appearances for the Londoners, totalling 469 minutes. He is yet to score a goal.
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Now Besiktas are playing hardball during talks over whether or not to take the 24-year-old international back early.
Besiktas chairman Fikret Orman said: “We will take Tore back in January on one condition — we won’t pay West Ham back the £2.5million loan money for him.
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“Gokhan wants to come back to Besiktas. We will only agree if they agree over the loan payment. And they are paying his wages in full.”
Tore is trousering £40,000 a week while in England. So with the loan fee, his eight appearances so far have cost the Hammers £400,000 apiece.
At least West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has been boosted by striker Andre Ayew’s return after a thigh problem.
The £20.5million record signing said: “Now it’s about me getting 100 per cent fit and after that I can bring my quality to the squad.”