Enner Valencia set to join West Ham in £12m move after impressive World Cup with Ecuador

Sam Allardyce close to completing £12million move for Pachuca's Valencia

The Ecuadorian looks set for a move to Europe after impressing in Brazil

Valencia could become West Ham's fifth summer signing

West Ham are close to finalising a £12million deal for Ecuador striker Enner Valencia.



The 25-year-old scored all three of Ecuador's goals at the World Cup finals in Brazil. Porto, Stoke, Everton and Newcastle have also shown an interest with his club Pachuca also looking for a sell-on clause.

World Cup star: Valencia scored three goals in three games for Ecuador in Brazil Tormentor: Valencia (right) will come up against the England stars he scored against in their Miami friendly

Pachuca club president Jesus Martinez said: 'There are various offers for Enner Valencia, the strongest and closest to what the player and us are demanding is from a club from England. We are making huge steps to finalise the negotiation.

'We want to keep a percentage of the player in case he is sold in the future to another big team in Europe.



'I won't talk about prices, but if he is sold, it will be the highest transfer fee ever in Mexican football, otherwise he won't be sold. It hurts me, I don't want to sell him and neither does the manager or the fans but we can't go against the career the kid aspires to.'