AS Saint-Etienne : Kurt Zouma to become West Ham's highest paid player

August 26, 2021 at 4:10 PM by Emmanuel Bernard

Kurt Zouma salary transfer — Kurt Zouma is expected to stay in London, however moving from Chelsea to West Ham.

Another example of Saint-Etienne success, especially in defense. We’re talking about record transfers from Saliba to Arsenal, then Fofana to Leicester, but Kurt Zouma, passed through ASSE before them, is also the subject of an unprecedented performance: on the verge of being recruited by West Ham, he is expected to become the highest paid player of the Hammers.

Kurt Zouma set to join West Ham on increased salary

Revelation made by the newspaper Daily Mail, which evokes an imminent transfer of the French international defender. Which would negotiate a contract over the next five seasons, expiring June 30, 2026, with a salary set at £ 125,000 a week. That’s a season close to 7.85 million euros gross for the 26-year-old.

Leaving ASSE in 2014, he has played for the Chelsea Blues since

His transfer from the Chelsea Blues to the David Moyes collective would be around 25 million pounds (29 million €). Kurt Zouma has been in England since leaving Saint-Etienne for Chelsea, receiving compensation estimated at close to 15 million euros.