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Jonty Colman

Nikola Vlasic seals West Ham exit in Serie A loan transfer and optional permanent move

West Ham United midfielder Nikola Vlasic has completed a season-long loan move to Torino.

The Croatian, who joined the Hammers for a reported fee of €30million (£25.4m) last summer from CSKA Moscow, has sealed a loan switch to Serie A and joined Torino for the 2022/23 campaign.

The deal also includes an option to make the deal permanent at the end of it for a fee believed to be around €15m (£12.7m), about half of what the Irons forked out for the former Everton man just 12 months ago.

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During his debut season for the Hammers, Vlasic made 31 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring once in the Premier League against Watford. However, following the arrival of winger Maxwel Cornet from Burnley in a £17.5m move last week, Vlasic has left the Hammers on loan.

It takes the club’s already thin squad down by another player, with Arthur Masuaku recently leaving in a loan switch to Turkish side Besiktas that also includes an option to make it permanent.

West Ham have so far spent around £100m on new signings so far this summer but named just 18 senior players in their squad that lost 2-0 to Manchester City at the London Stadium on Sunday, with that squad including Darren Randolph and Conor Coventry, with Harrison Ashby and Armstrong Oko-Flex used to make up the bench.

Craig Dawson, Nayef Aguerd and Angelo Ogbonna are all currently sidelined, while goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski was forced off in the first half against City through injury.

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