West Ham told to pay £7.87m Henry Onyekuru work permit

West Ham have been told they will need to pay Eupen £7.87million for Henry Onyekuru to ensure he qualifies for a work permit.

The Nigerian wants to play for the London Stadium side despite reports in Belgium saying Eupen wanted him to go to a more prestigious club.

Onyekuru, who has one international cap, has spoken to Chelsea's Victor Moses about living in London and has been encouraged to make the move to West Ham where Moses played on loan in

2015-16.

The fee increase is significant as it helps add to the player's points tally for his work permit application under the totting-up procedure. Should a player score four points or more the panel can recommend an application is granted.

If the transfer fee is in the top 25percent of all transfer fees to Premier League clubs in the previous two windows, that earns three points but is only two points should it fall between the 50percent and 75percent mark of those same fees.