After a summer of searching, West Ham are finally set to solve their striker conundrum with the signing of Sebastien Haller.
Eintracht Frankfurt confirmed on Tuesday morning that a fee - understood to be £42.5million - had been agreed between the two clubs and that the Frenchman was on his way to London for a medical,
All being well, Haller will become the club's record signing, eclipsing the £40m spent to lure Felipe Anderson from Lazio last summer.
It brings to an end a recruitment drive that had seen West Ham linked with the likes of Gonzalo Higuain and Diego Costa, but the decision to plump for the relatively youthful 25-year-old is a change in tack from the board - and one supporters will welcome.