West Ham transfer could help club finance move for Chelsea outcast – Confidence Hammers will finalise deal

FC Union Berlin could finance a deal for Chelsea Christian Pulisic this summer ‘after the sale of Sheraldo Becker to West Ham’.

That’s according to Berliner Kurier, who appear convinced that Becker will be moving to the London Stadium at some point in the coming weeks.

The newspaper takes a look at Union Berlin’s summer transfer window so far, which has not gotten off to a fast start and is expected to be a slow one.

They ideally need to bring in money before they can strengthen their squad for the Champions League and one of the main candidates to be sold is Becker, who has long been linked with a move to the Premier League.

So far, no club from England has made their move, with it stated that Premier League clubs don’t tend to move big in the market until later anyway, and so potential incomings at Union are at something of a standstill.

The latest name to be linked with a move is Christian Pulisic, who is on Chelsea’s list of players they want to move on to help balance the books.

It’s been claimed he could be moved to Union on a season-long loan deal and Berliner Kurier explain this ‘could certainly be financed’ once the club have sold Becker to West Ham this summer.

There is no explanation of why they think Becker will be joining the Europa Conference League winners, or even details of the transfer, just a confidence that it will be happening at some point and give Union money to spend.

That money could then be spent on signing Pulisic from Chelsea, although they do question whether the American would move permanently given, he’d have to take a huge cut to his reported annual salary of €9m a year.

Any potential move for him depends on the deal taking Becker to West Ham, which Berliner Kurier seem to think is a certainty.