West Ham United are finalising a deal for Hoffenheim striker Demba Ba.
The People says the Hammers will clinch a deal worth up to £5million for the Hoffenheim rebel who wanted to join them despite growing rival interest.
Ba has a knee problem and that saw him fail a medical at Stoke last week and the Hammers will pay the fee in stages, with the Germans also resigned to letting him leave that way.
The powerful 25-year-old has been in London for most of the past month trying to get a transfer to West Ham while Sunderland were also keen.
