West Ham United must sell players to meet Nice's valuation for Loic Remy.
The London Evening Standard says Remy, who made a flying visit to England last week to talk to Stoke, has said that he has two more Premier League clubs to meet before he makes a decision on a £12.5million move.
West Ham have been tracking Remy for several weeks but the Upton Park club, who have been busy in the transfer marker this summer, must move on some of their squad if they are to make a firm offer.
A main stumbling block for West Ham is that Nice are demanding £7.5m of the £12.5m transfer fee in the first 12 months and the East London club, who are rumoured still to be more than £90m in debt, are in no position to pay out that sort of money up front.
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