West Ham’s Maxwel Cornet spent the second half of last season on loan at Genoa and the Italian club were trying to sign him again throughout the summer.
The expectation was that Patrick Vieira’s side would make a late move for the winger and that happened, but there were hitches before the transfer went through.
Gazzetta dello Sport report today that negotiations were ‘complicated’ as the West Ham player’s wages were proving to be too high for Genoa.
An agreement between the two clubs was reached at 8pm last night and in Italy, a wait was ongoing for the Hammers to make the Frenchman’s exit official.
After this was done, Genoa posted a video announcing the 28-year-old’s arrival but the post was quickly deleted, causing confusion amongst fans.
Gazzetta note that this was due to a software-related issue on FIFA’s website. As a result, Genoa were not able to upload the details of the move and that is why Lega Serie A’s website also didn’t make the transfer official.
The Italian side posted another announcement later, of popcorn with text saying it had all been sorted out.
Cornet has joined Genoa on a loan deal but they have an option to buy him permanently.