Everyone was convinced he would join Juventus – after all, Juve are European giants – but Jean-Clair Todibo eventually picked – West Ham! Some would say because the English Premier League is a stronger competition than the Italian Serie A, while others would “blame it” on – Barcelona.The south of France to east London ✈️Jean-Clair Todibo is a Hammer ⚒️ pic.twitter.com/EgbZvNoqfU— West Ham United (@WestHam) August 10, 2024 Namely, the Frenchman joined La Liga giants in 2019 at the age of only 20 but made only five appearances for Barca, spending most of his time on loans at Schalke, Benfica, and, in the end, Nice, which eventually bought him for 8.5 million euros. Hence, the fear of another European great and another failure could be a possible and believable reason for Todibo’s decision.A mature transfer: 31-year old Fullkurg goes to London for 30 millionFinally, the third and the least plausible explanation is that the 24-year-old waited for Juve’s move, but the Old Lady didn’t want to pay him more than 32 million euros. Todibo could’ve interpreted that as the Italians’ second thoughts and thus wanted to avoid making the same mistake as five years ago.The defender will initially join West Ham on loan, but the Hammers will have a buyout option worth 40 million euros. Anyway, Julen Lopetegui got another fantastic reinforcement after Max Kilman, Luis Guilherme, Crysencio Summerville, Niclas Fullkrug, Guido Rodriguez, and Wes Foderingham. All of them were paid 126.8 million euros in total, excluding the eventual buyout compensation for Todibo.##NAJAVA_MECA_8264319##
