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West Ham are hoping to have Arne Engels signed & registered in time to be available on Sunday, with ExWHUEmployee providing an update. The club are on the cusp of completing a deal understood to be £22m for the Belgium international, which will break the record for an EFL Championship signing. Reporting on The West Ham Way Patreon, our insider provided the latest in regards to Engels signing and other transfer business currently ongoing. “The club believe they will sign Arne Engels today,” stated Ex. “We face a race against time to beat the 12pm deadline to play against Burnley, but the plan is to get him registered in time baring no complications. “Edson Alvarez is thought to be potentially missing from the squad on Sunday as question marks develop around his future. “This is not confirmed and talks will continue tomorrow regarding his place at the club. “Aaron Wan-Bissaka is another player set to leave with Aston Villa, Everton, Newcastle and Fulham all said to have interest. Both loan and permanent deals have been spoken of. “The club hope to move off Fulkrug and Todibo as well.” In more positive news, Ex has reported that the potential deal to sign Troy Parrott is still on, despite reported interest from elsewhere. “Troy Parrott deal is still very much on despite rumours of Real Betis being on the brink of signing him,” added Ex. “West Ham remain hopeful that they can get a deal done and persuade the player to sign despite interest elsewhere. Talks will resume in the coming days. “West Ham were also linked with Daniel Job of Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball. The rumours here have been described to by the club as agent work and with no substance. “The club are waiting on Disasi and other centre back targets. This is likely to go down to quite late in the window unless there is a dramatic change in stance from some of the targets. “Jamie Vardy and Reiss Nelson are both still on the radar and a decision whether to go through with the deals will be made soon.“