Sao Paulo (Brazil), July 8 (IANS) Corinthians, Brazil’s multi-sport club, has accepted an offer from West Ham United to sign Paraguayan center-back Fabian Balbuena, the club said in a statement on Sunday.<br> <br>West Ham will pay four million euros for the 26-year-old, who signed a new three-year deal with Corinthians in April, reported Xinhua news agency.<br> <br>”He is now free to undergo a medical for the transfer to be completed,” Corinthians said on their official website. “We thank him for his efforts with the club and wish him luck.”<br> <br>Capped six times for Paraguay’s national team, Balbuena made 136 appearances for Corinthians and helped them win the 2017 Brazilian Serie A title.<br> <br>He is West Ham’s fourth signing of the summer, joining Ryan Fredericks, Issa Diop and Lukasz Fabianski.
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