Club Brugge opens €10m purse for West Ham’s Freddie Potts

Club Brugge are set to sign 22‑year‑old Freddie Potts from West Ham United for around €10 million plus bonuses, a fee the Belgian side has never paid before apart from the €17 million spent on Roman Yaremchuk, although the deal is still pending final signatures. The transfer remains to be fully completed, with paperwork expected to be signed in the coming days.

The club opened the purse after a failed pursuit of Peer Koopmeiners from AZ Alkmaar, a 26‑year‑old Dutch midfielder for whom Brugge was unwilling to meet a €12‑14 million price tag. For Potts the board is prepared to go further, seeing him as the ideal replacement Voor the departing Raphael Onyedika in midfield.

Potts is a Jeugdproduct of West Ham United who has spent his entire footballing life at the London club, following in the footsteps of his father Steve Potts, a former player and current assistant coach. This season he made 12 starts and appeared 33 times in the Premier League, after loan spells at Wycombe Wanderers in League One and Portsmouth in the Championship.

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The €10 million fee marks a new spending record for Club Brugge, second only to the €17 million outlay for Roman Yaremchuk, and it may rise further through performance‑related bonuses and a future resale percentage. The financial commitment underscores the club’s intent to secure a quality defensive midfielder.

According to TaeckeClubwatcher of HLN1, the final details are being ironed out and the agreement is expected to be sealed shortly. Once the paperwork is completed, Potts will travel to Belgium, a move highlighted in the article flagged as Google-favorietDe.

For Club Brugge the signing fills a crucial midfield vacancy and adds depth to a squad already bolstered by the imminent arrival of Han‑beom Lee. For Potts, the move offers regular first‑team football after West Ham’s recent relegation from the Premier League, giving the young midfielder a fresh start in the Belgian Pro League.