West Ham sign Aston Villa striker Danny Ings for £15 million
Villa have sold top scorer Danny Ings to West Ham for a fee of around £15million.
The 30-year-old has scored seven goals in all competitions this season but is being allowed to leave to boost funds for the January window.
Villa have already signed left-back Alex Moreno and striker Jhon Duran in deals worth £13m and £15m respectively but new boss Unai Emery is keen to strengthen further.
Earlier this month, Emery had claimed his plan was to keep Ings, who has scored five goals in his last eight Premier League appearances, following an approach from Everton to take the forward on loan.
But West Ham, desperate to boost their own strikeforce in a battle against relegation, approached with an offer large enough to tempt a rethink.
Ings joined Villa from Southampton for £25m in August 2021, just 24 hours before Jack Grealish was sold to Manchester City in a British record £100m deal.
The striker scored eight goals during an injury disrupted first season at Villa Park and though he has been more prolific this term, his only league start since Emery replaced Steven Gerrard came in a 2-1 win at Brighton in November, when he scored both goals.
