West Ham break EFL record to sign Engels for £22m

Arne Engels is the second high-profile departure from Celtic this summer following Daizen Maeda's move to promoted Ipswich[Shutterstock]West Ham United have broken the EFL transfer record by paying a £22m fee to sign Arne Engels from Scottish champions Celtic.The 22-year-old Belgium international has signed a five-year contract after West Ham paid what they called a "record fee paid by an EFL Championship club".It tops the £17.5m paid by Ipswich Town a year ago to sign Norway forward