A club owner has admitted that he’s essentially powerless to stop West Ham United signing his star player this summer. West Ham thought they had completed their first signing of the summer window last week. The Hammers agreed a deal with Flamengo for centre-back Fabricio Bruno for around £12.5m. But the move collapsed with the real reason nothing to do with money as was being speculated. Some West Ham fans were not too disheartened as they had been questioning the wisdom of the deal. There were concerns that Bruno may struggle to adapt having never played outside of Brazil. And some also had r…