Albion chairman Dick Knight today admitted the Seagulls are unlikely to profit further from Bobby Zamora's move to West Ham.

Zamora joined the Hammers from Tottenham yesterday as part of the deal which took Jermain Defoe from Upton Park to Spurs for £7 million.

Zamora's value has not been clarified, but there seems little prospect of Albion benefiting from the 15 per cent sell-on clause secured by Knight when the striker was sold to Spurs by the Seagulls last July for £1.5 million.

Knight said: "It depends what value Tottenham put on him. We won't know that until the League clarify it.

"It only becomes relevant to us if they valued him above the £1.5 million. I suspect that is unlikely, given that he has not been a regular in the first team."

Albion made a £980,000 profit from Zamora's switch to White Hart Lane after buying him from Bristol Rovers for £100,000. Rovers were entitled to a £420,000 cut of the Spurs deal because of a 30 per cent sell-on clause.

Knight believes Barking-born Zamora's move to West Ham is "a very good one" for the ex-England under 21 international.

He said: "It hasn't quite worked out for him at Spurs but, more importantly for him, West Ham are the club he has always wanted to play for and he is going to be a regular in the first team.

"I have no doubt West Ham will be back in the Premiership, either next season or the one after that."

Former Albion and West Ham midfielder George Parris said: "I am surprised Spurs have sold Bobby so quickly.

"It takes a while to settle in at any club and they haven't given him long, but I suppose he is the makeweight in a bigger move.

"From his point of view, once it was clear he is not part of Tottenham's plans then perhaps it is in his best interests to move on for regular football. Hopefully he will get the chance at West Ham to show what he can do and prove that he can still score goals.

"That might take West Ham back into the Premiership, which will give him a second bite of the cherry at that level. I am sure that is in his thinking as well."

West Ham manager Alan Pardew was disappointed to lose his fight to hold onto Defoe but admitted the arrival of Zamora had softened the blow slightly.

Defoe handed in a transfer request the day after West Ham were relegated from the Premiership last season and had refused to sign a new contract.

Pardew felt the club had to sell to ensure he did not walk out for nothing in 18 months' time.

The England Under-21 international had been linked with a possible move to Arsenal, Manchester United or Chelsea after scoring 15 goals in Division One this season before Tottenham made their move.

Spurs initially offered Zamora to the Hammers on loan but Pardew wanted the 23-year-old at Upton Park on a permanent basis.

Glenn Hoddle signed Zamora from Albion last July but he started only seven games and did not score a Premiership goal for the club. Ironically, his only goal for Spurs was the winner against West Ham in a Carling Cup tie at White Hart Lane last October.

With Hoddle being shown the door at Tottenham just six games into the season, Zamora found his first team opportunities limited under caretaker boss David Pleat and the striker is now looking forward to returning to the club he supported as a boy and even played for as a 14-year-old.

Zamora said: "I'm happy to come home. I wasn't given too much of an opportunity at Tottenham but I hope I will get that here. Jermain is a quality player I know well and I'm sure he will do well."

Defoe today admitted he had mishandled his move from West Ham. He controversially handed in a transfer request the day after the Hammers were relegated last season, and never withdrew it.

He said: "I've said a few times it was mistake I'm still young and learnt from that and every time I've played for West Ham I've worked hard for the team.

"Things happen in football and I'm looking forward to the new challenge. It was the wrong decision but I've put that behind me. I've said sorry."

Tottenham manager David Pleat, who now has Kanoute, Robbie Keane, Helder Postiga and Defoe at his disposal, added: "We have a mix of strikers and all have different qualities."