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Maxi Gomez Deal Moves Closer Irrespective Of Arnoutovic

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Mon, 21/01/2019 - 13:32

Having had his head turned by a lucrative offer from China that has now been withdrawn, Marko Arnoutovic's future at West Ham is up in the air. Hammers vastly experienced manager Manuel Pellegrini has stated that 'Arnie' was not selected for the Bournemouth debacle because his head wasn't in the right place, which is a very polite way of saying his head is stuck up his back side!

There is talk that Arnoutovic will be reintegrated with the rest of the squad ahead of the away FA Cup fixture against AFC Wimbledon, who are incidentally managed by ex-hammers youth coach Wally Downes. The logic being there will be fewer than a thousand Hammers fans at the game, and if there is going to be any backlash from the Arnoutovic transfer saga it is better that it occurs away from The London Stadium.

Things are rarely as they seem, especially at West Ham, the Chinese transfer window stays open a month longer than the European one which closes in ten days, so there is plenty of time for Arnie's brother to resurrect a deal with a Chinese club. It is for this reason that Hammers are actively pursuing a deal to bring Maxi Gomez to the London Stadium, the hope is that a pre-deal can be struck for Gomez with him joining up in the summer. However that situation relies upon Arnoutovic staying at the club until the summer as well, and reading between the lines there seems to be a general concencus that Arnie might go full strop about being denied a move, that is why the club are trying to push ahead with the Gomez deal on two fronts.

There is always a tendency when a player wants out for fans to say "Stick him in the reserves and tell his suitors to bugger off until we are ready to sell", unfortunately that course of action may have worked in the past but not anymore, super wealthy clubs can afford to do that but the rest just cannot afford to play hard ball, as was the case when Dimitri Payer went on strike to push through the move to Marseille that he wanted. Pellegrini has already accepted Arnoutovic will be gone sooner or later, and is therefore following up deals for several players in anticipation of the event.

It should be remembered that Arnoutovic was not a Pellegrini signing, and as such doesn't owe the Chilean the same sort of loyalty that Issa Diop and Felipe Anderson show. Despite hoping that the dust will settle, most fans will share Pellegrini's opinion and are preparing for their side to be bereft of yet another talisman, never mind, the club still has Andy Carroll or do they? - Ed

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cast iron's picture

I think the journos sit there and make these rumours up fake news or wot?? Carrol was going there last night now its Arnie I would like to think that G&Sullo would not deal with spurs but would this be cutting our nose off to spite their face.

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mcbikeman's picture

looked a bit lampardish around the waist...the new Benni maybe

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Interesting to see whether he gets back into the rhythm when he starts again for the Hammers. Now the rumour is that the odds for Rice moving to Man City is slashed from 18/1 to 3/1. Apparently, they are looking at a replacement for Fernandinho. That is enough to start disrupting Rice's momentum, if that is true.

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Rice is among the top 10 players in the premium , he's the glue that holds us together ,if we loose him then the game really is up

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Burkie 1

Which is why dicksy he shows signs of what your always on about ,loyaty ,I can't empathize how good this lad is , he'll turn out to be the hottest property we've ever produced taking into account he's only 20 , signing a new contract means f**k Al to the big clubs ,money is no obstacle

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Burkie 1

Now the latest news is that the news media that claimed that West Ham were close to signing Gomez are backtracking as there has been no offer made for Gomez. Unless the player puts pen to paper, we have to be a bit more skeptic about all these transfer rumours.

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