Milenković Gets Harder To See & Touch!

"I love you Darling, but" is the opening line of a thousand 'Dear John' messages received by forlorn Lovers, suddenly all their glimmers of hope disappearing in to the ether, leaving a broken heart! Well Hammers desperate hunt for new players isn't quite so emotionally dramatic, however alarm signals should ring when the 'but' word is suddenly involved.

Enough sources to open an entire news network have covered West Ham's pursuit of 'bargain basement' signing, Nikola Milenković, the is he or isn't he rumbled on a bit and then a break through, well actually no, an impasse instead, well it wouldn't be West Ham if there wasn't a problem would it?

The 'problem'(s) aren't going to go away easily, they usually wear very expensive suits and can afford to not wear socks, oh and they usually drive an Audi R8 or a Lambo....they are of course the agents and player management companies, between them they ensure a 'proper carve up' when it comes to transfers, more so in the case of Milenković's proposed move from Fiorentina because he is in the final year of his contract and is refusing to sign a new one. So Fiorentina need to sell him now or risk losing him on a pre contract at Christmas.

Unfortunately the afore mentioned 'but' word has appeared in the 'latest' news emerging, and that is that everything is fine with the deal 'but' for a few details AND demands from agents, well that isn't a little but, it's a trouser busting big arse of a but!

We've got a bad bad feeling about this one, you can just hear the 'but' rehearsals, "we would have signed him but!" Nothing would make up happier than to have to eat great helpings of 'Umble pie over the transfer, a plate too far? -Ed