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Never one to be calm, the Leeds United manager apparently threw a complete wobbler when told of Hammers late attempt at signing his 'jewel' Raphinha, the bid is believed to have been huge but was knocked back instantly by Leeds on Marcelo Bielsa's behest following a 'communication' from him that set out very clearly how annoyed he would be if ANY offer were accepted for Raphinha, whatever the price!

With the clock ticking down ever closer to the end of the transfer window there is always a feeding frenzy over players destinations and where clubs are doing their 'shopping', well it appears that Hammers have decided to do their business as close to home as possible for a club shopping in the non domestic market, namely in France.

Although even that statement is ambiguous because, although based in France, one of Hammers principal transfer targets Bamba Dieng is currently at the AFCON tournament representing Senegal who play their 1/4 final against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday.

Why on earth would Olympique de Marseille even consider letting two of their star players leave during this transfer window? It makes no sense, but then a lot of football related transactions seem absolutely barmy from the outside looking in, things are rarely how they seem.