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Having had his head turned by a lucrative offer from China that has now been withdrawn, Marko Arnoutovic's future at West Ham is up in the air.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!

Sooner or later a catastrophic injury list and a lead player going AWOL was always going to impact on West Ham United sooner or later, in fact Hammers achievements of late have been nothing short of miraculous given the circumstances but this was another game too far for Manuel Pellegrini's beleagured squad. To have so many first team players missing through injury was bad enough, but to then have Marko Arnoutovic go 'all peacock' was the straw that broke a most resolute camel's back!

Bournemouth: Boruc, Clyne, Smith, Ake, Cook, Lerma, Gosling, Brooks, Fraser, King, Wilson. Subs: Begovic, Surman, Mousset, Daniels, Stanislas, Rico, Simpson.
West Ham: Fabianski, Cresswell, Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Rice, Noble, Nasri, Anderson, Antonio, Carroll. Subs: Adrian, Snodgrass, Obiang, Hernandez, Masuaku, Silva, Diangana.