Antonio Conte’s Chelsea have been linked with Marko Arnautovic of West Ham United in the January transfer window.
West Ham United winger Marko Arnautovic has been linked with a move to Chelsea in the January transfer window.
Arnautovic has been playing well for West Ham in recent weeks, and London rivals Chelsea have reportedly taken a shine to him.
According to ESPN, the defending Premier League champions are interested in the former Stoke City star, who has been ruled out for three weeks with a hamstring strain, as reported by The Mirror.
It has been reported that Antonio Conte’s side are considering making a move for the 28-year-old Austria international winger, who cost the Hammers an initial transfer fee of £20 million – as reported by The Guardian – when he joined from Stoke in the summer of 2017.
Former Chelsea midfielder Burley, 46, who now works as a pundit for ESPN, does not think that Arnautovic will make the switch from West Ham to Chelsea in the January transfer window.
Burley told ESPN FC while dismissing suggestion that Arnautovic will move to Chelsea: “Hazard, Willian, Pedro, Moses could play wide. No. This just seems to be crazy. I don’t know where these things are coming out of Chelsea.”
Meanwhile, Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier does not think that Arnautovic will be consistent for the rest of the season.
Le Tissier said about Arnautovic on the Gillette Soccer Saturday show on Sky Sports News last Saturday afternoon (1:54pm, January 20, 2017): “I would be doubtful, and I say that because even at Stoke, he only did it in small patches.”
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