Ian Wright calls on West Ham United to sell Marko Arnautovic.
Ian Wright has told BBC Radio 5 Live that he would sell Marko Arnautovic if he was West Ham United manager.
According to BBC Sport, West Ham have received a £35 million bid from an unnamed Chinese outfit for the 29-year-old striker.
It remains to be seen what the Hammers do, but Arnautovic’s team-mate Michail Antonio claimed that the Austria international wanted to leave.
The former Stoke City winger waved to West Ham fans after Saturday’s win over Arsenal in what has been interpreted as a goodbye from him.
And former Arsenal and Irons hitman Wright reckons that Manuel Pellegrini risks the growth of a disruptive influence if he keeps him against his wishes.
“I think he’ll be a problem and I think that’s what’s happened at Stoke,” Wright said on BBC Radio 5 Live on Monday night.
“I think he’s been a problem most of the places he’s been. He wants to go – I’d let him go.”
If it’s £35 million, United should definitely sell. Arnautovic is a big player for them, but there’s plenty better who West Ham could get with that sort of money. Whether they can get one in January, a month when bog-average players go for inflated fees, is another thing altogether.
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