Marko Arnautovic reportedly wants to quit West Ham United.
West Ham United co-owner David Gold has responded to a fan on Twitter who claimed that Marko Arnautovic needs to be sold.
The Hammers have rejected a £19.7 million bid for the Austria international from an unnamed Chinese side [BBC Sport].
Arnautovic, who turned 30 in April, has reportedly handed in a second transfer request in the space of six months.
That is bound to upset West Ham fans and one supporter in particular tweeted Gold and demanded that the former Stoke City attacker be sold, suggesting that the team is better without him.
Here’s how the Irons’ co-chairman responded:
West Ham are probably better off without someone who seems desperate to leave East London, but that isn’t to say that he isn’t a key player for Manuel Pellegrini’s side.
Arnautovic has scored over 20 goals in the Premier League since joining the capital side two years ago and he will definitely leave a big void.
That being said, there are, of course, better strikers around and A Bola claimed this week that Pellegrini was set to sign Moussa Marega.
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