West Ham United striker Marko Arnautovic is said to be a target for Premier League duo Chelsea and Everton.
Fans of West Ham United would have been hoping for a quiet international break. But, thanks to the Arnautovic brothers, that wasn’t to be.
Speaking to Gianluca Di Marzio, the agent of Hammers talisman Marko Arnautovic has cast doubt on the Austrian forward’s immediate future at the London Stadium, suggesting that the journeyman forward is once again suffering from itchy feet syndrome.
“It’s not like that he wants to leave, but we believe that the time has come that Marko takes a step forward in his career, maybe try to win a trophy, maybe the Champions League” agent and brother Danijel Arnautovic said.
“Many Premier League clubs are following him, like Chelsea and Everton, but they are not the only ones.”
Understandably, West Ham are determined to keep hold of their top scorer and first-choice centre-forward during the January transfer window and they hold all the cards too given that the former Inter Milan, Werder Bremen and Stoke ace still has four-and-a-half years left on his contract.
But, according to The Sun (16 November, page 63), Arnautovic wants a staggering £200,000 a week to commit his future to the club – a massive pay rise on his current £130,000 deal.
And the report adds that The Hammers are reluctant to bow to his demands, given that this would shatter their wage structure.
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