Manuel Pellegrini comments on Domingos Quina’s West Ham exit

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Domingos Quina joined Watford from West Ham United in the summer transfer window.

West Ham United manager Manuel Pellegrini has told The Daily Mail that it was not him who sold Domingos Quina to Watford in the summer transfer window.

Watford signed Quina from Premier League rivals West Ham in the summer transfer window for a fee reported by The Daily Mail to be worth £1 million.

The 19-year-old midfielder struggled to make an impact at the Hammers, but the Portugal Under-20 international has already played 218 minutes in the Premier League for Watford so far this season, scoring one goal in the process, according to WhoScored.

Quina could feature for Watford against his former club West Ham in the Premier League game at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Watford and West Ham are level on 24 points from 17 matches in the Premier League table at the moment.

Ahead of the match, West Ham manager Pellegrini, who was appointed in the role in the summer of 2018, has said that it was not him who sanctioned the exit of Quina.

Pellegrini told The Daily Mail about Quina: “I didn’t sell him in the summer, I didn’t know about him because when I arrived here he was playing in Portugal with his young national squad.

“After that he couldn’t play with us in pre-season and later I heard the news that he was sold.”