West Ham United are said to be readying a big money bid for the wantaway Stoke City man.
Stoke City’s Marko Arnautovic is tempted by a move to West Ham United, so says the Stoke Sentinel.
The report claims West Ham are preparing a big money bid for the Austrian forward, who has handed in a transfer request at the Bet 365 Stadium.
Stoke City’s Marko Arnautovic
Either way, the Stoke Sentinel reports that Arnautovic would cost West Ham a club-record fee ‘and then some’, having signed a new four-year deal at Stoke last summer.
The Hammers’ £20.5 million capture of Andre Ayew a year ago remains their highest ever purchase.
West Ham co-owner David Gold admitted recently that his side’s priority is to sign a new striker this summer, and Arnautovic can operate down the middle despite spending much of his Stoke career out wide.
West Ham United owners David Gold [right] and David Sullivan
The former Inter Milan player scored six goals and created five in 32 league outings last term.
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