Manuel Lanzini has been linked with moves away from West Ham United in the summer transfer window.
West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has spoken highly of Manuel Lanzini in The London Evening Standard.
Bilic has praised the 24-year-old attacking midfielder for his consistency and for training hard every day.
“He is a consistent performer for us and the reason for that is that he trains hard every day,” Bilic wrote about Lanzini in The London Evening Standard. “The harder you work, the better you get.”
Lanzini has been playing well for West Ham in recent weeks. The Argentine attacking midfielder has scored eight goals and provided two assists in 29 Premier League starts for the Hammers so far this season.
Bilic has also suggested that West Ham could hand the 24-year-old a new contract.
“He already has a long contract but our chairman is very willing to extend contracts when you play well,” the West Ham manager told The Sun about Lanzini. “He did it with Dimitri Payet and he has done it with Michail Antonio and Lanzini before he had to.
“It is a message to all our players we have a chairman who says ‘show me and I will give you a contract’. Lanzini is not only a great player but he is young, intelligent, and such a nice kid in the dressing room. When you have that it shows me you are complete as a person, a players’ player. It’s not only about skill.”
Interestingly, Lanzini has been linked with moves away from West Ham in the summer transfer window. Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal all want the attacker, according to The Mirror.
While being (reportedly) wanted by the likes of Tottenham and Arsenal must be flattering, Lanzini needs to carry on working hard and improving his game.
The Argentine is very much capable of playing for the top clubs in the Premier League, but for now he must stay at West Ham and try to push them into the top six next season.
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