Big Hammers dilemma goes on

Payet…doing a runner !

West Ham’s board are believed to have held a meeting yesterday as the Dimitri Payet dramas threaten to go down to the wire and beyond.

We understand the club are still attempting to agree on which line to take should Marseilles again come up short on the £30 million basic fee we require.

It looks likely that IF the French club come back it will be at around £28 million or even a touch less and that will present a big dilemma to the board where different ideas on the way forward have prevailed for some time.

The’ keep or stay’ debate didn’t stop the club moving in on Robert Snodgraass which took the window spending to £18 million following Jose Fonte’s arrival.

And there remains an outside chance that the club will do some kind of deal for Brentford’s Scott Hogan although that looks less likely at the moment.

Stories were circulating yesterday that we are ready to come to a compromise deal with Marseilles as our position softened but that was denied to us last night when we asked.

Responding to our question: “Is there a solution closer we were told: “Sadly not!”